Guides
From URL shortening to digital business cards, QR menus to click analytics — practical step-by-step guides.
Your app lives in two stores, but an Instagram bio, an ad, or a printed poster usually has room for exactly one link. This guide shows how to set up a single download link that detects the visitor's device and sends iPhone users to the App Store, Android users to Google Play, and desktop visitors to your website, and then how to see which platform your download clicks are coming from.
Read guide 8 min readBitly is the tool most people picture when they hear "link shortener", and it earned that position. But if your audience lives in Turkey, your team works in Turkish, or your compliance officer keeps asking where click data is stored, the global default may not be the best fit. This guide compares Bitly and kisa.tr on the points that matter locally, walks through a migration, and is honest about when Bitly is still the right call.
Read guide 6 min readA digital business card is a web page that holds your contact details, shared through a short link and a QR code instead of paper. The person you meet scans the code, sees your details and saves them to their phone in a single tap. This guide explains how digital cards work, where paper falls short, and how to build one step by step with kisa.tr.
Read guide 6 min readLinks typed into Instagram captions are plain text, so the bio link is the only permanent, clickable way to send followers to your website, shop or contact page. This guide walks through adding that link on the app and on the web, gathering several links behind a single address with a link-in-bio page, and tracking how many people actually click.
Read guide 7 min readShort links are everywhere: in text-message campaigns, social posts and the QR codes on posters. They also raise a fair question: where does this link actually go? This guide explains why shortened URLs cause concern, what the real risks are, how to check a link before you click, and what kisa.tr does as a platform to keep abuse out.
Read guide 6 min readThe first question after sharing a link is simple: how many people clicked? Good link analytics answer much more than that: which devices your visitors use, which channels they came from, and when they are most active. This guide explains what each metric in a link statistics report means, which decisions the data supports, and where to find it all in your kisa.tr dashboard.
Read guide 7 min readReplacing printed menus with a QR code on the table has become standard practice for restaurants and cafés. Guests point their phone camera at the code, the menu opens instantly, and you never have to reprint because a price changed. This guide walks you through building a QR code menu from scratch, one step at a time.
Read guide 6 min readURL shortening turns a long, cluttered web address into a compact link that is easy to share, say out loud, or print. When someone clicks the short link they are sent straight to the original page, and every click can be counted along the way. This guide explains how short links work, where they earn their keep, and how to create one with kisa.tr, with or without an account.
Read guide 6 min readUTM parameters are small tags added to the end of a URL that tell your analytics tool which source, channel and campaign a visitor came from. Used well, they replace guesswork with data: you can see exactly which post, email or ad actually brought traffic. This guide walks through the five UTM parameters with examples, the naming rules that keep reports readable, and how to share long UTM links as clean short links.
Read guide 6 min readAny business that takes orders, bookings or support requests over WhatsApp ends up sharing the same link everywhere: it starts with wa.me, grows with a country code, and turns into a wall of percent signs once you add a pre-filled message. This guide shows you how to build the wa.me link correctly first, then how to shorten it into a branded, trackable address.
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