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How to create link bundles

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The Short.io feature link bundles (link-in-bio pages) are customizable landing pages that allow you to group multiple links in a single place. You can then share them with your audience as a package. Each bundle supports drag-and-drop link ordering, social media link integration and theme customization (including colors and fonts).

To create a bundle:

  1. From the Short.io dashboard, click + Link bundle:

  2. In the Link was created dialog that appears, you can:

    • enter a slug of your choice (or leave the auto-generated one, or even select one from the AI suggestions)

    • optionally enter descriptive tags (or select from the AI suggestions)

    You can also select any of the available options from the Customization features:

    In this case, you will be immediately redirected to the respective section of the link's settings.

  3. Click Save.

  4. Click Close.

    The Link bundle section appears and you can start configuring your bundle:

The newly created bundle is also added to the Branded links section of your dashboard:

You can configure the following elements of a link bundle:

Title​

In the Bundle title field, you can set a new name:

The name is automatically saved.

Tо add short branded links to your bundle, follow these steps:

  1. Click Add first link:

  2. In the Add link dialog, enter the title and the short URL (if it does not exist, it will be created with auto-generated slug):

To include more branded links click + Add more:

To remove a link, click X next to it:

You can also reorder the added links by dragging and dropping them.

You can add social media links to your bundle as follows:

  1. Click Add social link:

  2. In the respective fields, enter the URLs of your social media profiles:

    To remove a link, click X next to it.

  3. Save.
    The link is added to the bundle.

To include more social links or to edit the already added ones, click + (Add more):

Bundle preview options​

The bundle preview section allows you to review the appearance of your bundle in the three available modes:

  • Desktop

  • Tablet

  • Mobile

Logo & background image​

You can customize the logo and the background image of your bundle links as follows:

  1. Click the icon in the top right corner of the bundle preview.

  2. In the dialog that appears, select image files from your local storage:

    Here is an example (logo and background added):

    To remove an image, click X.

  3. Click Done:

The images are uploaded and displayed in the bundle links preview:

Colors​

To customize the color palette of your bundle links:

  1. Click the icon in the top right corner of the bundle preview.

    You will be redirected to the Domain settings-> UI customization section.

  2. There, navigate to the Domain theme -> Background colors section:

  3. Select the needed colors (you can find more information on theme colors in the following article).

  4. Save the changes and return to the bundle by opening it for editing from the Branded links menu.

The new colors will be applied and visible from the bundle links preview.

Fonts​

To customize the font type of your bundle:

  1. Click the icon in the top right corner of the bundle's preview. You will be redirected to the Domain settings-> UI customization section.

  2. There, navigate to Typography and enter a font type (you can find more information on fonts in the following article):

  3. Save the changes and return to the bundle by opening it from the Branded links menu.

The new font will be applied and visible from the bundle links preview.

You can convert a link bundle to a short link as follows:

  1. Open the bundle for editing from the Branded links menu.

  2. In the Basic link editing section click Convert to redirect:

  3. Enter a destination (original) URL:

  4. Click Save.

The bundle will be converted to a short link.

You can convert a short link to a link bundle as follows:

  1. Open the short link for editing from the Branded links menu.

  2. Navigate to the Link bundle section and click the Convert button:

  3. You are prompted to confirm the conversion: "This will create a new link bundle using this link's title and replace the destination URL.":

  4. Click Convert:

The short link will be converted to a link bundle.

To delete a link bundle:

  1. From the Branded links menu, select the bundle you want to remove.

  2. Click the icon.

  3. You are prompted to confirm the deletion: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this link? Please note that link redirects for URL <your-bundle-link> will stop working. Deletion is irreversible."

  4. Click Permanently delete.

The bundle will be removed.