> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.urlloveit.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart: from signup to your first alert

> The fastest path from a new account to monitoring pages and getting change alerts, in about ten minutes.

This guide takes you from a brand-new account to watching real pages and getting alerts. Nothing here requires a paid plan - you can do all of it on the free tier and upgrade later if you need more capacity.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Scan your site (or a competitor's)">
    When you first sign up, type in a domain like `yourcompany.com`. URL Love It scans the site and suggests the most important pages to monitor - homepage, pricing, key landing pages. Pick the ones you want and they're added as a **brand** automatically.

    A brand is just a group of URLs you monitor together, usually one company or website. Most people set up one brand for their own site and one per competitor.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add any pages the scan missed">
    Open your brand, choose **Add URL**, and paste the full address including `https://`. Monitor the exact page you care about - if it's a specific ad landing page or a pricing page, add that exact address, not just the homepage.

    See [Adding your first URLs](/getting-started/adding-urls) for all three ways to get pages in, including auto-discovery from Google Analytics or Meta Ads.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let the first snapshots land">
    Each URL gets its first snapshot automatically, usually within a few minutes. No change is reported yet - change detection needs at least two snapshots to compare, so your first meaningful "change" can only appear after the second capture.

    While you wait, set each page's capture frequency (weekly, daily, or sub-daily depending on your plan) from its settings. [Understanding snapshots](/monitoring/understanding-snapshots) explains the options.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose where alerts go">
    In your notification settings, pick email alerts, a daily digest, or both. If your team lives in Slack, [connect Slack](/integrations/connect-slack) and alerts post straight into a channel like `#page-changes`.

    You control the severity threshold, so you can hear about everything or only the big stuff - see [Managing notifications](/alerts/managing-notifications).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Read your first change">
    When something changes, it lands in the **Changes Feed** with a severity and a plain-language summary. Open it to see the before and after snapshots side by side. [Reading the Changes Feed](/monitoring/changes-feed) shows you around.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  **The fastest way to see the value:** add your own homepage and one competitor, then check back tomorrow.
</Tip>

## Where to go next

* [What URL Love It does & how it works](/getting-started/what-is-url-love-it) - the concepts in five minutes.
* [How change detection & severity work](/alerts/how-change-detection-works) - what gets compared and how changes are scored.
* [Plans & limits](/billing/plans-and-limits) - what each tier controls.