URLatron
web service · in 4 videos (2011–2025)
URLatron is Hank's web service that turned a Tumblr into a .com domain with custom email addresses, launched in 2011 at $30 and cut to $15 when few signed up. John later called it a Linktree before Linktree: a good idea, just ahead of its time.
Videos by year: 2011: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2025: 1
Also known as: URL-a-tron
Website: urlatron.com
Threads
- Hank invites viewers to check out URLatron (2011) — ask, promotion (not a request), 2011
- URLatron: Hank's Tumblr-to-.com domain service (2011) — project history, last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2025), 2011–2025
Often together
What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.
Subbable (2) · Tumblr (2) · VidCon (2)
What the videos say
The most important statements of each year; all statements.
2011
- 2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — announcement: Hank: A year ago Hank's video on setting up a .com domain described a process costing about $80; a friend's brain crack simplified it and, after months of work, URLatron is ready to launch. — 00:02:26
- URLatron turns a Tumblog into a .com domain in about five minutes of work for $30, with custom email addresses; Hank invites interested viewers to check out urlatron.com. — 00:02:26
- 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank says URLatron, which turns a Tumblr into a .com domain, launched well but few people signed up, probably because it was too expensive. (hedged) — 00:01:27
- Hank cuts URLatron's price from $30 to $15 and points viewers to URLatron.com. — 00:01:27
2023
- 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John says Hank's URLatron, a Linktree before Linktree where all your URLs would go, was a very good idea, just slightly wrongly timed. — 00:03:01
2025
- 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John calls URLatron one of Hank's less successful ventures, like Linktree before anyone needed one: not a bad idea, just ahead of its time. — 00:04:22