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How to set TTL in bulk (via Bulk spreadsheet)

  1. Sign in to your Short.io account.

  2. In the Dashboard navigate to the Branded links panel and click on Sheets:

    Branded links panel with Sheets button highlighted

    You may be asked to grant additional access to Short.io:

    Google Sheets permission dialog with Grant Access button

    After the access is granted, an empty Google Sheet is displayed.

  3. Manually paste the links to be shortened in the required Original URL cells. You can also fill in values in other optional columns such as link slugs, tags and UTM parameters, to name a few:

    Spreadsheet with Original URLs, slugs, and UTM parameters

  4. Scroll right to find the TTL column and add the needed dates:

    TTL column with expiration dates filled in for each link

  5. Click on Create links. The shortened links appear in the Short URL column and the status is marked as OK:

    Spreadsheet showing created short URLs with OK status

You can now review the links from the Branded links panel:

Branded links panel showing newly created bulk links