How to bulk-shorten hundreds of URLs from a spreadsheet
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Shortening links one at a time is fine for a tweet. For a product catalogue, a print run, or migrating an old set of links, you want to do hundreds at once, and get a clean mapping back. Here's how bulk shortening works.
Two ways to import
- Paste a list: one URL per line. Fastest for a quick batch.
- Upload a CSV: for anything with extra columns. Urlicer auto-maps your columns to URL, and optionally alias, expiry, and password.
Check before you commit
Before anything is created you see a live count of valid vs invalid rows and a quota preview, so you know exactly how many links you're about to make and whether they fit your plan. Fix the bad rows, then create.
Get your mapping back
When it's done you get a results table and a downloadable CSV of the long-to-short mapping, ready to paste back into your spreadsheet, your CMS, or your print artwork. Each row also flags anything skipped (for example, an alias that was already taken).
When it's worth it
- Turning a catalogue of product URLs into trackable, QR-ready links.
- Migrating links from another shortener without doing it by hand.
- Prepping a campaign where every asset needs its own tracked link.
Bulk creation is available on Urlicer's paid plans; see pricing for the row limits per tier.
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