Digital visiting card
The card people in India, Pakistan and the Gulf are asking for, on a link instead of card stock.
A digital visiting card is your visiting card on a web link rather than on card stock. It sits at your own address, opens in any phone browser with no app, saves to their contacts in one tap, and updates whenever you edit it.
Why the digital one caught on here first
Cards get handed over constantly, a number changes, and the box of paper in the drawer is wrong from that day on. A card on a link has no such day: you edit it, and every code and link you have ever given out points at the new details.
It is shared the way people already share things. Send the link in a chat. Show the QR code and let their camera do the rest. Put the code on the paper card you are printing anyway.
The person receiving it installs nothing and signs up for nothing. They tap once and your details are in their phone, spelled the way you spelled them.
What comes with it
One set of details, in every place you hand them over.
Visiting card maker
The same maker under the name used in India, Pakistan and the Gulf, with the sizes used there.
Visiting card maker→Apple Wallet pass
Your card as a pass on an iPhone, beside their boarding passes.
Apple Wallet pass→
QR code business card
A square code on the paper card that opens your details on their phone.
QR code business card→What it costs
One card on your own link is free. The figures below are for the paid plan.
From $0.99 a month. Free plan too.
One card on your own link is $0, for as long as you like.
Or $9.99 a year ($0.83/month).
See the plans in full →A paper visiting card and a digital one
Most people carry both, and the paper one carries the code.
| Paper visiting card | Digital visiting card | |
|---|---|---|
| A changed number | Print again | Edit once |
| Getting into their phone | Typed, if at all | One tap |
| Cost per person you meet | The cost of the card | Nothing |
| Sharing in a chat | A photograph of the card | A link that opens properly |
| Your own language and spelling | As printed | As you last published it |
How to make a digital visiting card
Take your address
Pick the name your card will live under. That link is yours and does not change when your details do.
Add your details
Name, role, company, photo, and the buttons people should press: call, message, email, website.
Publish
Publishing makes it live and draws its QR code. Until then nobody can open it.
Put the code on paper
Design a printed visiting card in the free maker with the code on it, so the paper and the link are one thing.
Questions about digital visiting cards
How do I make a digital visiting card?
Create an account, choose the name your card lives under, fill in your details and press Publish. The link and the QR code are ready straight away.
Is it free?
One card on your own link is free for as long as you like. It carries a small line naming the site; a paid plan removes that line and adds the rest.
Will it work on an ordinary phone with no app?
Yes. It is a web page, so it opens in whatever browser the phone already has, and it works on an iPhone and on Android the same way.
Can I still have printed visiting cards?
Of course, and they go together. The free maker designs the printed card, and the QR code on it opens the digital one.
Can I share it on WhatsApp?
Yes. It is a link, so it sends like any other link and opens straight into the card rather than into a download.
The rest of it
The same card under the other words people use.
Digital business cards
Your card on its own link, saved to a phone in one tap and changed whenever you like.
Digital business cards→Visiting card
The same choices under the word used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Gulf.
Visiting card→QR code business card
A square code on the paper card that opens your details on their phone.
QR code business card→NFC business card
What a tap card is, what we do not sell, and what to write to a tag you own.
NFC business card→Free business cards
What costs nothing here, said exactly, and what a paid plan adds.
Free business cards→Visiting Card Store
The maker, the templates, the digital card and the printed cards in one place.
Visiting Card Store→Take your own link
The first card is free, the link is yours, and the details on it are right from the day you change them.