URL Shortener with Expiration Date

Why give a link an expiration date?

Plenty of links are only meant to work for a limited window: a flash sale, a webinar registration, an event ticket page, a seasonal promotion. Left active forever, an expired offer link keeps circulating on social media and in old emails long after it should have stopped working — sending visitors to a page that no longer makes sense, or worse, still letting them claim an offer that was supposed to have ended.

Setting an expiration date on a short link fixes this at the source. Pick the exact date and time it should stop working when you create the link, and after that moment any visitor sees a clear "this link has expired" message instead of being redirected — automatically, with nothing for you to remember to go and turn off.

Good uses for a link expiration date

• Flash sales and limited-time discounts — the link stops working the moment the sale ends
• Event registration links — automatically close signups after the event date passes
• Seasonal campaigns — a Diwali sale, Black Friday promo, or holiday campaign link that shouldn't outlive the season
• Time-boxed contests and giveaways — combine with a click limit for extra control over both time and volume

How to set an expiration date

1. Create a free account (expiration dates are managed per-link from your dashboard).
2. When creating a short link, set a date and time in the "Expires at" field.
3. You can also set a "Start at" time for the same link, so it only becomes active during a specific window — useful for scheduling a campaign link in advance of launch day.

Need the offer to run longer than planned? You can extend, shorten, or remove the expiration date at any time from the link's Edit screen — the short link itself never changes, so nothing you've already shared breaks. It also pairs well with a password-protected link if the destination needs to stay private during the active window too.