[behnamoh]

> How do you ensure the paid links are safe to visit, and it won't redirect me to a malicious website?

Is it up to this website though? It's like asking URL shorteners to check the malicious activity of original links.

[dale_glass]

I think it is, supposing it wants to be useful.

Imagine this catches on. Now I'm not sure why would it, but let's suppose we have a paid link to a book, or song, or download, or something else useful. If this link is ever shared anywhere public, there's an incentive for spammers and trolls to create their own links and try to get paid for nothing.

Probable end result: platforms start banning links to paidlink.to, because a lot of people get cheated out of their money.

[cptaj]

I think it can exist with the limited scope of not being responsible for the content it redirects to.

More cynically, if it catches on like you mentioned, the OP probably already made a shit ton of money from a simple and IMO elegant idea.

[geysersam]

You'll have to be sure to obtain the link from a credible source.

That's the same as for any other sale over the internet. There are lots of fake web stores that scam people.

[aliqot]

this isn't saying that the product is wrong, it's saying we accept you and then offering a gentle gesture toward the center of the circle to commence your nerd beatdown. this is the initiation process.

also we're nerds, we ask questions and shit. it's fine. nobody means anything by it.

[jakelazaroff]

You don’t pay a URL shortener to redirect you.

[TylerE]

There’s a number of shady “services” like AdFly that are just that.

[jakelazaroff]

I guess people characterizing such services as "shady" is probably a good reason to try and vet the links people submit :)