Tim Leland
- Founder at T.LY
GetLatka interview
How T.LY Reached Over $4K MRR and 600 Paying Customers as a One-Person URL Shortener (Interview with Founder Tim Leland)
Tim Leland (Founder of T.LY) spoke to Nathan Latka on April 5, 2022.
T.LY figures from the interview
- MRR (2022)
- $4K+
- Paying Customers (2022)
- 600
- Free Users (2022)
- 400,000
- Team Size (2022)
- 1
- Year Founded
- 2020
“Yeah. So I when I started this and I think their prices have changed, but Bitly to be able to have a custom domain, you know, it was it was very pricey. So I went with the approach of, you know, a more affordable option. So I started off at $5 a month and that's where I'm at right now.”
“Yeah. I actually looked at that just now. I have over 600 paying customers. So obviously, there's churn in there and but once somebody gets using it and they're happy with it, they usually stick around for a while.”
“Yep. Yep. It's just me, you know, kinda doing it almost as a side project on top of full time job. So this just, you know, nights and weekends type of thing for me.”
Bio
Hi, my name is Tim Leland, and I am the creator of T.LY URL shortener and link management tool. My goal is to make creating short links a one-click process. This led me to create URL Shortener browser extension that makes it easy to create, share, and track short URLs. Currently, T.LY has over 10 million short URLs and has tracked over 100 million clicks. The Link Shortener extension has over 400,000 active users. T.LY is an affordable URL shortener that allows users to brand, track and share their short urls.