Handing Out Business Cards? Add This One QR Code and Link

If you hand out business cards, add one QR code and one short link, and point both at a page where people can act on the spot: book you, buy from you, send an enquiry or ask a question. Your card stays clean, and the person holding it is one scan away from becoming a customer.

That page is your Keepp page. One link, like keepp.link/yourname, holds your services, prices, bookings, shop, enquiry form and chat, and the QR code on your card opens it.

The problem with a business card

A business card has room for about six lines. Your business has a lot more to say than that.

So the card ends up with a name, a phone number, an email, a website, maybe two social handles, and nothing that tells people what to do next. Then one of three things happens:

The card goes in a pocket and never comes out. Nothing on it asked for anything.
They type your website into their phone. It is slow, they mistype it, or your site isn’t built for phones.
They follow you on social. Now they are a follower, not a customer.

The card did its job of passing on your name. It did nothing to turn that moment into work.

What to put on a business card in 2026

Keep the card simple and let the QR code do the rest:

Your name and what you do, in one line. “Maya Chen, wedding photographer.” “Rossi Plumbing, same-day repairs.”
One way to reach you, a phone number or an email.
One QR code, big enough to scan, with a short line next to it: “Scan to book”, “See prices and book” or “Order here”.
One short link under the code, like keepp.link/mayachen, for anyone who would rather type it.

That’s it. Everything else, your services, prices, portfolio, socials, opening hours, lives on the page behind the code, where there’s room for all of it and where you can change it any time.

Why the QR code should open a page, not your website or Instagram

The person scanning your card has just met you. They are interested now, and the page they land on decides whether that turns into a booking or a forgotten card.

Most websites aren’t built for that moment. They open on a home page, ask people to find the menu, and send them to another tool to book or pay.

A social profile asks them to follow, not to buy. The booking link is one more tap away, in your bio.

A Keepp page lets them act right away:

Book you at a time you’re actually free, synced with your Google Calendar.
Buy from you with checkout on the page, paid straight into your own Stripe account.
Send an enquiry, a quote request or a project brief, from a form that lands in your dashboard.
Ask a question in a chat on your page and get an answer straight away.
See your work, your services as cards with a picture, a description and a price, your socials, your map and your opening hours.

Every booking, order, enquiry and chat lands in one customer list. The person you met at a market on Saturday is in your dashboard by Sunday.

Your printed card never goes out of date

A printed card is stuck with what you printed. Change your prices, add a service or move to a new studio, and every card in circulation is wrong.

With a QR code to your Keepp page, the card doesn’t change. The page does. Update your prices, swap your portfolio or open new booking slots, and every card you have ever handed out shows the new version the next time someone scans it.

If you want the code to open something specific, like your booking calendar during wedding season and your shop before the holidays, point it at a custom link and change where that link goes whenever you like. The printed code stays the same. How dynamic QR codes work explains more.

A QR code that looks like your brand

A plain black square looks like a parking ticket. Keepp makes your QR code in your brand colour, with your photo or logo in the frame and your own caption, ready to download for your printer or print straight from the page. See custom QR codes with your logo and brand colours.

Print it at least 2 cm wide on a business card, so it scans easily from a hand. The QR code size guide covers flyers, packaging and posters too.

Know which cards are working

A printed card usually gives you no idea whether anyone looked at it. Keepp counts every scan of your QR codes and shows them in your analytics, next to the bookings, orders and enquiries that came in. Hand out cards at a trade show and you can see how many people scanned them that week.

Use a different custom link on the cards for each event, and you can tell which ones brought in work.

Ran out of cards? Use your phone

The same page goes in your phone’s wallet as an Apple Wallet business card, or a Google Wallet one. Open it, show the QR code, and the other person scans it like a printed card. Paper for the counter, the order bag and the person who likes something to hold; your phone for everyone else. Digital vs paper business cards compares the two.

Who this works for

Anyone who meets customers in person:

Photographers, stylists and makeup artists who want bookings from people they meet at events.
Plumbers, electricians and cleaners who leave a card after a job and want the next call.
Coaches, consultants and therapists who need a first session booked, not a follow.
Bakers, makers and market sellers whose customers want to order again later.
Creators and artists handing cards out at meetups, gigs and conventions.
Cafés, salons and studios with cards by the till.

Make your QR code business card

Make your free page on Keepp and pick a template for your business or your brand.
Add what you want people to do: bookings, products, an enquiry form, a chat.
Make your QR code in your colours with your photo, and download it.
Put the code, one line of text and your keepp.link address on your card, and send it to print.

FAQ

What should I put on a business card?

Your name, what you do, one way to contact you, and one QR code with a short link next to it. The QR code opens a page with everything else: services, prices, bookings, a shop, an enquiry form and a chat.

Should I put a QR code on my business card?

Yes. A QR code lets people go from your card to booking, buying or contacting you in one scan, instead of typing in a website. Point it at a page where they can act straight away, like your Keepp page.

Where should the QR code on a business card link to?

To a page made for phones that lets people act right away: book a time, buy, send an enquiry or ask a question. A Keepp page does all of that on one page, so the scan turns into a customer.

How big should a QR code be on a business card?

At least 2 cm wide. That scans easily from a card held in the hand. Leave a little white space around it so phone cameras find it quickly.

Can I change where my business card QR code goes after printing?

Yes. Point the code at your Keepp page, and update the page whenever you like. To send it somewhere else entirely, use a custom link and repoint it. The printed code never needs to change.

Can I see how many people scanned my business card?

Yes. Keepp counts every scan of your QR codes and shows it in your analytics, alongside the bookings, orders and enquiries on your page.