There are many services today that will sell you a business card that has a QR code and or a NFC chip so you can present it to a new business contact and they can easily scan it and add to their contacts. Who needs paper anyway?
But many of these services (like linqapp.com or popl.co or mobilocard.com) will want to sell you a monthly fee to host your data online and give other features. One simpler solution is to build your own QR code. Once you generate it you can share it a bunch of ways:
- print it out on paper
- print it as a sticker and put it on the back of your phone
- save it in your phone so it can be scanned from your screen.
HOW TO MAKE A VCF FILE
Generate a plain text file that contains the Vcard info. One way to do this in MacOS is to click and drag your contact card out of your Contacts app – it will generate a .vcf file on your desktop.
Click and drag that icon into TextEdit and you will see the plain text. Once you have the plain text you can paste that into a QR code generator like https://www.qr-code-generator.com (there are many others – note that they might also have paid features but the basic QR code is a free feature).
here is some sample code (with most data removed)
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//macOS 14.0//EN
N:Salomon ;Ari;;;
FN:Ari Salomon
TITLE:Web Designer
EMAIL;type=INTERNET;type=pref:ari@helloari.com
TEL;type=WORK;type=VOICE;type=pref:+14151111111
NOTE: more notes
item1.URL;type=pref:helloari.com
item1.X-ABLabel:_$!<HomePage>!$_
item2.URL:https://instagram.com/arisalomonart
item2.X-ABLabel:_$!<Other>!$_
item3.URL:https://www.facebook.com/AriSalomonPhoto
item3.X-ABLabel:_$!<Other>!$_
END:VCARD
