SHCD.US
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Your links,
your rules.

Every SHCD.US link routes through us first. That one detour is what lets a printed code expire, keep hours, ask for a password, count scans and end up on a t-shirt.

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⚡ The controls

Who sees what, and when.

01 Expiration

⏱️Self-destruct mode.

Set a date and time. When it hits, your link quietly hands visitors to a fallback page instead of a dead end. Event tickets, limited menus, seasonal promos: the QR code retires itself.

  • Any date and time, to the minute
  • Fallback URL or a friendly "ended" page
  • Extend or revive it later

02 Opening hours

🕓Only open when you are.

Pick a daily window and a timezone. Inside it, scanners get the good stuff. Outside it, your fallback takes over. One printed code, two jobs.

  • Windows that cross midnight work too
  • Per-link timezone
  • Stack with expiry and passwords

03 Password

🔒A lock without the login.

Put any link behind a password. Client galleries, staff handbooks, VIP early access. Visitors type it once and they're through. No accounts to build.

  • Clean, branded password page
  • Change the password any time
  • Works on printed codes

04 Analytics

📊Every scan, counted.

City, country, device, browser, referrer and hour of day. Is the yard sign working? Is anyone reading the menu? Now you know, without a spreadsheet.

  • Live opens feed
  • Peak-hour heatmap
  • Shareable stats page

05 Merch

👕Wear the link.

Put your QR code on tees, mugs, stickers and more through Printful. Zero inventory, zero upfront cost. Change the destination next month; the shirt keeps working.

  • Printed and shipped for you
  • Live mockups before you buy
  • Order tracking in your dashboard

06 Style

🎨Make it yours.

Your brand deserves better than a generic black square. Pick colours, check they'll still scan, and export SVG for designers or PNG for print.

  • SVG and high-res PNG
  • Contrast check built in
  • Pro plans drop the watermark

Who's this for?

Anyone who's printed a QR code and regretted it. Pick yours and see the recipe.

The recipe

shcd.us/palm-ave

Expires Sun 5 PM ↪ /listings

A yard-sign QR that shows the listing all week, then sends late scanners to your other homes after the open house.

The recipe

shcd.us/tacos

Open 4–8 PM ↪ /menu

One table tent. Happy hour page from 4 to 8, your regular menu the rest of the day.

The recipe

shcd.us/summer-fest

Expires Aug 31 ↪ /photos

Registration before, schedule during. After the last song, it points at the photo gallery.

The recipe

shcd.us/drop

👕 On merch 🔒 VIP: early

Stickers and tees that link to your newest drop, with a password for early access.

The recipe

shcd.us/spring

📊 Tracked Expires May 31

A short link per channel, so you know which one actually drove the clicks.

The recipe

POST /shortcodes

API key Bulk create

Create links, QR codes and pull stats from your own app with token auth.

Oh, and it shortens URLs too.

Custom slugs, fallbacks and full analytics are the baseline here, not the upsell.

Typical shortener SHCD.US
Short links ✓ ✓
QR codes ✓ ✓
Change destination after printing Sometimes ✓
Expiry date + fallback — ✓
Daily opening hours — ✓
Password protection Paid add-on ✓
Scan analytics Paid add-on ✓
Print it on merch — ✓
"Contact sales" to see pricing Often Never

🤓 For the devs

API access.

Create links, bulk-create, update and pull stats from your own app. Token auth, pay-per-use credits, snippets for cURL, JS, PHP and Python.

Get an API key →
create a link 
curl -X POST https://shcd.us/api/v1/shortcodes/create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d url=https://example.com \
  -d custom_alias=my-link \
  -d expires_at=2026-12-31 \
  -d post_expiration_url=https://example.com/thanks
201 → {"short_url": "https://shcd.us/my-link", "qr_code_base64": …}

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