What if you shut down?
Fair question. You're about to print something that depends on us. Here's exactly what we've done about that, starting with the thing that protects you most.
1
We paid for the address your code uses ten years up front
Editable codes use the address permly.link. In 2026 we paid for it ten years in advance. It runs only the forwarding service for your codes, and it costs us almost nothing to keep running.
Don't take our word for it
Every web address has a public record of when it's paid up to. Check ours:
- Open ICANN's lookup tool
- Type permly.link and press Lookup
- Under Dates, read Registry Expiration
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No monthly payment that can fail
We sell one thing, once. There is no renewal date and no "your plan has expired". Nothing can quietly turn your code off because a card was declined.
3
You can always download a plain copy
Any time, download a plain version of any editable code, pointed wherever it goes right now. A plain code has nothing behind it, so it can't expire.
The promise, in writing
This is part of our terms, the agreement you accept when you buy.
- If Permly closes, redirects keep running for at least 12 months after the announcement.
- Every customer is emailed everything: each code, where it points, and a plain copy of it.
- Any customer can ask for the full list of their codes and where they point, in a plain file, at any time. We also take a backup of every code every day.
- We're building a way to run your codes from a web address you own, so they never depend on us. Every existing customer gets it at no charge when it's ready.
How can you afford this?
Every scan is one quick lookup that costs us a tiny fraction of a cent. A hundred million scans costs less than a hundred dollars. A subscription only works if the code stops when you stop paying. Ours doesn't need to, so we charge once and keep things simple.
Questions about any of this? Ask us before you buy. We'd rather answer now than after you've printed.