bit.ly Pro End-to-End (e2e) Domains
via @ade3: This is really an epic read, worth the time… http://fxn.ws/fFXiFp
ALSO! bit.ly now uses custom shorteners when anyone shrinks a url on a domain they manage. How cool is that??
Upon Dan’s notice, I was jazzed to discover that bit.ly Pro service was open to the public, and free at that! I had been previously using Yourls to serve up d§.cc URLs.
The free bit.ly Pro service does what you’d expect: generates shorten URLs for your own custom domain. But the killer feature Mr. Drinkard is talking about, End-to-End (e2e) Domains, isn’t offered for Pro users.
End-to-End (e2e) Domain configuration is available to bit.ly Enterprise users only.
e2e Domains enable complete end-to-end branding of your long URLs, no matter who shortens them.
Here’s an example: Let’s say you configure “my-long-domain.com” as an e2e domain and your Custom Short Domain is “my-short.com”. Any time any bit.ly user shortens a URL starting with “http://my-long-domain.com/”, the resulting short link will start with “http://my-short.com/”.
$1000 a year for an Enterprise account is not quite in my budget, but seems reasonable for the big players out there. Also a terrific selling point for the bit.ly Enterprise service, ensuring brand continuity for their clients.