Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating short links, querying the ShortKing API, or accessing any service on this domain, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not accept these terms, do not create links or access the ShortKing platform.

2. Platform Description & Link Management

ShortKing provides developer-focused full-stack URL shortening, vanity alias routing, and analytics reporting. Services are offered both anonymously (governed via high-entropy management tokens) and authenticated via user accounts.

Holding an X-Manage-Token allows the holder to view analytics, update destination addresses, and deactivate the link. You are responsible for safeguarding management tokens stored in your client application or browser.

3. Prohibited Activities & Zero-Tolerance Abuse

ShortKing maintains a zero-tolerance policy for malicious activity. You agree NOT to create or propagate short links pointing to:

• Phishing portals, fake login credentials pages, or deceptive brand impersonations.
• Malware, spyware, ransomware, trojans, or automated exploit kits.
• Unsolicited bulk communications (spam), SMS phishing (smishing), or social media bots.
• Illegal, fraudulent, harassing, violent, or copyrighted content without authorization.
• Loopback interfaces, internal RFC 1918 networks, or cloud metadata IP endpoints (SSRF).
• Arbitrary URL cloaking designed to bypass automated security scanners.

4. Expiration, Suspension & Deactivation

URLs configured with an expiration timestamp will automatically sunset and return an HTTP 410 Gone status code. We reserve the right to immediately deactivate, blackhole, or delete any link without notice if it violates our Acceptable Use Policy or triggers our automated threat intelligence scanners.

5. Availability & Limitation of Liability

ShortKing is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. While we engineer multi-tier caching and high-availability PostgreSQL backends, we do not guarantee uninterrupted uptime. ShortKing shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use of or inability to use our redirection services.

6. Contact & Questions

Questions regarding these terms may be sent to legal@shortking.io.