Self-Serve Update

In March of 2023, Branch introduced self-serve usage for newly created apps that included Branch linking and Ads for free under 10K MAUs when you enter a credit card. Today, Branch is limiting access to creating Branch Links and certain Dashboard pages/configurations until a credit card is entered for a new Branch app.

Dashboard Links & Reporting

In the Branch Dashboard, unless a credit card is entered, the following features will be locked:

Accessing a Dashboard feature without a credit card entered for that Branch app will result in the following prompt:

Dynamic Link Redirection

Adding redirection query parameters to dynamic links (Short or Long Links) is disabled.

Branch Redirects Configuration

For Branch Redirects Configuration, unless a credit card is entered, the following settings are disabled:

• Default URL Redirect

• Android Redirects

• iOS Redirects

• Desktop Default

• MacOS Redirect

• Windows Redirect

• Amazon Fire Redirects

• iPad Redirects

• Android Tablet Redirects

• WeChat Redirects

SDKs & APIs

All SDKs and specific APIs will be limited in their ability to create links and update Branch App configurations:

Making a call to any of the above methods/requests without a credit card entered for that Branch app will result in the following error response:

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Access denied",
    "code": 403
  }
}