godschild71960
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@jessica50 What was the driving factor for choosing Azure over other platforms?
I built a SaaS in 3 days! An API-First Link Shortener
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@godschild71960 I've been using Azure professionally for the last 5+ years, so I guess comfort zone was the reason 
gerryspeck
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@jessica50 I have a bunch of experience with Azure as well, and I am a bit curious about which services you have used there to host linkbird? Since I am looking to deploy some apps as well there.
@gerryspeck I’m using App Service, CosmosDB, Function App and Service Bus
godschild71960
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@jessica50 That makes sense. Thanks!
ernesjohnson
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@jessica50 I don't understand what or how a Link Shortner benefits a business. Can some one please explain? Why couldn't someone just create a new page or link with a shorter name and do a redirect?
muddpuddle
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@ernesjohnson I dont think many undertand the benefits but here are some
Note, I would say the mayority would want to have a custom domain. They want their brand to show not a 3rd party. Unless you are a world know brand like tinyurl. Still, custom domain is 99% a requirement.
Or self hosted.
Marketing
You can customize the OG image when sharing social. So for any link shared outside the company you control the message
Analytics
You can measure the reach of each shared link
This could be anything, links to customers or prospekts on emails, links on social media, links on your own website
Now you have s complete overview of all your external links on their reach, how many clicks, where did the clicks come from, who shared them
For a marketer, this is gold.
Other benefits is that while your link cannot be changed, the redirect can. So if you share an image, video or site, and now you have move it or updated it, you can change the redirect afterwards
Note, I would say the mayority would want to have a custom domain. They want their brand to show not a 3rd party. Unless you are a world know brand like tinyurl. Still, custom domain is 99% a requirement.
Or self hosted.
Marketing
You can customize the OG image when sharing social. So for any link shared outside the company you control the message
Analytics
You can measure the reach of each shared link
This could be anything, links to customers or prospekts on emails, links on social media, links on your own website
Now you have s complete overview of all your external links on their reach, how many clicks, where did the clicks come from, who shared them
For a marketer, this is gold.
Other benefits is that while your link cannot be changed, the redirect can. So if you share an image, video or site, and now you have move it or updated it, you can change the redirect afterwards
bandyadelaja
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@jessica50 Did you use Gatsby starter kit? Because I got that notification when I went to your site on my phone
rickyrajesh
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@jessica50 Nice work! Good luck with this.
@rickyrajesh Thank you
@jessica50 Good job! Congrats.
@jessica50 Sadly website is already not free 