Which contact fields does a vCard QR support?

Name, organisation, job title, phone, email, and website. Most scanners save these straight into the address book.

Will scanners save the contact automatically?

Most modern phones show a 'Save contact' prompt. A few older Android scanners only display the text instead.

Is a vCard QR better than a link to my contact page?

vCard works offline and saves the contact in one tap. A link is editable later but needs internet and an extra step.

qrgen does not embed a contact photo, because it would make the QR very dense and harder to scan in print.

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Put your contact details on a card, a badge, or an email signature and let people add you to their phone with a single scan. The QR contains the full vCard, so it works without internet.

What is a vCard QR code?

A vCard QR encodes a standard contact file (.vcf) directly into the image: name, organisation, phone, email, and website. Scanning opens a ‘Save contact’ prompt on most modern phones.

Because the data lives inside the QR, the contact saves even when the scanner is offline — a real advantage over a link to a contact page.

Common uses

Business cards that survive the move into someone's address book
Conference badges and trade-show booths
Email signatures with a scannable handoff to mobile
Real estate signs and property flyers
Speaker introductions and panel discussions

How to create one

Pick vCard as the QR type.
Enter your first and last name. These are required for a clean contact save.
Add organisation and job title if you want them in the saved contact.
Fill in phone, email, and website. Leave fields blank if they do not apply.
Style the QR to match your brand and download SVG for the printer.

Best practices

Keep field values short. Long titles and long URLs make the QR denser and harder to scan in print.
Use a phone format with country code (+1, +44) so the saved contact dials correctly abroad.
Prefer a personal vCard over a 'link to your company page' QR — it works offline.
Do not include a photo: vCard images make the QR much denser and often unscannable at print size.
If you change roles often, encode a vCard with your personal email rather than a job email.

Test before printing

Scan from iPhone and Android and confirm the ‘Save contact’ sheet looks right.
Check the saved contact has all fields, not just name and number.
Print one card before printing 500. Cheap matte stock scans better than glossy.

vCard QR vs. a link to your contact page

A linked landing page lets you edit your details later, but it needs internet, an extra tap, and a working server. A vCard QR is locked in once printed, but works in airplane mode and saves the contact in one step.

For business cards you'll hand out once, vCard wins. For long-lived signage where details change, a redirect link is safer.

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