Digital Business Card Generator
Make a business card that saves straight to a phone. Type your details, pick a style, and download a contact file and a scan-to-save QR code. Free, no sign-up, nothing uploaded.
Your details
Shown on the preview only. It stays in your browser and is not added to the contact file or the QR code, because a photo would make the code too dense to scan.
Card style
Live preview
Your name
Phone, email and website show here
Scan to save
Add your name and a way to reach you, and the QR code appears here.
Point your phone camera at the code on screen. It should offer to add the contact. Check that before you print it anywhere.
Everything here runs in your browser. Your details are kept in this browser only, so they are still here if you reload, and Clear removes them.
How to make a digital business card
About two minutes from blank form to a code you can print, and you can check it works before it goes anywhere.
Enter your details
Name, title, company, phone, email, website and address. Every field is optional, so share only what you want on the card.
Pick a style
Classic, Bold or Minimal, with your own accent colour. Add a photo or logo if you want to see it on the preview.
Scan it yourself
Point your phone camera at the code on screen. It should offer to save the contact with every field filled in.
Download both files
The .vcf goes in emails and chats. The QR code PNG goes on printed cards, badges, slides and signatures.
What is a digital business card?
A paper business card asks the other person to do the work. They take it home, find it a week later and type your number in by hand, assuming they do it at all. A digital business card skips that step: your details arrive in a format their phone already knows how to save.
That format is the vCard, the same file address books use to move contacts around. This generator writes one from your details and gives it to you two ways. The .vcf file is for anywhere you can attach something, like an email or a chat. The QR code holds the same vCard for anywhere you cannot, like a printed card, a name badge, a stand at an event or the last slide of a talk.
Neither needs an app, an account or a service that has to stay online. The details live inside the file and inside the code, so they keep working whatever happens to this website.
Contact QR code or a link to a page?
There are two kinds of business card QR code, and they suit different people.
- A contact code, which is what this tool makes, holds your details directly. It saves you in one scan with no internet, and nobody can track or switch it off. The catch is that it is fixed: change your number and every printed code is out of date.
- A link code points at a page. The scan opens the page rather than the address book, but you can change the page whenever you like and the same printed code keeps working. It also has room for far more than a card: your links, socials, opening hours, a map and a Save contact button.
If your details rarely change, the contact code is the simpler choice. If you change jobs, run a business or post a lot, a page is easier to keep current. You can make one free with Content Links and turn its address into a code with the QR code generator.
Getting the printed code right
- Leave out what you do not need. Every extra field adds to the pattern. A name, phone and email make a small, quick code. A full street address can double it.
- Print it big enough. 2 cm wide is a safe minimum for a short card, 3 cm for a long one. Smaller codes scan in good light and fail in a dim room.
- Keep the white border. The plain margin around the code is part of it. Cropping it off or printing the code on a busy background is the most common reason a code will not scan.
- Say what it does. A few words like "Scan to save my number" next to the code get far more scans than a code on its own.
- Scan the proof. Check the printer's proof with your own phone before the full run. It takes five seconds and saves a box of cards.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is a digital business card?
It is your contact details in a form a phone can save in one step, instead of a paper card someone has to type in by hand. Here that means two things: a .vcf contact file you can send or attach, and a QR code that holds the same details. Scan the code with a phone camera and it offers to add you to the address book.
Is this digital business card generator free?
Yes. There is no account, no trial and no watermark on the QR code. Make as many cards as you like and print the code wherever you want.
How does the QR code work?
The code contains your details written out in the vCard format, the same one address books use to import contacts. A phone camera reads it and offers to save the contact. Nothing is looked up online, so it works without signal and keeps working for as long as the printed code is readable.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Recent iPhones read contact QR codes straight from the Camera app, and most Android phones do the same through the camera or Google Lens. A few older Android phones need a QR scanner app. Scan your own code before you print it, because that is the only test that counts.
What is a .vcf file and what do I do with it?
A .vcf file is a vCard, the standard file for a single contact. Attach it to an email, send it in a chat, or put it on a website. When someone opens it, their phone, Outlook or Google Contacts offers to import it with every field already filled in.
Can I change my details after I print the QR code?
No. Your details are inside the code itself, so a new phone number means a new code. If you want a code you never have to reprint, point it at a page you can edit instead, such as a free ContentLinks page with a contact card on it. The page changes and the code stays the same.
Why is my photo not in the QR code or the contact file?
A photo is thousands of times bigger than your name and number. Packing it into a QR code would make the pattern too dense to scan from a card, so the photo is only used for the preview here.
Is my information uploaded or stored anywhere?
Nothing is uploaded. The card, the contact file and the QR code are all made in your browser. Your details are kept in this browser so they are still there if you reload the page, and the Clear button removes them. The photo is never stored at all.
How big should I print the QR code?
At least 2 cm (about 0.8 inches) wide for a card with a name, phone and email. The more fields you fill in, the denser the pattern gets, so with a long address or website go to 3 cm. The PNG is high resolution, so it stays sharp when you scale it down.
Can I put the QR code in my email signature or on slides?
Yes. The PNG works anywhere an image does: email signatures, slides, name badges, packaging and the back of a printed card. People can scan it straight off a screen.
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