Ask HN: Building a url shortner, similar to bitly, can I make it profitable?

Posted by sagespidy on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:10AM
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Re:Ask HN: Building a url shortner, similar to bitly, can I ... by WallyFunk on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:52AM (#35614027)

Similar to...?

https://yoslash.com/

Personally I just use https://yourls.org/

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Re:Ask HN: Building a url shortner, similar to bitly, can I ... by mergy on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:07AM (#35614240)

Yourls user for a very long time here. I don't see how you can make a new shortener profitable without injecting ads or other sacrifices into the functionality which degrades performance for folks.

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