Leland: T.ly charges $5 per month for paid plans
“So I started off at five dollars a month and that's where I'm at right now.”
Leland: T.ly has over 600 paying customers
“I have over 600 paying customers.”
Leland: T.ly generates over $4,000 per month in revenue
“So I'm actually over the 4000.”
Leland: T.ly is run solo on nights and weekends
“It's just me you know, kind of doing it almost as a side project on top of full-time jobs. So this is just you know, nights and weekends type of thing for me.”
Leland: T.ly costs over $300 per month in hosting
“So hosting wise, I'm over 300 dollars a month.”
Leland: T.ly Received a $60K Unofficial Acquisition Offer
“Like in the 60, 60,000.”
Leland Rejected $60K Early Acquisition Offer to Keep Growing T.ly
“I was kind of thinking that's, that would be, you know, a pretty good deal, but no, I want to keep growing it. And we both decided, you know, keep working at it.”
Leland: T.ly's largest plan offers 100,000 monthly links for $400
“So I have the largest plan I have right now is a 100,000 short links per month. And that's at 400 dollars a month.”
Leland: T.ly Has No Subscribers on Its $400 Monthly Top Tier
“I don't think anybody's on that one, but I have some on the a hundred dollar a month plans.”
Leland: URL shortener costs stem from tracking redirects, not creating links
“So the biggest thing is not necessarily the links, but more so the tracking of the redirects. So that's where a lot of companies limit the number of redirects tracked per month. And that's where, you know, if somebody creates one link and it has, you know, Mil…”
Leland: T.ly URL shortener extension had 60,000 users in 2019
“Back in 2019, it had 60,000 users. So that's kind of the growth of the past three years or so.”