What is the Dub link builder?

Short links are the bread and butter of Dub. With Dub's link management platform, you can create short links and QR codes for your marketing campaigns and get world-class analytics on them.

At the center of Dub is the Dub link builder. This is where you'll find all the tools & features you need to create a short link on Dub.

Features of the Dub link builder

On the left half of the link builder, Dub offers a variety of advanced link features that you can use to create and manage your short links.

1. Tag selector: Organize your links with tags to make them easy to find. Learn more.
2. Custom social media cards: Customize how your link appears on social media with the help of AI to improve conversion rates Learn more.
3. UTM Builder: Add UTM parameters to your links. Learn more.
4. Link Cloaking: Mask your destination URL with your short link. Learn more.
5. Password Protection: Protect your links with a password. Learn more.
6. Expiration Date: Set an expiration date for your links. Learn more.
7. Device Targeting: Set a custom destination URL for iOS and Android devices. Learn more.
8. Geo Targeting: Redirect your users to different links based on their location. Learn more.
9. Search Engine Indexing: Control how your links are indexed by search engines. Learn more.
10. Comments: Add comments to your links – for you and your team. Learn more.

On the right half of the link builder, you get a live preview of how your short link will look on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and LinkedIn.

How to open the Dub link builder

There are 3 ways to open the Dub link builder:

• 🐢 Slowest: Click on the "Create link" button on the dashboard.
• 🐇 Faster: Use the keyboard shortcut c to open the link builder.
• 🐅 Fastest: Just paste in a valid URL into the dashboard. This will automatically open the link builder and pre-fill the URL field.

Link creation shortcuts on Dub

We also have a 2 nifty shortcuts that you can use to open the link builder from anywhere on the internet:

1. Enter dub.new in your browser. This will open the link builder in your default Dub workspace.

2. Prepend your short link domain in front of any URL. This will open the link builder in your default Dub workspace with the URL and domain pre-filled.