We have just finished the beta release of shrtn.co, and are excited to
get HN's feedback on our new tool.<p>shrtn allows you to monetize your links seamlessly in an unobtrusive
manner by adding affiliate codes to the merchants that we support.
Whenever a sale is made via your URL, we share most of the revenue
generated with the you. shrtn is currently connected with around 50
merchants, but that number is increasing daily.<p>The application is pretty lean at the moment. We have a few ideas for
future developments which includes a more advanced bookmarklet, a
browser plugin to inform you of affiliate link opportunities, advanced
analytics & a sexier JS/ajax interface.<p>Please try us out - we would love to get your feedback on this HN!
Great idea. Congrats on the release!<p>A couple of suggestions:<p>- An API to generate shortened URLs automatically would be great.<p>- Some mechanism for supporting custom domain names.<p>Say, someone has a link shortener service with a decent amount of traffic. Both shrtn.co and the shortener owner would benefit greatly from an API/custom domain combo.
What's the amount of work involved in adding merchants? I notice the list grew a lot since last time, should we expect 20/month?<p>Oh, and there's no chance you've solved my personal bugaboo, and can redirect to Amazon.COM/CA/UK depending on a person's origin, is there?
1) How are you different/better than VigLink, which also provides this service?<p>2) Do you have permission from affiliates to act as a master account like this? (I'd be concerned they'll cut you off and me with you)<p>3) What percentage are you taking?
Love the idea!<p>I think you should have some mention of how are revenues shared be it at 10-90 or 90-10. That was the first thing I went looking after.