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New Feature: License Plate Links

April 14, 2010 by ShareASale 15 Comments

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Hey everyone, take a look at the quick video below to learn how to use our new feature – the License Plate Link. License Plate Links are basically shortened custom URLs (hence the name License Plate) that are meant to be used in a social media environment where every character counts! It includes an optional “SocialBar” which makes it easy for anyone viewing your link to share it with their friends via social media outlets and email. The new link takes on the form of http://shrsl.com?~2 (click it to see an example) so it should be plenty short for social media use…

If you have any questions – just let us know!


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Comments

  1. John says

    April 14, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    Interesting tool. when does it go into effect? I assumed it was active but went to my dashboard and when I tried to make a custom link it was the same old thing, didn’t have the stuff that the video had (as far as what was available).

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  2. Rexanne says

    April 15, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    It’s about time! THANK YOU!

    Reply
  3. Brian Littleton says

    April 15, 2010 at 12:20 pm

    John,

    It is live now – if you have problems accessing it just email me I can probably help. Brian@ShareASale.com

    Rexanne,

    I was planning on emailing you about it actually as I know you’ve been looking for these shortened links for a while. :) Hope they work well for you!

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  4. Matt McWilliams says

    April 15, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Outstanding!

    Well done Brian and team…and nice tutorial :)

    Reply
  5. John says

    April 15, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Brian,
    Just went in to try it again and it’s working fine now. Maybe a cache problem on my end. Not sure but it’s working and that’s all that matters.

    Reply
  6. Wade Tonkin says

    April 16, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    Great feature guys – through you a little love on the GTO Blog. Keep innovating!

    Wade

    Reply
  7. Deborah says

    April 19, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Great feature! Thank You all! Going to try it today!

    Reply
  8. Adam says

    May 5, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    Great new tool. Makes it much easier than having to log into TinyUrl or other link tools out there.

    Reply
  9. szchinagoshop says

    May 7, 2010 at 2:52 am

    The great function through you guys – GTO blog of love. Constant innovation!
    http://www.chinagoshop.com/Wholesale-wifi-cell-phone_c881

    Reply
  10. Benito III says

    May 11, 2010 at 1:07 pm

    Nice tools and great features hoping many enhance features will come soon.

    Reply
  11. Friend says

    May 1, 2013 at 8:41 am

    Need a way to delete License Plate Links. Spammers are using them for email spam.

    Reply
    • Brian Littleton says

      May 1, 2013 at 12:04 pm

      Send us a support ticket via email or through your account, we can delete those for you but need to know what you want deleted. shareasale@shareasale.com for email tickets…

      Reply
  12. Viveca says

    June 17, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    I can’t see this well. Is there a way to enlarge the screen? Help!

    Reply
  13. Liz says

    October 10, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    I love this tool! Does it work in emails? I had an affiliate use it in a Mailchimp email and it didn’t seem to be working. Not sure if it was something they did wrong with Mailchimp or if the license plate links are only for social?

    Thank you!

    Reply

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