Url Shortener Service

3 Url Shortener Service Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 8th, 2024

Designing an URL shortener tool can be a lucrative business opportunity. To create a URL shortener, you must understand JavaScript and other programming languages.

A URL shortener creates money by charging people for access to aggregate data created as a result of many people using the tools and advertising fees.

In this list, you'll find real-world url shortener service success stories and very profitable examples of starting a url shortener service that makes money.

1. Sniply ($420K/year)

Matt Bentley, the Marketing Lead at Sniply, came up with the idea for the custom URL shortener after experiencing the problem of losing customers gained from curating other people's content. He realized that when sharing third-party content on social media, traffic is diverted away from your own website. This led to the creation of Sniply, which adds a custom call-to-action button on any shared page, directing the traffic back to the user's website. With 550 paying customers and an annual revenue of $420k, Sniply has become a valuable tool for startup founders, brand managers, and social media managers.

How much money it makes: $420K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1M
How many people on the team: 3

We Created A $420K/Year Tool That "Redirects" Website Traffic

Sniply is a custom URL shortener that adds a custom CTA button to any page shared on social media, with 550 paying customers, including large marketing companies, and an annual revenue of about $420k, revolutionizing content marketing.

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2. T.LY ($31.2K/year)

Tim Leland, creator of the URL shortener and link management tool T.LY, After reading that Google would be shutting down its URL shortener service in March 2019, the founder saw an opportunity to develop a link shortener service that could fill the gap.

He also recognized that there was a demand for a link shortener API for use in his day job, specifically with a texting application. Realizing that other companies would also benefit from this service, he decided to build his own shortener API.

How much money it makes: $31.2K/year
How much did it cost to start: $50
How many people on the team: 0

I Built A URL Shortener Tool With 350K Active Users [Side Hustle]

T.LY is a simple URL shortener and link management tool that has over 8 million short URLs and has tracked over 80 million clicks, with a browser extension (https://t.ly/extension) having over 350,000 active users and making over $2,600 a month.

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3. Hovercode ($1.32K/year)

While exploring side projects, Ramy discussed with a marketer friend the resurgence of QR codes due to the pandemic. Recognizing a gap for advanced, stylish QR codes, he launched Hovercode, now generating ~$150 MRR with a clear path to growth.

How much money it makes: $1.32K/year
How much did it cost to start: $100
How many people on the team: 0

How I Launched A Side Project & Got Paying Customers In Just One Month

Hovercode is a dynamic QR code generator for brands that focuses on round QR codes as its differentiator and is generating around $150 MRR with 5k unique visits per day.

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