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Bitly

Official website (https://bitly.com/)

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Also known as Bitly, Inc., bit.ly, bitly.com

Bitly is a URL shortening service and a link management platform. The company Bitly, Inc. was established in 2008. It is privately held and based in New York City. Bitly shortens 600 million links per month, for use in social networking, SMS, and email. Bitly makes money by charging for access to aggregate data created as a result of many people using the shortened URLs.

Key facts

Website.name
Bitly
Website.logo
Bit.ly Logo.svg
Website.logo_size
200px
Website.type
URL shortening, bookmarks, QR Codes, analytics, and (link‑in‑bio) landing pages
Website.registration
Required
Website.language
English
Website.owner
Spectrum Equity
Website.key_people
Peter Krivkovich (CEO)
Website.num_employees
234 (2020)
Website.current_status
Active

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Official website

Bitly Connections Platform | Short URLs, QR Codes, and More

Bitly’s Connections Platform is more than a free URL shortener, with robust link management software, advanced QR Code features, and a landing page solution.

bitly.com

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Described at

Bitly is a link shortening service that also helps you share, track, and analyze your links. Now includes "bundles" which can be public or private, to gather your links by categories you choose. A social network style feed of other people's bitly links can be added to your dashboard. An iOS app is available for iPhone. Wordpress plugin and API are available. Site includes a sub-site about the API for developers here: dev.bitly.com

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Wikidata facts

Official website
bitly.com
Motto
♥ your bitmarks
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service status information URL
bitly.statuspage.io
inception
2008-00-00
social media followers
68433
Commons category
Bitly
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Bitly is a URL shortening service and a link management platform. The company Bitly, Inc. was established in 2008. It is privately held and based in New York City. Bitly shortens 600 million links per month, for use in social networking, SMS, and email. Bitly makes money by charging for access to aggregate data created as a result of many people using the shortened URLs.

In 2017, Spectrum Equity acquired a majority stake in Bitly for $63 million.

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