Your own branded link shortener with full click analytics.
Creators bleed money on per-month editing, caption and thumbnail tools that charge more the more they publish. Pay-once apps let them produce unlimited content without a meter running.
The tool this job usually means renting is Bitly, at $29/mo — roughly $348 a year, every year. Trimly does the job for a one-time $79 — running on infrastructure you control.
Auto-generated or custom slugs on your own domain.
For content creators, branded short links pays off when there's a publishing schedule to hit — and it's covered by the same one-time $79, not metered per month.
Total + unique clicks, clicks-over-time chart, top referrers, devices, browsers, countries.
For content creators, click analytics pays off when there's a publishing schedule to hit — and it's covered by the same one-time $79, not metered per month.
Downloadable PNG and SVG.
For content creators, QR code for every link pays off when there's a publishing schedule to hit — and it's covered by the same one-time $79, not metered per month.
One-time $79 — installer, updates and setup support included.
Deploy to a $5 VPS with Docker, point go.yourbrand.com at it, put free Cloudflare in front for country analytics.
Custom slugs, UTM builder, QR codes, and a full analytics dashboard you own.
Trimly is $79, once. Bitly at $29/mo — roughly $348 a year, every year. Three months of Bitly's custom-domain plan costs more than Trimly does once.
Three months of Bitly's custom-domain plan costs more than Trimly does once. Trimly costs $79 once; Bitly charges $29/mo — about $348 a year. For content creators, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/link-shortener-mvp. The $79 buys the packaged 1-click installer, updates and setup support.
Yes — public short links need a public host, so budget a $5/mo VPS. Desktop mode works fully offline for QR generation and campaign planning. Even VPS + Trimly year one costs less than 3 months of Bitly.