vCard QR Code Generator

How this works

A vCard QR code stores your contact details in the standard vCard format. When someone scans it, their phone opens a new-contact screen with your name, number, email, and company already filled in. One tap saves it. No typing your number into a stranger's phone, no "text me so I have your number" dance.

The code is generated in your browser on this page; your details never reach a server. And because the information lives inside the pattern itself, the printed code works for as long as the details stay current. There is no subscription behind it.

Where these earn their keep

The back of a business card is the classic spot: the front stays clean, and the scan replaces manual entry. Conference badges, email signatures rendered as images, speaker slides, storefront "contact the owner" cards, and service invoices all work the same way. The common thread is a moment where someone wants your details in their phone and typing them is the obstacle.

What to put in, what to leave out

A contact card only needs a name and one working way to reach you. Everything else is optional, and less is often better: a card with a name, one number, one email, and a website saves cleanly everywhere. Skip fields that change often. Every printed code freezes the details it holds, so the more volatile the information, the sooner the code goes stale. If your number changes, the code needs regenerating and reprinting; if only your website's content changes, the code keeps working.

Phones read vCard version 3.0 most reliably, which is what this page generates. iPhone and Android camera apps both open the save-contact screen natively; no app is needed on either side.

Print it so it scans

Contact codes usually print small, and that's where they fail. On a business card, keep the code at least 2cm square, black on white, with white space around it. Download SVG for print so it stays sharp at any size, and scan the actual printed card with two phones before ordering a full box. The tutorial covers formats and fixing typos inline, and the contact QR code guide goes deeper on card layouts and placement.

When a vCard code is the wrong choice

If the goal is a phone call right now (a support line, a booking number), a plain phone QR code that dials on scan beats a contact card; saving a contact is an extra step in that moment. If you update roles or numbers every few months, point people at a page you control instead and encode that URL. And for one-off digital sharing, most phones can already share a contact directly; the printed code earns its place on paper, not in a chat thread.

Fill in your details above, generate, and scan the result with your own phone. The contact screen you see is exactly what everyone else gets.