How to Make a Digital Business Card (Free, 2 Minutes, No App)
A digital business card is just a web link. It opens a page with your name, your contact info, and the links you want people to have. Anyone can open it on any phone, and one tap saves you straight into their contacts. There's no app to install — not for you, not for them.
What you need before you start
Not much. Grab these before you sit down:
- Your name and title. What you want people to see first.
- A headshot, if you have one. A phone photo works fine.
- The 3-4 links that matter. Your website, LinkedIn, booking page, or your Google reviews. Skip everything else.
That's it. You don't need an account, and you don't need a credit card.
Step-by-step
Step 1: Open the builder
Go to the free card builder. It runs in your browser, on your phone or your computer. Nothing to download.
Step 2: Add your name, photo, and contact info
Type in your name, your title, and how people can reach you — phone, email, whatever you actually answer. Add your headshot if you have one. You'll see the card update live as you type.
Step 3: Add your links
Paste in the links you gathered. Website, LinkedIn, booking page, reviews. If you're a clinician or researcher, add your ORCID iD — your publications pull in automatically, so your card shows your work without you typing any of it.
Step 4: Pick a design
There are free starter templates: Personal, Business, and Healthcare. Pick the one that fits and you're done styling. You can swap it later without redoing anything.
Step 5: Create it
Hit create. You get your link and your QR code right away. That's the whole process — most people finish in about two minutes.
How to share it
The link and the QR code are the same card, so use whichever fits the moment:
- Text the link right after you meet someone. It lands in their messages with your name on it.
- Put it in your email signature. Every email you send becomes a way to save your contact.
- Print the QR code. On a paper business card, a badge, a truck decal, or an open-house table sign. Anyone who scans it gets your card.
- Add it to Apple or Google Wallet so your QR is always one swipe away when someone asks.
Keep it current
Here's the part paper can't do. When your phone number, title, or links change, you edit the card once. The same link updates for everyone who already saved it. Nobody is walking around with your old number in their pocket.
What's free vs paid
The free card is a real card, not a trial. Free gets you the link, the QR code, save-to-contacts, the starter templates, and ORCID publications — forever.
Pro adds the extras: custom design, dark mode, video, a custom link, no branding, multiple cards, and analytics so you can see when your card gets opened. Pro is $4.99/month, $35/year, or $99 once if you'd rather never think about it again.
Built for your field
The card works for anyone, but some fields have their own version of the pitch. If you're a doctor, see cards for doctors. Researchers, the ORCID publication feed was built for you — see cards for researchers. Contractors who want their card on a truck decal or a yard sign, see cards for contractors. And realtors who want a QR on the open-house table, see cards for realtors.
Ready to try it?
The builder is free, there's no account to make, and you'll have your link and QR code in about two minutes.
Make your free card →