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How to Earn Money by URL Shortening

Written by Iftekhar Ahmed

Usually I write for bloggers but today I’m writing this piece for all those who are looking for simple ways to earn money online. Not everyone can be a blogger, SEO or a marketer, many of you are just random guys who spend their fun time browsing the internet.

Wait a sec !!! Don’t worry if you are a blogger  this post is for all, and being a blogger will be an advantage for you. Thumbs up !!

So many of you guys might be spending hours daily on the internet doing absolutely nothing. You might be scrolling down your Facebook newsfeed for hours or maybe you are very much into watching youtube videos or maybe just chatting !! No matter what you do, everyone must agree to the fact that, we all spend atleast an hour online doing nothing.

Now what if I say that you can earn money during that time. I’m not asking you to write articles or fill survey or click on ads or any such stuff. Rather I will be sharing something that you will enjoy doing and once the money starts rolling in, you will never look behind.

Being a blogger I didn’t try this for long, but still managed to earn around 25-30$ by doing nothing but a small setup which took me 6 minutes at max.

Enough of Intro !! By now I might have captured your attention!! Didn’t I ? 

Shorte.st – Earn Money by Shortening URL

Shortening links and making money has always been a method to earn online, many guys just follow this and earn upto 100$ a day. Quite impressive !!

You can do the same if you follow this guide.

Shorte.st is a european based link shortening tool that allows us to shorten any link and then pays us for each visit that we get on our shortened link. You must be thinking Why am I writing about shorte.st from so many shortners available !! Well for me its by far the Best URL shortener. Here are few reasons:

• Best Rates as compared to others. As high as 12$ per 1000 views for some countries.
• 5$ minimum payout threshold.
• Multiple withdraw options – Paypal, Webmoney and Payoneer.
• Ads are always of high quality. No sensitive ads.
• Dedicated social share widget for blogs and websites.
• Many more tools to maximise your income through your blogs and websites.
• FREE API !!! are you a developer ?? If yes, then you can understand its importance. 

Payout rates per 1000 views

How to Make Money using Shorte.st ?

Use the best URL shortener & make money by shortening links. Here’s the Complete guide to make money by url shortening using shorte.st – best link shortening site.

Well the big question is how to start making money by using this simple online tool. So !! Firstly all you need to do is signup at Shorte.st. Once you get your account created, you can start shortening links.

Once logged in, this is how your dashboard will look like.

Now its all yours, copy and paste any link that you want to share with your friends or bloggers. Click on shorten link button. Once you do so, you will be getting a shortened URL of your link.

Use the shortened link and share it with friends, you will get paid for each visit.

Simple right ?? Want some more tips ?? Okay fine !!! 

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Smart Tips to Make 10$ a day by shortening URLs

Now to make it sound simple let me divide this part into 2 categories, one for bloggers/marketers andother for non-bloggers. Here are some smart tips to earn money by shortening URL 

For Bloggers & Marketers 

Well if you are a blogger or an affiliate/internet marketer you must be very well aware of how this system works and how to maximize revenue from it. Let me add some more cool tips 

• Replace your social widget with shorte.st social share widget. All the links share through the buttons will be shortened under your account and you will be paid for each visit. So no matter who shares your article, you will be paid. Isn’t it cool ??

• If you are using blogspot comments then shorte has another awesome script for you. You can find the script under the tool tab in your dashboard. This simple script will shorten all the links shared in comments section and again each click will pay you. You have to do nothing but just a one time 2-minute script copy paste.

• If you own a site which gets huge clicks within your site, then you can convert all of your internal links to shortened links using a simple script. By this everytime a user clicks on a link on your website, you will be paid.  All these options are available under website monetization.

• Do you share your articles on your social media accounts ?? Well stupid of me, everyone does !! Sowhy not share a shortened link everywhere  you can make a hell lot of money if you are having a good social reach.

• You also might be doing affiliate marketing on facebook through groups and pages !! Again use short links, you will make money if you don’t make a sale  Atleast Better than nothing.

• But being a blogger make sure that you don’t overdo this !! It can be annoying sometimes, specially when your target audience is a serious one.

• Well I’m writing this in a hurry so I might miss some points, do comment some more. Still want more ?? Also read the non-bloggers section !! 

For Non-Bloggers / Part-timers 

Well this post is for you guys only and believe me, if you take this seriously you can make a hell lot of money. Though it can take some time for you to get the best ways working. Here are some tips !!

• Join large active facebook groups and start posting interesting offers, images, videos under your shortened links. Use catchy descriptions and captions to get maximum clicks.

• Do you share links on whatsapp ? Now start shortening those URLs and then share.

• If you own some active facebook pages then instead of sharing normal links, try to share short links.

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So, these are some tips for non-bloggers. You have the platform and system ready. All you have to do is, just use your brain in a smart way.  Umm, no need to make this article cross more words, see you in comments !!