Shortened url for our shop page/public profile?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by resetstyles, Jan 31, 2015.

  1. resetstyles
    resetstyles Member
    Is there a way to get a shortened url for our shop page or public profile? There's one for the items in the shops--so awesome for Instagram--but I'd like one for my shop page or profile so it's easier to put on a business card. https://www.shapeways.com/shops/resetstyles is a bit long since I have other things that need to fit as well.
    If I'm just oblivious then please let me know and point me to where I can find it, or feel free to tell me that this is a first world problem.
    Thanks!
     
  2. stonysmith
    stonysmith Well-Known Member Moderator
    Hm.. I know that the short url to my shop is: shpws.me/CsR

    Therefore, your shop should have one also, but I can't seem now to be able to find the spot so that you can see what yours is.

     
  3. resetstyles
    resetstyles Member
    So there is a way! Thank you! I shall go look for it.

    Edit: I looked and couldn't find it.
     
    Last edited: Feb 1, 2015
  4. mkroeker
    mkroeker Well-Known Member
    Searching for either the shop name or one of the products with the additional qualifier "site:shpws.me" did not return any hits - the results from just searching for pages hosted on that url lead me to suspect that these shortlinks are created only as by-products of being featured on the shapeways blog.
     
  5. MrNib
    MrNib Well-Known Member
    I thought it might be found in the listing of all shop owner stores, but I can't seem to find the stores listing. Has that been eliminated?

    I had a couple of things highlighted in the blog but I didn't seem to have a short store URL there.



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    I found the store list using Google search, but sadly no short URLs.
    https://www.shapeways.com/shops

     
    Last edited: Feb 1, 2015
  6. resetstyles
    resetstyles Member
    Hmm. I'm going to contact customer service and see what they have to say. I'll let you guys know the outcome.
     
  7. UniverseBecoming
    UniverseBecoming Well-Known Member
    HAHAHA! Love your signature! :D

    Yeah, I'm sure someone at Shapeways can get you one. Or..... How about a URL shortener? Like https://goo.gl/wIIQpW as provided by Google. Or this one https://qr.net/resetstyles provided by https://qr.net/, which lets you make a custom shortened URL. They also provide you with the QR code image [​IMG] for print media.

    Nice designs by the way, very artsy. :D You can hide those ring sizes if you want by making them for sell, but not shown to the public and then including links to them in your description. Like this. That way you don't have a bunch of ring sizes cluttering up your shop. I use this Rich Text editor to do the description in Rich text. Oh and, you can use the Product Variants Mod found here to make the sizes appear as little shopping carts.
     
  8. resetstyles
    resetstyles Member
    GUYS GUYS GUYS! I GOT A REPLY!

    To quote customer service:

    If you go to this link, you can fill in your shop name and click on Shorten. This way a short URL will be created for you.

    https://shpws.me/


    ^Everyone, bookmark this.
    I just did it: https://shpws.me/ElyT IT WORKS!!!



    BAHAHAHA Yeah, true life. Actually, one morning I went out and my neighbor asked if I was okay because she heard screaming at 2am. I realized she meant how I scream at Rhino constantly and not the fact I had metal blasting. It was kind of awkward explaining that I was yelling at a program.

    And thank you! I've been trying to figure out ways to do it so the rings wouldn't clutter but I couldn't find one that worked. I'll go play around with those.
     
  9. MrNib
    MrNib Well-Known Member
    Oh no mine will be confusing.

    http://shpws.me/ElO7

    Something like CsR is not confusing. The second character in mine is l (small L) which could be confused for 1 (one) or capital I (letter after H). And the "oh" could be the letter or the number zero. Not a biggie if it's a link or a cut and paste, but if it's on a business card font selection becomes important or you need to clarify somehow. http://shpws.me/Electric light Orchestra 7 which is definitely not a clarification!

    It sure would be nice if certain letters and numbers would be omitted in the generator to reduce possible confusion.
     
  10. numarul7
    numarul7 Well-Known Member
    If you use google short url you get stats of people clicking on it.
    It is a better option if you need stats on your shop.
    Use both! :)
     
    Last edited: Feb 6, 2015
  11. rowsdower
    rowsdower Member
    Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but has this feature been removed? I have some shop items I wanted to get short URLs for in order to make promotion easier but going to https://shpws.me/ now just redirects to the Shapeways front page. I don't see anywhere to generate new short URLs anymore, but according to the wayback machine this feature was still live in December of 2018:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20181222130523/https://shpws.me/

    EDIT: OK, naturally, a minute after posting this I found them already in place in the product pages. In any given product page you can find the shpws.me address by clicking on the "Share" button:

    [​IMG]
    I still would like to find a short URL for my main shop page. I'll update again if I find that as well...
     
    Last edited: Apr 12, 2019