Domains
10 articles.
Adding a custom domain
Add an A record for your host pointing at the redirect IP shown in the dashboard. Add a CNAME for www pointing at the CNAME targe…
Connecting a domain you already own
A branded domain needs two DNS records and about fifteen minutes of propagation. Nothing else — SSL is issued for you once the rec…
Letting ShortFreeURL write your DNS records
If your DNS is hosted somewhere with an API, connect the account once and adding a domain becomes a single click instead of a copy…
Redirect settings for a domain
Domain settings, Redirects, holds the behaviour that applies to every link on the domain, plus the handful of paths that are not l…
Slug rules, reserved slugs and duplicates
Slugs are the part of the link people actually read. Domain settings, Slug generation, controls how automatic ones are made and wh…
Robots policy and what search engines see
Short links should generally not be indexed. They are pointers, they duplicate content that already has a canonical home, and an i…
Cleaning up, transferring and deleting a domain
Domains accumulate links, and links accumulate clicks. The maintenance tools live at the bottom of Domain settings, under Danger z…
Connect your domain with free automatic SSL
1. Choose your shortlink hostname Open Dashboard → Add Domain. If your main domain already hosts a website, choose a subdomain su…
Connect a Namecheap domain and subdomain
1. Find your domain and its DNS host Sign in to Namecheap → Domain List. The domain name shown there (for example, yourbrand.com)…
Buy a domain — registrar setup, payment and verification
1. Administrator: connect the registrar Open Admin → DNS providers → Domain marketplace pricing. Select Sandbox, enter the Name.c…
Start Free — no credit card
The free plan includes 1,000 links, 6 custom domains and 50,000 tracked clicks a month, free forever. Choose a free subdomain from six shared domains. Paid plans start at $4 a month when you outgrow it, and you keep everything you have built.