Short URL links
Turn a long address into a short one, free, with a click counter and a QR code included.
5 visits to this page
Unlike the QR generator above, this one is a redirect — on purpose
A short link only works because there is something in the middle: your code arrives here first, and this server sends the visitor on to the real address. That is what makes the click count possible, and it is the one honest trade-off worth stating plainly, since the QR tool right above this one is proud of having no redirect at all.
What that redirect does not do is watch who clicked. No account is created, no cookie is set on the visitor, and nothing about them is stored — only that the link was used, and when.
A code, or a name you choose
Leave the alias blank and you get a short, random code — six characters, never a digit and a letter that look alike, so it is safe to say aloud or copy off a printed page. Fill it in and you choose the ending yourself, as long as nobody has taken it yet.
Both work the same way afterwards: paste the code into a browser and it goes straight to the address you shortened.
Never expires, because nothing here checks
A short link made today works in five years the same way it works today — there is no cleanup job quietly removing links nobody has clicked in a while. If it stops working, it is because the address it points to went away, not because this tool did.
Where this is useful
A long product page URL on a printed flyer, where every character is something that can be mistyped. A campaign link you want a click count for, without setting up analytics just to answer one question. A QR code on packaging or a poster, where a shorter address means a simpler, more reliable code — the QR generator above explains why.