# Countz.io

> Countz.io is a free tool to create beautiful, shareable countdown timers in seconds — no signup required. Build a countdown for your wedding, birthday, product launch, livestream, vacation, exam, or any event, customize it with images and colors, and share via a link or embed it on Notion, WordPress, Webflow, Shopify and more.

## What you can do with Countz.io

- **Create a countdown in seconds** — pick a date, write a message, choose an image or color background, share the link.
- **No account needed** — anonymous URLs are stable and shareable forever.
- **Embed anywhere** — iframe embed for Notion, WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Carrd, Framer, Ghost, Coda, Airtable, Confluence, Tilda, GitBook, HubSpot.
- **Customize freely** — fonts, colors, borders, shadows, background images (Unsplash) or solid colors, emoji.
- **Open Graph cards** — every countdown has a dynamic OG image so it previews nicely on Twitter, LinkedIn, iMessage, Slack, Discord.

## Common use cases

- Wedding countdown (`/use-cases/wedding`)
- Birthday countdown (`/use-cases/birthday`)
- Christmas countdown (`/use-cases/christmas`)
- New Year countdown (`/use-cases/new-year`)
- Product launch countdown (`/use-cases/product-launch`)
- Black Friday countdown (`/use-cases/black-friday`)
- Vacation countdown (`/use-cases/vacation`)
- Exam countdown (`/use-cases/exam`)
- Webinar countdown (`/use-cases/webinar`)
- Livestream / "stream starting soon" countdown (`/use-cases/livestream`)
- Conference countdown (`/use-cases/conference`)
- Sale countdown (`/use-cases/sale`)
- Trip countdown (`/use-cases/trip`)
- Moving day countdown (`/use-cases/moving`)
- Graduation countdown (`/use-cases/graduation`)
- Baby shower countdown (`/use-cases/baby-shower`)
- Retirement countdown (`/use-cases/retirement`)

## Pricing

- **Free** — unlimited countdowns, all customization, all embeds, public share URL with a small "Made with Countz.io" badge.
- **Remove badge** — one-time purchase via Stripe.

## Languages

Available in English (`/en`) and French (`/fr`). All marketing pages are localized; share URLs (`/c/{shortId}`) are global.

## Tech

Next.js 15 (App Router) on Vercel, Supabase Postgres for storage, Stripe for payments, Resend for emails, PostHog for analytics, Unsplash for backgrounds.

## Links

- Home: https://countz.io
- Create a countdown: https://countz.io/new
- Use cases: https://countz.io/use-cases
- Templates: https://countz.io/templates
- Integrations: https://countz.io/integrations
- Sitemap: https://countz.io/sitemap.xml