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Growth · March 21, 2014

Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

Shorten your links and overlay your own custom message onto any piece of content and include a call-to-action with every link you share.

Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion launched on March 21, 2014 with 34 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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Snip.ly is a link shortening tool that lets users overlay custom messages and calls-to-action onto shared content. It shortens URLs while allowing marketers to add their own branding or messaging that appears when others click the link. The tool is designed for content curation and marketing purposes, helping users drive conversions through their shared links.

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Sniply was acquired by UpContent! Read more about our new home here. Join more than 100,000 marketers already using Sniply’s link shortener and drive conversions through content curation. Sniply is a simple tool that shortens links and allows you to overlay your own custom message onto any piece of content, creating an opportunity for you to include a call-to-action with every link you share. Sniply works on the same principles as a URL shortener; the difference is that Sniply doesn’t just shorten links, it allows you to overlay your own content on the destination site. Now you can send your followers to third party content without disengaging them. Just embed a button that links back to…from snip.ly

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