Keeping your album web address

Keeping your album web address

When you create an album, it gets its own friendly web address — something like sharelocket.com/@ourwedding. We hold that address for you while you get your album ready.

Web addresses are one of a kind, so if an album stays unpublished and quiet for a long time, we gently free its address up again so it's available to others. Don't worry — we always give you plenty of warning first, and we'll never touch your photos, stories, or anything else inside the album.

The reminder emails

If you haven't visited an unpublished album in about 30 days, we'll send you a friendly reminder email letting you know its web address is reserved and asking if you'd like to keep it. If we still don't hear from you, we send one final reminder a few days later.

Each email has a button that says Keep My Album URL.

What "Keep My Album URL" does

Tapping Keep My Album URL in either email is all it takes. With one click it lets us know you're still here, resets the clock, and keeps your album's web address reserved for you. You'll be brought back to your shelf with a little note confirming the address is safe. That's the whole job — there's nothing else to fill in.

What happens if I ignore both emails

If you don't tap the button in either reminder, the album's web address is released about 12 days after that first email — so it becomes available for someone else to use.

Your album itself, and everything in it, stays completely safe. Only the @web address is freed up. The next time you visit and publish the album, you'll simply be able to choose a fresh address for it.

Tip: The easiest way to keep an album's web address is to publish it. Reminders only go out for albums that are still unpublished and haven't been opened in a while.