Contact card QR code with QR Studio
Fill in your details and the code holds a vCard. Scanning it on a phone offers to save you as a contact, with the name, company, phone, email and website filled in.
- Enter the name and the details people will need.
- Keep it short; every extra field makes the code denser.
- Download the SVG and send it to the printer, or the PNG for a screen or a PDF.
- Scan it with two phones to check the contact saves correctly.
What to know
A contact code stores a vCard 3.0 text block: name, organisation, title, phone, email and website. iPhones and Android phones recognise it and offer "Add contact", so nobody types your details. The code carries the details directly, so it keeps working offline and never depends on a website.
Because all the data is inside the code, a longer card makes a denser, harder-to-scan pattern. For a business card, name, company, phone and email are enough; a long job title or a second phone number can go on the website instead. The error-correction level is set to Q here, which tolerates some wear and printing noise.
Details inside a normal code cannot change after printing. If your phone number or website might change, put the contact on a page and print a trackable link to that page instead, so you can update where it points.
Updated · Cosmovex
Questions
How do I make a QR code for my business card?
Fill in your name and contact details above and download the code. When someone scans it, their phone offers to save you as a contact.
What is a vCard QR code?
A QR code that contains a contact card in the vCard format, which phones know how to import into the address book.
Why is my contact QR code hard to scan?
It probably holds too much data. Remove optional fields, print it larger (at least 2.5 cm), and keep a white border around it.
Can I update the details later?
Not in a normal code. Point a trackable code at an online contact page and change that page whenever your details change.
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