Is this something you would use?
A URL shortener/redirecter based on your custom domain, where before getting redirected, you can show a signup page to your customers or display an ad or a different product of yours. The shortener is controlled through a simple json file.
The idea is to make something more powerful than a simple URL shortener, which can be used by people like marketers.
I'm building it here : https://github.com/akash-joshi/redir
if it's idea for you to learn something by doing such a service, go for it. If it's something you would like to have some users using it or even make some money out of it, then you can be sure the idea is great as 1000s already do this in all kind of flavors, as SaaS, paid and open source etc.
I'm already making this for myself. I didn't find anything like this online though. I'll try some minimal marketing and see how it rolls, as it doesn't cost anything to host ( purely JS based )
Honestly, yeah I would. I've been wanting to do something useful with the makerlog.io domain with marketing - my current solution is just a netlify redirect, which works fine, but I don't want to change the current routing scheme.
Remember though - this is the indie maker bubble. Try to make a poll on Twitter too.
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