One link, the right destination in every country
Share one link or print one QR code and let URLHop send each person to the page for their country: the store with the right currency, the site in the right language or the nearest distributor. Everyone else goes to your main destination.
When one link doesn't fit everyone
You sell in the US and Canada, work with distributors in several countries, or charge in local currency at home and in dollars abroad. But your packaging, your ad and your bio only have room for one link. Sending everyone to the same page makes them hunt for their country in a menu, and many give up first. With country redirects, every visitor lands on the page made for them.
How country redirects work
You build lists of countries and pick a destination for each list. For example: the United States goes to the US store; the United Kingdom goes to the UK store; Mexico, Colombia and Chile go to the Spanish site. Lists are checked in order, and the first one that includes the visitor's country wins. Anyone not on a list goes to the link's main destination. The country is detected at the moment of the click from the visitor's connection, and URLHop doesn't store IP addresses.
Real-world examples
Businesses of every size use country redirects so no customer gets lost along the way.
Who uses it, and what happens
- A cosmetics brand that exports prints one QR code on the label. In Brazil it opens the Brazilian store, in Mexico the Mexican store, in Colombia the local distributor's WhatsApp, and everywhere else the international site.
- A teacher selling an online course puts one link in their bio. Visitors from the teacher's home country go to a checkout in local currency; everyone else goes to a checkout in US dollars.
- A band touring Latin America uses one link on posters and social media. In each country, fans land on the ticket page for the local show; anyone outside the tour sees the full schedule.
- A software company at an international trade show puts one QR code on its booth. Visitors from Spanish-speaking countries get the Spanish page, visitors from Brazil and Portugal get the Portuguese page, and everyone else gets the English page.
- An app available only in some countries sends people where it's live to the store, and everyone else to a waitlist so they hear about the launch.
- An online store that only ships domestically sends visitors from abroad to a page explaining how to buy in their country, instead of letting them find out at checkout.
How to set it up on URLHop
It takes a few minutes and no technical skills.
Step by step
- Create a short link. Use the page for people outside every list, such as your international site, as the main destination.
- In your links list, click the Redirect rules button and, under By country, click Add country rule. Type the two-letter country codes (US, GB, MX, BR…) and their destination.
- Repeat for each group of countries. Each link takes up to 20 rules with up to 50 countries each, and the first rule that includes the visitor's country wins.
- Save, download the QR code and use it anywhere. To change a destination later, edit the rule: the link and the printed code stay the same.
- Check the link's analytics to see how many visits each country received.
Which plan includes it
Country redirects are part of the Business plan, along with device redirects, A/B tests, up to 10 team members and all-time analytics history. They aren't included in the 30-day free trial, which unlocks the Pro plan. You can create the link and print the QR code today on any plan, then turn the rules on when you subscribe to Business. If you ever leave Business, the link keeps working and sends everyone to the main destination, and your rules are saved for when you come back.