vCard QRCode Generator

A vCard is the standard text format for contact cards, the same thing your phone creates when you share a contact. A vCard QR code holds that text, so scanning it shows a contact card with a button to save it. No app or internet connection is needed.

This tool writes vCard 3.0, the version iPhones, Android phones and the main email and contacts apps all read reliably.

Every character you add makes the code denser. Name, phone, email and website make a code that scans easily even on a business card. Add a full street address and the squares get smaller, so it needs printing bigger.

• Leave out fields people won't use.
• Add one website that links to everything else, instead of several.
• Print it at least 2 cm wide on business cards, and larger on posters or anything read from a distance.

Use the QR code wherever people have something physical in front of them: business cards, conference badges, shop counters and flyers.

Use the .vcf file online. Attach it to an email or link to it from your website, and opening it adds you to the visitor's contacts app.

The details in a vCard QR code can't change. Get a new number and every printed card is out of date.

One way round that is to make the website field a page you control, like a link-in-bio page with your current links, work and booking options. Your saved contact always points somewhere up to date, even when the rest of the card isn't.