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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: 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: Cross-Promoting Existing Chrome Extensions Drives New Installs
“Using your, using the extensions to promote each other. So somebody's already installing one That's always a good thing. So, you know, when you install mine, I kind of try to encourage people to check out some of my other extensions.”
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 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'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: TinyURL operated for 20 years before introducing paid plans
“You know, you look at like a tiny URL who's been around for 20 years and they, you know, are doing been giving it away for free. So now they do some other things through advertising and they actually recently introduced paid plans, but”