What is a QR business card?
Definition
A QR code is just an image encoding a URL, so it needs no chip and costs nothing to reproduce. That makes it the most flexible way to share a digital business card: put it on a phone screen, a conference badge, an email signature, a shop window, a slide, or the back of a printed card. Every modern phone camera scans QR codes natively.
QR and NFC solve the same problem from two directions and work best together. NFC is faster and feels premium (a single tap) but requires the card hardware and a phone that supports it. QR works on any camera and at a distance or on a shared screen, but requires the person to open the camera and aim. Offering both means you can always share, whatever the situation.
Like NFC, a QR business card points to a profile you control, so the destination can be updated any time and can capture engagement or route a lead. The code itself never has to change.
How to make a QR code business card
Our guide to the QR code business card compares a vCard code with a link code, gives the print size and margin that scan reliably, and has a free generator for both kinds.
NFC business card
A physical card with an embedded NFC chip that opens your digital profile when tapped against a phone, no app required.
Digital business card
An online profile that holds your contact details and links, shared by NFC tap, QR code, or a link, and updatable any time.
Lead capture
Collecting the contact details of someone who showed interest, at the moment they show it, into a system you can act on.
Glossary
NFC, vCard, lead capture, explained.
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