QR codes for business cards
Business cards are ordered in boxes of five hundred and outlast the job title on them. A code that points at a redirect means changing roles does not mean binning the box.
What changes behind the code
- Your title and employer, the details most likely to date a card.
- Phone numbers and email addresses.
- What you actually want people to see — a portfolio, a booking link, a company page.
What a reprint costs here
Low in money and high in friction. Most people do not reprint; they hand out a card they know is wrong and correct it verbally, which wastes the one moment the card exists to serve.
What to point it at
- A personal page or profile you control, which is the version that survives a job change.
- A digital contact file, so a scan saves your details straight to a phone.
- A booking link, if the point of the card is to get a meeting.
Printing it
Do not let it crowd the card
A card code only needs to work at close range, so it can be small — around 1.5 cm square is plenty. Keep the quiet margin around it rather than sizing it up.
Point it at a person, not a homepage
A code that opens a company homepage wastes the scan. The card is about you; the destination should be too.
Make one for business cards.
100 codes free, no card. Change where any of them points whenever the thing behind it changes. Style one first — the builder needs no account.
Make a QR code