URL Shortener: Creating Links, Custom Slugs, and Analytics

ElasticDomain includes a URL shortener with click analytics. It is designed for use cases where you need trackable short links — marketing campaigns, email footers, QR codes, or sharing long API URLs.

Credit Costs

Action	Credits
Create short link (random slug)	1 credit
Create short link (custom slug)	2 credits
View click analytics	1 credit

Creating a Short Link

1. Go to Tools → URL Shortener or find the Shortener in your dashboard.
2. Paste the long URL you want to shorten.
3. Optionally enter a custom slug (e.g., "summer-sale" → yourshort.domain/summer-sale).
4. Click Create.

The short link is created immediately and copied to your clipboard.

Custom Slugs

A custom slug lets you create branded, memorable short links instead of random character strings.

Examples:

• yourshort.domain/pricing instead of yourshort.domain/x7k2m
• yourshort.domain/signup instead of yourshort.domain/9bpq3

Custom slugs cost 2 credits (vs 1 credit for auto-generated). Slugs must be:

• Unique (not already in use in your workspace)
• URL-safe characters only (letters, numbers, hyphens)
• Between 3 and 50 characters

Click Analytics

For every short link, ElasticDomain tracks:

• Total clicks — cumulative click count
• Clicks over time — chart of daily click volume
• Referrer — where clicks came from (direct, search, social, email)
• Country — geographic distribution of clicks
• Device type — desktop vs mobile vs tablet

Viewing analytics costs 1 credit per view.

Managing Links

All short links are listed in the URL Shortener section with:

• Original URL
• Short URL
• Creation date
• Total click count
• Last clicked timestamp

You can edit the destination URL of an existing link (the slug stays the same) or delete links you no longer need.

Use Cases

Marketing campaigns: Create campaign-specific short links so you can track which channel drives the most traffic.

Email signatures: Use a short link in email signatures rather than a long URL — cleaner and trackable.

QR codes: Short links work perfectly in QR codes. Generate the link, then use any QR generator with the short URL.

Sharing API documentation: Long documentation URLs become a clean short link you can share in onboarding emails.

Workspace Scoping

Short links are workspace-scoped. Links created in one workspace are not visible in another. Credit charges also come from the workspace where the link is created.