Supercharge your links with Shor.by Tracking Connection
Key points
Tracking
A Tracking to multiple links with easeMore choice
Provide more choice to the link userConnection
Provide multiple messaging channelsOutline
Any active business user of Instagram knows what pains they go through before they could pull followers to their page. They have two problems that limit them, the first is that they can only put just one link in their bio and they can't put a clickable link in their posts or their story status.
Interesting
The drive behind Shorby is to stop a Instagram bio link having only one shot or one opportunity to seize everything from your Instagram building. Don't allow it to slip away with one link, present and capture as many options as possible now before its too late.
It's all in the detail
Lack of an about page and social accounts never provides confidence in the management of a site, a press kit would also be helpful and some background on the company. A message icon is on the site, however response times have been lengthy. We managed to track down a little used Twitter account, with 7 followers since May 2018, time to get social for this social media linking tool maybe!
Governing Law (copied from the Shorby site) Last updated: June 04, 2018
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Further Detail
Shorby - example from shor.by website of links
Standard Pricing Tiers
Pricing for shor.by comes in Three flavours:
- Free
- Pro
- Agency
You can also join too with the shorby start plan which includes 3 bio links, 3 Instagram, 10 custom URLs, unlimited clicks, unlimited links, 300 tracked links, 1 advert platform, could be Facebook, Google, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.
Small businesses always want to connect with their customers instantly. Shorby works this out by allowing you to add several messengers to your profile at a time, these are placed at the top of the page. The aim of most businesses is to keep customers happy, answer questions and also provide the option to engage at the same time.
Shorby allows you to have a headline that are editable at the top of the link page, which can be used to tell users about flash deals, discounts and so many more options.
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What We Like About Shorby
The ability for multiple networks and therefore useful for affiliate marketers. Then it simply makes hyperlink text look more attractive. Normally, website URLs take up a bunch of space.
They’re often unattractive strings of random letters and numbers and can be distracting and aesthetically unpleasing. They also make the reading experience smoother, particularly on social media platforms. In addition, they make it easier for your viewers to share content.
The page is clean and helpful for both mobile and desktop users alike, with large buttons for fingers to click when required.
The ability to track users across platforms with follow up advertising options via pixels and ID codes.
Example of Twitter Card with no detail
What we don't like about Shorby
The part I don't like about Shorby is that the nature of redirection introduces many potential points of failure between a user clicking the link and visiting the desired website. Should Shorby have problems on the server end for example, then traffic could be lost without notice via monitoring, having a reporting method say via email to confirm any down time (notice) would help make this key addition to Instagram more controllable and provide confidence to the business.
Twitter cards - having twitter cards and Facebook open graph which has compatibility for sharing is a key feature in this ever increase world of sharing.
The heading is single lined and limited to only providing a single explanation of the content. Imagine the user landing on the page looking for retail, is it the main website, is it spam, is it a virus link, will they head away before understand what you have in mind for them to do.
The link isn’t cloaked with the option to remove shor.by from the link. This is brand negative and can result in less clicks.
The page layout is very limited, nice in design but without the option to change the fonts, background, buttons with css or even color choices outside the preset options available.
We also think that the layout would also benefit from the ability to change the order of the messaging links and social networks button blocks. Having a page builder would really make each of the link pages a more personalised experience.
The ability to add video to the page as a welcome, intro, explainer or sales proposition could really prove wonders to conversion rates.
Recommendation
The part I don't like about shorby is that the nature of redirections introduces many potential points of failure between a user clicking the link, and visiting the desired website. Should shorby have problems on the server end for example then all traffic is lost, having a reporting method say via email to confirm down time would help make this key addition to Instagram more controllable.
The heading is single lined and limited to only providing a single explanation of the content. Imagine the user landing on the page looking for retail, is it the main website, is it spam, is it a virus link, will they head away before understand what you have in mind for them to do.
The link isn’t cloaked with the option to remove shor.by from the link. This is brand negative and can result in less clicks.
The page layout is very limited, nice in design but without the option to change the fonts, background, buttons with css or even color choices outside the preset options available.
We also think that the layout would also benefit from the ability to change the order of the messaging links and social networks button blocks. Having a page builder would really make each of the link pages a more personalised experience.
The ability to add video to the page as a welcome, intro, explainer or sales proposition could really prove wonders to conversion rates.
Conclusion
We don't like the lack of business information on the website, having understanding of who your doing business with is only ever a positive. however, Shorby is a good tool and one that can help get active followers on Instagram pages to do something more, especially Instagram business pages. If it can last the test of time then this is going to be a tool that is going to get used.
Promising BUT Be Warned
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