# Source: https://www.quo.com/docs/mdx/pricing-support/minimizing-costs.md

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# Tips for minimizing costs

> We’ve provided the below tips to help you minimize segment counts and save money.

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  <Card title="Watch Your character count" icon="square-1">
    Standard Latin alphabet characters, numbers, and basic punctuation use 160 characters per segment.
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  <Card title="Be cautious with special characters" icon="square-2">
    Some special characters (é, ñ, ß) reduce segment capacity to 70 characters.
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  <Card title="Minimize emoji usage" icon="square-3">
    Most emojis count as two characters. Extensive use can quickly increase segment count.
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  <Card title="Avoid line breaks" icon="square-4">
    Each line break counts as a character.
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  <Card title="Use URL shorteners" icon="square-5">
    Long URLs can span multiple segments. Shortened links save space.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Leverage common abbreviations" icon="square-6">
    Use widely understood abbreviations to reduce character count.
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