Follett Destiny Library Manager vs. Rebrandly

I like that it's everything you need in one place! It catalogs our collection for easy searching, I can make lists within it that are private to me or I can share, I can also run any report I can think of and even program and schedule reports to be run and even emailed to teacher or students. I like customer support, they provide correct information and are very helpful in showing us how to find what we need.

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If you would like to dedicate a subdomain for a particular type of audience or campaign - a smart way of shortening links and wow factor is that for the free-tier itself there are 500+ links allowed - which is huge! Recommended for running outbound campaigns where subdomain won't mess up your data.

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• Ability for patrons to create their own holds.
• Automatically send out electronic overdue notices.
• Check across the district for books and patrons.

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• Let's you specify the domain name to something meaningful.
• Can customize the short link name to make it clear what's it for.
• The process is quick and you get your shortened URL in seconds.
• Price is fairly reasonable, particularly if you manage a website with lots of pages that you need to share the links on.

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• Destiny Library Manager's interface is a little dated. After years and years of use, it just looks old. Functionality is not lost, nor is anything else.
• Attempts at automating the process to update our students from our SIS has not gone well. It's easier to enter new students manually.

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• The reporting feature is flat out awful. It would be great if there were just a dashboard where I could see stats and graphs with easily filterable views.
• The UI could use some polish in the dashboard.
• More sorting/filtering features when looking through links.

Super nice and helpful every time I’ve called for help.

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Prompt and informative responses. Whereas many of their competitors use automated responses that require significant wait times to respond, Rebrandly have a much decreased response time which is vital for any business that is juggling many different tasks at the same time. This aspect of quality customer service is one of the primary reasons that we choose to use Rebrandly, and will continue to do so.

We have not used any other products. There was a time we were going to look at other options, but then Follett updated their products to the point where there was no longer a need to look elsewhere. We are very happy and love the cost.

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Rebrandly is definitely aimed at the professional end of the market. Bitly has been around for a long time, but also overused and abused by bad actors. This can negatively influence a backlink profile in terms of organic search which an SEO professional simply can not afford. Using custom domains with Rebrandly, in conjunction with the unbeatable redirection speed means I'm getting far better and more consistent results compared to Bitly.

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• Positive impact on overall business.

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• I am able to easily track user behavior across multiple mediums
• Based on user behavior I am able to tailor our services to better match their requirements - even when they don't say anything explicitly
• More clicks to our desired links mean more traffic and more revenue
• Users see a more consistent, professional brand image across our channels, garnering more trust

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