vCard code vs. a link to an online profile
There are really two ways to do a "digital business card," and it's worth picking deliberately. A vCard QR code — what this page generates by default — carries your actual contact fields inside the code itself, so scanning it works with zero internet connection and immediately offers to save a full contact card: name, phone, email, company, website. A URL-based code instead points to a hosted profile page, which needs a live connection at scan time but can show a richer page — a bio, a portfolio, social links — than a vCard's fixed set of fields supports.
Neither is more "correct" — a vCard is the better default for a fast, no-friction contact exchange, and a URL is the better call if you want to send people somewhere with more than just your contact details. QRSen's free public profile pages (see the link-in-bio page in the footer) are a ready-made option for the URL route if you want one without building a site yourself.
What actually goes into a good digital business card
Keep it to what someone genuinely needs to follow up: full name, one phone number, one email, and a website or LinkedIn if relevant. A contact card crammed with three phone numbers and five links is harder for the recipient to parse than it is for you to fill in — resist the urge to include everything you could.
Double-check the phone number's country code and the email for typos before generating — a vCard code encodes exactly what you type, and there's no autocorrect step protecting you from sending someone a broken contact entry.
Sharing it without printing anything
Since this is a digital-first business card, sharing usually means sending the QR code image itself — over text, email, Slack, or as a profile picture background — rather than handing over a physical object. Saving it as a PNG works well for messaging apps and email; SVG is the better pick if you're placing it into a slide deck, a website, or anything that needs to scale up cleanly.
If you still want a physical version alongside the digital one — say, for handing to someone at an in-person event — the exact same code prints fine on a standard card. QRSen has a dedicated page for printed business cards, with sizing and print-material advice, if that's the route you also want to cover — it's linked in the Related Tools section below.
