Moat deepen · Bitly honesty matrix
“Don’t expire on their own.”
Paid expire. Delete to turn off.
Side-by-side quotes from live bitly.com/pages/products/qr-codes — soft don’t expire on their own, then paid set-expiration and delete the link to turn it off. Escape hatch: forever-static print pack.
Matrix · bitly.com/pages/products/qr-codes
FAQ: “don’t expire on their own.” Same FAQ: paid expire · delete to turn off.
Live product FAQ says Bitly QR Codes don’t expire on their own— then, in the same answer, paid plans can set an expiration date and time and you can delete the link behind it to turn it off. Soft permanence + platform kill switches. Foil: #9 forever-static print pack. Does not reopen #15 Tiger FAQ, #17 Flowcode marketing, or #18 ConnectQR pricing.
Product FAQ · permanence claim · still live
“Don’t expire on their own”
“Bitly QR Codes don’t expire on their own.”
bitly.com/pages/products/qr-codes · Do Bitly QR Codes ever expire? ↗“As many times as you’d like! No matter which Bitly plan you sign up for, all Bitly QR Codes can be scanned an unlimited number of times.”
Same product FAQ · How many times can a QR Code be scanned? ↗Product FAQ sells soft permanence: codes don’t auto-expire, unlimited scans. Fine for campaigns you keep hosting — not the same as encode-in-image forever-static.
Same FAQ · paid kill switches
Set expiration (paid) · delete to turn off
“If you want one to stop working on a schedule, set an expiration date and time during or after creation, available on paid plans.”
bitly.com/pages/products/qr-codes · same expire FAQ ↗“You can also redirect a QR Code to a new URL at any time or delete the link behind it to turn it off.”
Same product FAQ · redirect / delete to turn off ↗Same FAQ paragraph: paid plans can schedule stop-working; delete the underlying link turns the QR off. Printed stickers that need Bitly’s redirect die when you (or anyone with account access) expire or delete.
| Honesty row | Bitly (product FAQ) | NeverDie |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing / FAQ permanence language | “Don’t expire on their own” + unlimited scans (product FAQ) | Forever-static pack: URL/text encoded in PNG/SVG — no hosted redirect to expire |
| Scheduled stop-working | Paid plans: set expiration date/time during or after creation — code stops on schedule | Static image has no server clock; nothing to schedule-kill |
| Delete / turn off after print | “Delete the link behind it to turn it off” — print goes dark without reprint | No link object to delete; file you already own keeps encoding the destination |
| Redirect after print (destination edit) | Redirect to a new URL anytime (hosted short link / QR couple) | Static: destination is baked in. Need edits? Use NeverDie dynamic — no expire/delete cliff on non-pay |
| Already printed Bitly QR stickers? | Keep working until you expire, delete, or lose the hosted link — still platform-dependent | Build forever-static pack for permanent destinations; reprint when ready |
Bitly honesty matrix cites their product FAQ only — not a redo of #15 Tiger FAQ, #17 Flowcode marketing, or #18 ConnectQR pricing. Primary escape hatch: /print-pack forever-static generator.
Cited · bitly.com/pages/products/qr-codes
FAQ · don’t expire on their own
“Bitly QR Codes don’t expire on their own.” Soft permanence on the product page — unlimited scans called out in the next FAQ.
Bitly · Products · QR Codes FAQ ↗FAQ · paid set-expiration
Same answer: “If you want one to stop working on a schedule, set an expiration date and time during or after creation, available on paid plans.”
Bitly · Do Bitly QR Codes ever expire? ↗FAQ · delete to turn off
Same paragraph: “You can also redirect a QR Code to a new URL at any time or delete the link behind it to turn it off.”
Bitly · redirect / delete kill switch ↗
Quotes from the live Bitly QR Codes product FAQ only. We do not claim auto-expire-on-cancel — we cite don't-expire + paid expire + delete-to-turn-off as written.
Escape hatch · forever-static print pack
Skip hosted expire / delete kill switches. Print static that cannot be turned off remotely.
Permanent destinations: build cancel-proof PNG/SVG on /print-pack (#9). This page only adds a Bitly product-FAQ honesty matrix — not a redo of Tiger / Flowcode / ConnectQR compare landings.
Bitly honesty FAQ
What is the Bitly honesty matrix?+
Live bitly.com/pages/products/qr-codes FAQ says codes “don’t expire on their own,” then in the same answer offers paid set-expiration and delete-the-link-to-turn-off. We foil that soft permanence + platform kill-switch pair with NeverDie’s forever-static print pack.
Is this claiming Bitly codes auto-die on cancel?+
No. We quote their product FAQ literally: they don’t expire on their own. The honesty cliff is optional paid expiration and delete-to-turn-off — hosted redirects you (or account access) can kill after print. Not a Flowcode/Tiger/ConnectQR cancel claim.
Does “don’t expire on their own” mean forever-static?+
No. Forever-static means the destination is encoded in the PNG/SVG with no redirect server. Bitly’s permanence still depends on a live hosted link you can expire or delete.
How does the forever-static print pack foil this?+
NeverDie forever-static codes encode URL/text directly in the image. No Bitly-style link object, no paid expiration clock, nothing to delete to turn the print off. Build the pack on /print-pack (#9 stays as-is).
Is this a redo of #15, #17, or #18?+
No. #15 QR Tiger FAQ, #17 Flowcode marketing never-expire, and #18 ConnectQR pricing stay as merged. This page is a new Bitly product-FAQ honesty matrix with print-pack CTA and light cross-links only.