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How to Customize Your Stripe Payment Link URL With the Link Cloaking Feature

Since the explosive rise of online businesses in the past decade, more people are seeing the benefit of selling online. During the recent pandemic, eCommerce saw unprecedented growth from 32% to 43.8%. With so much growth potential, online shops are popping up left and right, and Stripe Payment Links is a game changer. However, there are a few things to consider before going full throttle with this service. Let's check out how you can use Stripe Payment Links and improve it. What Are Stripe P

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7 Short Link Features You Need for Your Christmas Sales

It's the Christmas season. Colorful lights decorate homes, people set up Christmas trees and snowmen, and Mariah Carey's voice is active in virtually every playlist. Kids hope to make it to Santa's "nice" list, and parents are dipping into their savings to find the perfect gift. Something about Christmas makes people a little more generous, a little more extravagant with their money. Tis' indeed a season to be jolly, but it's also a season to get ready. With the year's biggest holiday in mind,

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How to Create a Branded Link-in-Bio for Your Instagram and Other Social Media Accounts

Being an influencer is a dream for many. Traveling the world and taking breathtaking and aesthetic photos, gaining revenue from posting about your life and hobbies, and even the ego boost of knowing thousands (if not millions) are curious enough to follow you—these are all major reasons people vie for online fame. However dreamy the life of an influencer looks, beneath all those filters and hashtags is hard work. Constantly churning out content, dealing with online negativity and trolls, and ha

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4 Reasons Why Links to Your Time-Limited Marketing Campaigns Should Expire

Time-limited campaigns come in many forms and shapes. It could be a Black Friday special or a special Golden Anniversary. With temporary campaigns comes a lot of work. Some websites redesign their main page, while some e-launch sales and limited offers. All the work and time can be costly, but big brands know it's worth it. However, when you're a small brand with a tight budget, investing in keeping your site updated can cost you both time and money. Fortunately, there is a way to ensure only

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3 Reasons Campaign Tracking Is a Must for Black Friday

The biggest sale of the year is coming up. Are you ready? Businesses, both small and large, have sales all the time. However, Black Friday is coming, and a crowd of anticipating customers (some of them rabidly so) is ready to get the best deals and sales. While this is wonderful for large and established businesses, can your online brand take the heat? Yes, it can, especially when it has a backup. With short links and careful planning, worrying about the flurry of sales on a Black Friday is a

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How to Track Your Facebook Ads Campaign Effectively With Short Links

Facebook is currently the top social media site worldwide. With over 2.91 billion monthly active users, you could reach over 37% of the world's population on that social media platform. These statistics make Facebook one of the biggest marketing giants ever to exist. On average, Facebook ads have a 9% to 10% conversion rate. That's why it's no surprise that over 140 million businesses use Facebook to advertise. While Facebook's advertising system is highly nuanced, there is one thing that can

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4 Reasons Local Businesses Should Start Using QR Codes

Every day, marketing teams develop new and innovative ways to advertise. Big and small brands hire TikTok or Instagram influencers to promote their brands, bizarre but memorable commercials are produced, and full-on campaigns involving hundreds of employees are utilized—all in the name of successful advertising. After all, successful advertising could mean increased revenue for years to come. But what of small ways of advertising? Only some advertisements need to be flashy and excessive. Did yo

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Password Protection for Short Links: 3 Ways You Can Use It

Controlling who gets ahold of sensitive information or upcoming updates can be tricky. Whether you're a businessman trying to restrict access to your brand's data or a blogger who only wants selected people to read your blog, you deserve the right to privacy. Unfortunately, the words "privacy" and "internet" are seldom used together. The internet (social media, in particular) seems to thrive on spreading data. There is a way, however, to limit a website's exposure. It makes sure that only selec

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Short.gy—a Friendly Introduction to Short Links

Short links and all that they are capable of have been used by virtually every established brand worldwide. And why not? They're perfect for marketing campaigns, compiling data, and much more. Experiences marketers know this and fully use a short link's features. But not everyone is an experienced marketer with tons of experience and resources to spare. What of the budding entrepreneur trying to grow his brand? What of the freelancer who can't touch his wallet? Fortunately, there's an entirely

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How You Can Use the Short.io Main Page Feature

If you browse the web long enough, you will undoubtedly encounter an unavailable website. The most common ones are probably "503 service unavailable" or "404 error page not found". This problem can get frustrating, especially when a user anticipates visiting a particular page. Redirects are here for this reason. They redirect users to another designated site by changing to unavailable URL to another one. You can make this site your home page or create a custom Main Page Redirect. While redirec

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6 Ways Short.io Helps Web Developers and Designers

There are many things to consider when getting a link-shortening service as a web designer. And although there are many free link shortening services you can use out there, those are only suitable for personal use. Whether you're building a web page for your company or your client, you must have a link service that reliably delivers all your needs at a reasonable rate. This is where Short.io comes in—here are six reasons why our link shortening service will deliver all your needs. 1. Get Sta

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How Short.io Helps Startups and SMEs Grow

A startup refers to a company in the primary stages of operations. Entrepreneurs open them when they believe they can offer a service to demand. And while starting a company might've been monumental a few decades ago, the world has changed since. Online shopping and social media development has given businesses a massive market. With such a large portion of the world having access to online shopping, startups have been opening left and right. Some have soared in success; others… not so much. I

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