Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating short links, generating QR codes, using our API, or accessing onlineurlshortner.com, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the website or its associated services.

2. Acceptable Use & Prohibited Activities

OnlineURLShortner is provided as a utility for legitimate link management and sharing. You agree not to use the service for any malicious, fraudulent, or harmful purposes. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to:

• Phishing & Social Engineering: Creating links that impersonate legitimate organizations, banks, or services to deceive users or steal credentials.
• Malware & Exploits: Shortening URLs that deliver trojans, ransomware, viruses, spyware, or malicious payloads.
• Spam & Unsolicited Distribution: Mass automated link creation, unsolicited email campaigns, or deceptive click redirects.
• Illegal & Unlawful Content: Distributing content that promotes illegal goods, child sexual abuse material, violence, hate speech, or terrorist activities.
• Intellectual Property Infringement: Linking to pirated media, counterfeit goods, or materials that violate copyright or trademark rights.
• Abuse of Infrastructure: Attempting to overwhelm, reverse engineer, or bypass rate limits on our API or edge servers.

3. Link Removal & Enforcement Policy

We actively enforce our acceptable use standards through automated filtering and abuse review. We reserve the absolute right to:

• Disable, delete, or redirect any short link found in violation of these terms without prior notice.
• Block offending target domains from being shortened across our platform.
• Rate limit or ban IP addresses that repeatedly create abusive links.

To report a link that violates our policy, visit our dedicated Report Abuse page or email abuse@onlineurlshortner.com.

4. Service Availability & Limitations

OnlineURLShortner is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis. While we strive to maintain uninterrupted service and fast redirect routing, we make no guarantees regarding continuous uptime, link permanency, or specific performance levels. We may modify, restrict, or discontinue any feature with or without notice.

Links configured with temporary expiration settings (e.g., 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days) will automatically cease redirecting once their expiration threshold is reached.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

We do not endorse, verify, or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or security of third-party websites accessed via shortened links on our service. Users click external links at their own risk.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, OnlineURLShortner and its operators shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use this service, or from any third-party content accessed through shortened links.

6. Contact & Inquiries

If you have questions regarding these Terms of Service, please reach out through our Contact page or via email at hello@onlineurlshortner.com.

Last updated: September 2026