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vCard QR code for your business card.

Whoever gets your business card usually types your number and email by hand. With a QR code, one scan saves your details straight to their contacts. Create it here as a vCard, free and without an account.

  • vCard 3.0
  • No account
  • Logo and frame
  • PNG, SVG and print PDF

1Content

What should your QR code show?

2Look

Scans well

Contrast, margin and shapes are fine.

Example with this page

Shape of the small dots that make up the code.

Popular
Square
Round
Elegant
Shapes
Lines

The three large corners that cameras use to find the code. Some scanners read shapes marked “please test” less reliably.

Outer frame
Popular
Simple
Shaped
Made of dots
Inner dot
Popular
Simple
Shaped
Figures
From
To
Background

A frame with a short text says what the code does. The code itself stays unchanged and easy to scan.

Frame
Order 12 stickers with a changeable QR code 
Error correction

Higher means sturdier against scratches and logos, but denser. “Automatic” fits almost always.

Size per level: L 29 × 29 · M 33 × 33 · Q 37 × 37 · H 41 × 41

Smallest print width for 20 cm distance: L 2.5 cm · M 3 cm · Q 3 cm · H 3.5 cm

Level H needs a finer grid here (41 × 41 instead of 29 × 29). Print the code a little larger then. The shorter the content, the coarser the grid.

3Create

3 of 3 codes left

Without JavaScript you download your code directly as PNG, SVG or PDF.

Should the contact details stay changeable?

With a free account you get 3 more codes, dynamic ones, each active for 7 days from creation: change the target later, with statistics.

How to make your vCard code

Four steps, all on this page.

  1. 1

    Enter your details

    Under “Contact” you enter what should end up in the phone. A name or company is enough; every extra field makes the code denser.

  2. 2

    Choose the look

    Colours, patterns and your logo. A frame saying “Save contact” tells people what the scan does.

  3. 3

    Set the size

    Once created, the generator shows the minimum size for your code. Use it to pick the width of the print PDF.

  4. 4

    Scan a test print

    Scan the test print with two different phones. Then send the file to the printer.

Size and print

Our rule of thumb: a module, the smallest dot of the code, is at least one three-hundredth of the scanning distance, and never under 0.4 mm.

  • Size depends on content

    The sample details in the form with name, company, phone, email and website make 57 × 57 modules at error correction M, the usual level. For a 20 cm distance the code then needs 4.5 cm.

  • Keep the margin clear

    Leave 4 modules clear around the code, as the ISO/IEC 18004 standard requires. The generator sets this margin and warns you if it drops below 2 modules.

  • Small thanks to a short link

    A dynamic contact code only holds a short link: 25 × 25 modules at error correction M. For a 20 cm distance, 2.5 cm is enough.

Common mistakes

  • Every field filled in

    More details make the code denser and larger. What is already printed on the card, such as the address, can stay out of the code.

  • Printed too small

    Below the minimum size some phones struggle to read the code. Stick to the size the generator shows after creating it.

  • New number, old code

    A static code only knows today's details. If something changes soon, the dynamic contact code is the better choice.

With a free account

Change your details later?

In your account the code leads to a contact page with a button to save the contact and, if you like, your photo. When something changes, you update the details there and your printed cards stay valid. In the free account every code is active for 7 days from creation, then paused until you choose a paid plan.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a vCard?

A vCard is the standard format for contact details. The code contains it in version 3.0, and common phone cameras offer to save the contact.

Which details fit into the code?

First name, last name, company, phone, email, website, street, postcode, city and country, up to 1,200 bytes in total. The less you enter, the smaller you can print the code.

Can I change my details later?

Not with a static code: the details sit in the image. With an account you create a dynamic contact code. It shows a contact page with a button to save the contact, and you change the details at any time. In the free account every code is active for 7 days from creation, then paused until you choose a paid plan. See pricing

Do you store my contact details?

Not for a static code: the details only end up in the image you download. In your account we store them, because the contact page shows them.

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