Does a vCard QR code expire?

No. Your contact details are written into the code; nothing is hosted online.

vCard QR Code Generator

Put your contact card in a QR code. People scan it and their phone offers to save your name, number, email and website. Free, no sign-up, and the details live in the code itself, so it never expires.

Your link

Paste the final address of your page, not a short link from a QR or link service.

copies

This code never expires

What you type goes into the squares themselves. There is no short link, no account and nothing on our server between your code and your page, so there is nothing anyone can switch off. It works for as long as the page or details in it do.

Size & look

Printed width

Scanned from about

Squares

Background

Words under the code (optional) Logo in the middle (optional)

More settings

Error correction

We raise it for free when it fits without making the code bigger.

Blank border (quiet zone)

Will it scan?

Why some QR codes stop working

A QR code is ink. It can’t expire. What expires is a service sitting between the ink and your page.

Static code

what this page makes

📱 scan→yourcafe.com/menu

“Dynamic” code

most sign-up generators

📱 scan→qr-service.example/a8Xkon while the account is paid→yourcafe.com/menu

The short link is the catch

A dynamic code holds the service’s address, not yours. That lets you change the destination and count scans, but every printed copy now depends on that account staying open.

Shorter link, bigger squares

The more a code holds, the more squares it needs, and at the same printed size each square gets smaller. A short, clean address on your own website reads fastest.

Test before you print 500

Every code here is scanned back in your browser before you download it. Still, print one, and scan it with two different phones at the distance people will really stand.

A contact card in the code itself

The code holds a vCard, the standard contact format phones use to save contacts. Many “digital business card” services instead put a link to a profile page they host, which stops working if you leave the service. A vCard code needs nothing online.

Tips for business cards

Fewer fields, easier scan. Every field adds squares. Name, mobile, email and website is plenty for a card.
At least 2 cm wide on a business card, with the blank border kept clear.
Download SVG for print. It stays sharp at any size in design software.