Use case
Print and QR codes
Print is the one place a link becomes permanent. A code on a poster, a label, a badge or packaging will be scanned long after the campaign that made it has ended, and it cannot be edited once it is printed.
What goes wrong
That permanence is exactly what makes a generic shortener dangerous. If the service closes, every printed code closes with it, and there is no recourse because the domain was never yours. A code that resolves to nothing is worse than no code.
How it is done here
- 01
Print your own domain
The code encodes a URL on a domain you renew. Change providers later and the printed code keeps working, because the name did not move.
- 02
Point it somewhere you can change
The destination behind a short link is editable. Print the code once, repoint it every season.
- 03
Read scans separately
QR scans are counted apart from clicks, so the poster and the newsletter never end up in the same number.
What carries it
- A QR code on every link
- Editable destinations
- Scans counted separately
- Custom domains
Where this stops
A short domain you might let expire is worse than a long one you will keep. An expired short domain does not fail politely: somebody buys it and your printed codes point at their page.
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