Links and redirects
A short link sends visitors from a short address, like https://nocly.site/promo, to any destination URL.
Creating a link
Go to Create link and enter the destination. Optional settings:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Domain | The main domain or any active custom domain you may use |
| Alias | Random (generated), Custom (your own, like summer-sale) or Prefix (your prefix plus a random part, like promo-x7Kp2) |
| Redirect type | 302 temporary (default), 301 permanent, or 307 temporary keeping the request method |
| Title, notes, tags | For organizing and searching your links |
| Activation | The link starts working at this date and time |
| Expiration | The link stops working at this date and time |
| Password | Visitors must enter a password first |
| Click limit | The link stops after this many visits |
| UTM parameters | Added to the destination automatically; a preview shows the final URL |
After creating a link you can copy it, open it, show its QR code, view analytics or edit it.
Aliases may contain letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores and are not case-sensitive. Some words are reserved for the application (for example login, admin, api).
What visitors see
| Situation | Result |
|---|---|
| Active link | Redirect to the destination with the chosen status code |
| Unknown alias | Branded Link not found page (404) |
| Not active yet | Not yet active page with the start time |
| Expired | Link expired page |
| Click limit reached | Link unavailable page |
| Disabled by the owner | Link disabled page |
| Blocked by an administrator | Link blocked page |
| Password protected | Password form, then the redirect |
Query strings are passed through: https://nocly.site/promo?ref=mail adds ref=mail to the destination.
Add + to any short link (for example https://nocly.site/promo+) to preview the destination without visiting it.
Managing links
My links has search, filters (status, domain, tag, date, clicks, expiration), sorting and pagination. Each row can be opened, copied, edited, duplicated, enabled or disabled, deleted, and has QR and analytics shortcuts. Select several rows for bulk enable, disable or delete. Use Export CSV to download the filtered list.
Bulk creation
Bulk create accepts up to the configured number of rows (default 500):
- one URL per line, optionally followed by a space and a custom alias, or
- a CSV file (or pasted CSV) with the columns
destination,alias,title,tags. Download the template from the page.
Shared options apply to all rows: domain, redirect type, prefix, tags, activation, expiration, click limit and UTM. Each row reports created, duplicate, invalid or failed, and the results can be downloaded as CSV. Each row is saved independently, so one bad row never affects the others.
QR codes
Every link has a QR code (SVG or PNG) available from the link page and the link list. QR codes are generated on your server; nothing is sent to an external service.
Duplicates
Administrators choose what happens when a destination already has a short link of yours: warn (default; you can create it anyway), allow or block.
Safety checks
Destinations must be http or https URLs. Links to private network addresses, to this service's own short links (redirect loops) and to blocklisted domains or keywords are rejected.