Short.io
URL shortener with custom domains, analytics, and QR codes

Short.io is a URL shortening service that lets users create branded short links using their own custom domains. It offers detailed click analytics, QR code generation, A/B testing, and a REST API for programmatic link management. The platform serves marketing, sales, and infrastructure teams and claims over 1.2 million active users.
Users connect a custom domain or use a provided one, create short links through the web app or API, and track click and conversion analytics in real time.
Marketing teams, sales teams, and developers managing large volumes of links
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
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