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> Import your Bitly links into ShortPen easily. Transfer slugs, titles, and destinations to manage and track them all in one place.

# How to import links from Bitly into ShortPen

**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.

## 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.

## How to import links from Bitly: Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="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.

    ***
  </Step>

  <Step title="Paste your Bitly token">
    Log in to Bitly, generate/copy your [**API key**](https://app.bitly.com/settings/api).

    Back in ShortPen, paste the token into **API Access Token**.

    ***
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the destination domain">
    Use the **Domain** to decide where the imported items will live in ShortPen.

    <Note>
      You can run separate imports for each domain if you used multiple domains in Bitly.
    </Note>

    ***
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.

    ***
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and organize">
    Open **Links** to check titles, slugs, and destinations. [Multi-select](/link-management/manage-links-at-scale/bulk-actions) to add [folders](/link-management/links-organization/folders) or [tags](/link-management/links-organization/tags) for clean reporting.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What gets imported

* **Destination**
* **Slug** (kept where available; conflicts are surfaced to resolve)
* **Title**
* **Domain mapping** (to the domain you selected during import)

<Note>
  **Heads-up about UTMs**: if [UTMs](/link-management/links-settings/utm-overview) are part of the destination, they remain as-is.
</Note>

## FAQ

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Will existing traffic keep working">
    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.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Are folders/tags imported">
    If labels don’t map 1:1, assign **folders** and **tags** after import via multi-select.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Are QR codes imported">
    QRs aren’t imported as images. Generate [dynamic QRs](/key-concepts/qr-codes-overview) in ShortPen if needed.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related links

* [How to connect a custom domain to ShortPen](/getting-started/connect-custom-domain)
* [How to bulk update or delete links in ShortPen](/link-management/manage-links-at-scale/bulk-actions)
* [How to import links from Rebrandly into ShortPen](/link-management/manage-links-at-scale/rebrandly-import)
* [How to import links from Dub.co into ShortPen](/link-management/manage-links-at-scale/dub-import)
* [How to import links from Short.io into ShortPen](/link-management/manage-links-at-scale/short-io-import)
* [How to import links from a CSV into ShortPen](/link-management/manage-links-at-scale/csv-import)