Building a smarter URL shortener with analytics, QR codes & landing pages 🚀
Hey everyone 👋
I’m building tinyto.you — a modern link shortener focused on useful analytics, QR codes, and simple landing pages.
The idea started because most URL shorteners feel stuck in the past. I wanted something cleaner, easier to use, and more focused on helping creators, indie hackers, and small businesses understand which links and campaigns actually perform.
Right now the platform already supports:
Short links
QR code generation
Landing pages
Click analytics
Custom slugs
Campaign tracking improvements in progress 👀
I’m currently looking for feedback, feature ideas, and early users willing to test it.
Would love to hear:
What do you hate about existing link shorteners?
Which analytics/features would actually be useful to you?
What would make you switch from tools like Bitly or Linktree?
Thanks 🙌
I tried the broad link-shortener angle first too, and the interesting part wasnt making shorter links, it was figuring out which printed QR actually pulled the visit after the page changed. ScanLoop is the narrower thing I'm building around that post-print mess, editable destinations plus placement-level scan history, so your analytics angle makes sense if you keep it tied to one real offline use case.