Best Domains for URL Shortener
What is your thought when it comes to short domains for URL shorteners? Does length matter? Or do you think a domain related to the link being shared is more important? I'm in the process of adding additional domains to my URL shortener service T.LY. So instead of having one domain to shorten links, I have jpeg.ly, ibit.ly, and g2g.to. Thoughts?
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Not sure why you need more domains? From a marketing perspective, how do you think this will improve your revenue? i personally like t.ly the best. jpeg.ly sounds like a pastebin for images. Do you not like your current branding?
Valid points. I want to offer additional options when it comes to short domains. They all point back to T.LY but I like giving users the flexibility to choose different domains. Also opens up the option for URL endings that are already taken but available on a different domain.
Just curious about your pricing plans and about the market players in this space since i have seen a LOT of url shorteners companies.
-Who would pay for anything besides the lowest plan
-Who needs 10k links per month?
-How do you compete with others such as bitly?
-How did you implement custom domains?
Most of these questions might are just from a hacker's perspective, feel free to not answer if they are too prying.
Thanks for the questions. Custom domains were a challenge to get working. I spent a couple weeks trying to find a good solution for them. All new domains get SSL certs and have to verify DNS info etc.
I built T.LY to give users a reliable shortener to use from my Link Shortener Extension and wanted the price to be reasonable. Most of my users are individuals or small companies that do not want to pay Bitly's price. Back when I started, Bitly was charging around $1,000 a month for a custom domain. Using T.LY, you get many of the same features as Bitly at a much more reasonable price.