Business Card QR Codes
Your paper card, upgraded: scan to save, scan to connect.
A QR code on a business card does one of two jobs, and choosing between them is most of the decision. It can carry your contact details, so a scan opens the "add contact" screen already filled in. Or it can carry a link — portfolio, booking page, profile — so the card keeps working when your details change.
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Scan to save contact
A vCard code opens the phone’s add-contact screen with name, company, title, phone and email in place.
Or a link that outlives the print run
A dynamic code points at a page you control, so a new number does not mean a new box of cards.
Designed into the card
Custom dots, corners and colors, so the code reads as part of the layout rather than a sticker on it.
How it works
- 1Choose what the code should do: save your contact details, or open a page you control.
- 2Style it to match the card, keeping the pattern dark on light and the margin clear.
- 3Print one proof on the real stock and scan it with an iPhone and an Android before ordering the run.
The card in their wallet outlives your job title
A vCard printed on a card is a snapshot: your number and title on the day it went to the printer. People keep business cards for years, and by the time they look at yours the details may have moved twice. A dynamic QR code points at a page you keep current, so the card handed over in 2024 still reaches the right person, and you can see how many of them were ever scanned.
Business card QR code FAQs
Contact details when the card is handed to people who simply need you in their phone, and when it must work with no signal. A link when your role or number changes often, or when what you actually want is for them to see your work — a portfolio is more persuasive than a phonebook entry.
About 2 cm across for a short vCard, and larger if you have filled in every optional field, since each one makes the pattern denser. Keep the clear margin around it and do not let the design crowd the edges.
The back, usually, with a short line saying what it does. A code with no label is scanned by almost nobody; "Scan to save my details" or "Scan for portfolio" is the difference between a used code and a decorative one.
Yes, within limits. Keep strong contrast between the pattern and the background, keep the logo small, and check the reliability score in the editor, which test-decodes the design you actually made. Then print a proof, because ink spread on uncoated stock is something only paper reveals.
A vCard code goes stale the moment your details do, and there is no way to update it. A dynamic code survives it: you repoint the link and every card already in circulation follows you.