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The marketing model has changed during the last decade and businesses are now offering the opportunity to their customers to promote them. URL shortening websites are also not behind this trend and have started offering incentives to its users. Well, there are many places where it is not convenient to post a very long URL or you do not want to reveal the web address. One such example is a micro blogging website like Twitter. If you have only 140 characters to post, you would not like the link to consume all the space. These URL shortening websites ask you for the long URL and give you a short URL which would take the user to the same page.

Using any of the below services will not only solve your purpose of URL shortening, but also give you some incentive when the URL is clicked or viewed.

Following are the 5 best websites that pay you for shortening your links through them.

#1 Adfly:

USP: High paying potential

How it works: You go to the site, enter your long URL and get a short URL. Then you go and paste the URL wherever you want. When a user clicks on the shortened URL, he sees a pop-up ad. Now the user may either click on the ad or just view it. In both the cases, you get paid.

Cost per 1000 impressions is $2

Minimum Payout: $5

Payment mode: Paypal

The user who clicks on your URL does not even have to watch the ad completely. He has the option to click on ‘skip ad’ link and go to the link posted by you after 5 seconds. The cost of every impression and click varies from country to country.

#2 LinkBucks

USP: High Alexa rank

How it works: Linkbucks is another site that pays you for shortening URL through ads. These ads can be as a pop-up or as a banner on the top on the desired web page. You earn money for every click on the ads.

Minimum Payout: $5

Payment mode: Paypal

#3 eCash

USP: High Commission

How it Works: Well, ecash does not pay you on clicks or views but a flat 50% commission on the sale of the advertised item. The ad is displayed in the form of a banner on top of the desired page. There are more than 50 advertisers that pay you affiliate commission if someone buys their product through your recommendation.

Payment Mode: Check or Paypal

#4 LinkBee

USP: Multiple chances to earn

How it works: LinkBee is basically a bookmarking site that pays you for bookmarking your favorite links. It offers you two options for displaying the ad. Interstitial ad will be displayed while the user is being connected to the shortened url. Top frame banner ads will be displayed on the top of the shortened link page. The payout for top frame banners is less than interstitial ads.

Minimum Payout: $15

Payment Frequency: Monthly

#5 Yvyme

USP: Real-time statistics

How it works: When someone visits your URL, they see an ad and you get paid. You can earn approx $2.00 for every 1000 visitors that visit your link.

Minimum Payout: $10

There are many other websites which pays for shortening your URL like Xa.ly that gives you both affiliate commission as well as sales commission. All the above websites are family safe. If you do not mind your visitors redirecting to an adult site, you may even try URL Cash that often redirects to adult websites.

All in all, getting paid for a simple task like shortening URLs or bookmarking is not a bad deal at all. Those who choose to go with the wave might make some good amount of cash

Author Bio: Alyssa Clarke is a writer who also happens to be a tech freak. She is currently hunting for one of the best mobile phone available in the tech market and some cool surround sound systems.

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