Common questions about URL shortening, click analytics, QR codes, custom domains, and the rest of what urliz does.
A URL shortener takes a long, ugly link and produces a short one — for example, urliz.io/JVGJBSm — that redirects to the original URL when someone clicks it. The short version is easier to share, type, paste into messages, print on materials or turn into a QR code.
Open urliz.io, paste your long link into the input on the home page, and press the button. You'll get a short link instantly. No account is required — but signing up keeps a history of every link you've made and unlocks click analytics, custom slugs, QR codes, and link management.
Yes. The free tier covers shortening links, click analytics, custom slugs, QR codes, link expiry, click limits and password protection. Premium adds your own branded domain (go.yourbrand.com → urliz.io). There's no card required to use the free tier.
Each time someone clicks one of your urliz short links we record the timestamp, country, city, device, browser and referrer. Data appears on the dashboard and the analytics page within ~60 seconds of the click landing. Personally-identifying information is never stored.
Only if you say so. By default short links live forever. You can set an expiry of 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, or a custom click limit. Once a link expires it returns HTTP 410 Gone instead of redirecting.
Yes — Premium lets you bring your own short domain like go.yourbrand.com. Add the hostname in /domains, point a CNAME at cname.urliz.io, and once DNS verifies your branded short links go live. All your existing short codes continue to work from urliz.io as well.
Every destination URL is checked against the Google Safe Browsing API on creation. Links to known malware, phishing or social-engineering sites are rejected before the short link is even minted.
Every short link in your dashboard has a QR-code button. Click it and you'll get a clean SVG QR you can save and print. The QR encodes the short URL, so any scan tracks as a click in your analytics just like a normal tap.
Yes. When creating or editing a link you can set a password. Visitors who click the short URL hit a small unlock page, enter the password, and are then forwarded to the real destination. Passwords are hashed with PBKDF2-SHA-256 (600,000 iterations) and verified server-side with per-IP rate limiting.
Yes. Type the slug you want into the create form (urliz.io/my-launch instead of a random code). We check availability while you type. Slugs are case-sensitive and can use letters, numbers and hyphens.
Yes. POST to /api/links with your destination URL and optional slug, expiry, click limit, password, and tags. Authenticated requests use your Supabase session cookie; the response includes the created short_code. Public docs are coming — for now, the routes are stable and the request/response shapes are visible in the dashboard's network tab.
urliz is free without a sign-up wall, gives you real analytics out of the box, supports password-protected links, and lets you bring your own custom domain on Premium. The interface ships in 8 languages including Hebrew and Arabic with proper right-to-left layout. The whole thing is built for people who treat short links as part of the product, not an afterthought.