URL shortening services are really expanding their network with the help of social networking sites by reducing the URL length, thereby reducing the overall posts or tweets length. These services are regularly used by millions of Internet users in twitter, where every word counts. There exists some service that pay when you use their services to shorten long URL’s. The more the link is shared and clicked the more you earn on per click basis. In this article we’ll see some of the top and trusted paid URL shortening services that really pay and should be approached if someone is interested in extracting some money from URL shortening services.

Top Paid URL Shortening Services That Really Pay

1. Link Bucks

Link Bucks is one of the most trusted and widely used URL shortening service that pays users for sharing the links. Link Bucks were launched back in 2005 and since then it has been working strongly with advertisers as well as webmasters. A well settled user of link bucks can earn $500 per month easily. However, the company claimed that their top contributor can easily earn $1000 consistently.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

2. iLix.in

The concept of iLix.in is similar to the other shortening links services. Whenever a visitor clicks the shortened iLix.in link, he’s served by an ad displayed in a pop up window which can be skipped whenever a user want. The link owner will receive $0.5 to $5 for every 1000 unique visitors that clicks the shortened URL and viewed the ad.

Payment Methods: Paypal, Payza and Liberty Reserve.
Min. Payout: $10

3. Adf.ly

Adf.ly is another popular and trusted URL shortening service. Just shorten your URL, share it and they are going to pay you up to $4 for every 1000 unique views. Payments are made instantly only via Paypal and Payza. It does support referrals bonuses and like Linkbucks, minimum payout is $5.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

4. CoinURL

The concept of Coin URL is slightly different than the other shortening links services. Whenever a visitor clicks the shortened Coinurl’s link, he’s served by either some banner ads or interstitial advertisement. The link owner will receive some sort of amount for every unique visitor that clicks the shortened URL and viewed the ad.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: unknown

5. Ity.im

Ity.im is an advance URL shortening service that provides lot of more services other than just URL shortening. It has smart schemes for both advertisers and publishers. One can earn up to $5.50 CPM with interstitials ads and $0.80 CPM with banner ads. Apart from URL shortening services ity.im allows its users to upload images and record their own voices which further can be shared with ity.im short URL’s.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: unknown

6. Ez4URL

Ez4URL pays you $4 for every 1000 unique visits. Although rates may vary from country to country, you can check the rates at the official website.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

7. Adfa.st

Adfa.st is still in beta stage but works slightly different than other URL shortening services. It has a point collection mechanism, points can be further exchanged either for money or you can also use that points to promote your website. At Adfa.st you’ll be paid for every unique visitor.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: unknown

8. AdTu.be

Adtu.be pays you for sharing links over the Internet. After shortening the URL you can place it anywhere over the internet and Adtu.be will pay you $4 for every 1000 unique visits.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

9. Adfoc.us

With Adfoc.us one can earn up to $6.50 per 1000 visits. It also offers referrals mechanism and one can earn up to 20% of revenue generated by its referral for lifetime.

Payment Methods: PayPal & Alertpay
Min. Payout: $20

10. BEE4.Biz

Bee4.biz is another free URL shortening service with interactive interface with a completely different concept. You have to lock a URL which may redirect to a file or a page or whatever. To unlock that link one has to complete a quick survey and once the survey is completed, the link will be unlocked. Each time a visitor completes a survey, he’ll be paid by the service.

Payment Methods: PayPal, Money bookers and Alert pay
Min. Payout: $10

11. URL Cash

Another service that really pays. The amount of money you’ll get per visit depends on the type of traffic and offcourse the number of clicks you receive.

Payment Methods:PayPal, Money bookers, Wire Transfer, Liberty Reserve and Alert pay
Min. Payout: $10

12. 4ks.net

4ks.net is the just a basic service like other URL shortening service. They also share 20% of revenue generated by your referrals. 4ks.net is currently paying an average amount of $2 for every 1000 visitors.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

13. Lnk.co

With Lnk.co you are allowed to use 2 types of ads- either full page ads or banners/sidebar ads. It has smart schemes for both advertisers and publishers. One can earn up to $5.00 CPM with interstitials ads and $0.80 CPM with banner ads. Lnk.co has claimed that it has highest rates in the Field of URL shortening.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

14. Pys.Me

Apart from URL shortening service earnings, it offers some prizes which you can win by accomplishing tasks on right time. With referrals mechanism you can earn upto 20% of revenue generated.

Payment Methods: PayPal & Alertpay
Min. Payout: $5

15. Bc.vc

Bc.Vc has almost same interface as other popular service. It pays $4 for every 1000 unique visits.

Payment Methods: PayPal
Min. Payout: $5

16. Wwy.me

Wwy.me pays more than $4.00 per 1000 links; however rate may vary from country to country. With referral system and you can earn 20% of your referral earnings.

Payment Methods: PayPal & Wire transfer
Min. Payout: $5

17. IIIII.in

iiii.in looks similar as ADF.ly in design and concept but pays $5 for every 1000 unique visits.

Payment Methods: PayPal & Western Union
Min. Payout: $5

So, these are the some of the trusted and popular URL shortening services which we believe really do pays. However after checking users’ reviews we can’t guarantee it but we can assure you that most of them are genuine and pays their users on time.

If somehow, we forget to include any genuine URL shortening service, please do let us know through comments.