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Short answer: Open Links → Import/Export, pick Bitly, paste your API Access Token, choose the destination domain, and click Start import. ShortPen brings in the destination, slug (when available), title, and maps each item to the domain you selected.

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Before you start

  • Your Bitly API Access Token (create/copy it from your Bitly account settings). The import wizard shows a single field named “API Access Token” and a Domain dropdown.
1

Open the wizard

Go to Links → Import/Export and select the Bitly tile. You’ll see fields for API Access Token, Domain, and the Start import button.
2

Paste your Bitly token

Log in to Bitly, generate/copy your API key.Back in ShortPen, paste the token into API Access Token.
3

Pick the destination domain

Use the Domain to decide where the imported items will live in ShortPen.
You can run separate imports for each domain if you used multiple domains in Bitly.
4

Import detected links

ShortPen lists the links detected from Bitly in a table.Review the rows, delete any you don’t want to import, then click Import to create only the selected links under the chosen domain.
5

Review and organize

Open Links to check titles, slugs, and destinations. Multi-select to add folders or tags for clean reporting.

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What gets imported

  • Destination
  • Slug (kept where available; conflicts are surfaced to resolve)
  • Title
  • Domain mapping (to the domain you selected during import)
Heads-up about UTMs: if UTMs are part of the destination, they remain as-is.

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FAQ

Traffic keeps working on the new ShortPen link you share. Old Bitly-hosted items keep working only if you keep using Bitly. For clean analytics in ShortPen, distribute the ShortPen versions.
If labels don’t map 1:1, assign folders and tags after import via multi-select.
QRs aren’t imported as images. Generate dynamic QRs in ShortPen if needed.