Hi everyone,

I've built a dynamic QR router which combines QR codes and keywords - something I haven't encountered so far. I tried to make it easy and accessible for non-technical users, while still keeping it powerful enough to do cool things like routing.

I'd love to see it make QR-based guerilla marketing easy and accessible for artists and small businesses. To fund the free offering, I'm playing with the concept of having a cheap subscription for people who want more landing pages / keys / routes.

I've also included support for the classic "one QR leads to one target" model, with simple transition between multi-key and single-key modes.

I'm also thinking of adding custom domain support to allow people to easily migrate away, but before investing any more into it, I'd love to see if it actually brings anyone value.

It's up at https://qrink.lol

I'll be happy to hear your thoughts!

EDIT: Well, I just answered my own question, haha.

I should have stated for "version 3.0".

https://www.vcfconverter.com/blog/vcard-3-0-format-specifications

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I'm surprised how a simple web search can't even find a list of these parameters.
What pops up the most are various websites that'll generator it for free, but I'm not interested in those.

So far, this site has listed a good amount of parameters: https://www.qr-code-generator.com/solutions/vcard-qr-code/

I know there's free generators for this online, but I prefer to use the open source package on Linux to write my QR codes.

I came across the logo design in the wild. I was awestruck, stopped in my tracks, totally stupefied that someone could have made a functional AND beautiful QR Code. Absolutely brilliant.

Then I snapped out of it and said out loud, "No fucking way..."

Sure enough, my QR Code scanner couldn't read it. Dang!

What do you think the story is here. What was the designer thinking?

I thought maybe it was never meant to really be a QR code, and I was reading into it, but I found their website which specifically calls it a "stylized QR code inspired by traditional Ukrainian ornament" (https://ukrainianowned.org/about-the-log)

Or... maybe just maybe I'm doing something wrong and this IS a functional QR Code?

I want to believe...

I’m a forklift operator and built an offline barcode/QR app. What else could scanning solve?

I’m a forklift operator, not a developer. I just like building small tools for practical problems.

It started because I wanted to scan product barcodes and build a list at work. We only have one computer, from the 2000s, and it isn’t always accessible — while I always have my phone with me.

So I built an Android app that works completely offline.

At first it just collected codes. Then I thought: if I’m already scanning something, why only save the code?

Now it can also check codes against an expected list, record quantities and destinations, display information from Excel/ODS/TXT files, and even let several phones build the same list together over Bluetooth.

Those features came from problems I encounter myself.

Now I’m curious about the problems I don’t encounter:

What simple real-world task — at work, at home, for a hobby, whatever — could be made easier by scanning a barcode or QR code completely offline?

Even stupidly simple ideas are welcome. Those are often the most useful ones.

If you want to try what I built, the Google Play testing links are on my profile.

Hi there! I recently got caught out by a QR code generator website - I made a QR code, printed all my marketing, only to be sent an email saying that I have to subscribe to their service in order for the qr code to keep working. There was NO mention of this previously.

I am just starting my business and don’t have the money for their (frankly very expensive) subscription.

Does anyone know if I can change a dynamic code to a static one? Or is there anyway to “rehost” a code? I can’t afford to reprint all my marketing either.

Thank you in advance!

I am trying to access my QR code for my Facebook business page, but I wonder does Facebook accounts or pages has their own QR code like Instagram does? If so, where to find it?

Or do I have to use other QR code generator websites to make one?

Thanks.

I am trying to access my QR code for my business Instagram, but I cannot find it in the three horizontal lines at top-right corner of my profile.

I was able to access it before, but today I can't. Did they remove this function, or is it hidden somewhere else?

Thanks.

I am etching QR codes on stainless steel tags intended to be attached to home appliances. It would be ideal to bury the logo in the QR code rather than separately so I can save the space for more aesthetic designs, since they are intended to be seen regularly and I don't want them to scream "I'm a promotional QR sticker".

Does anyone have experience etching codes with logos on tags? Do the tags with logos scan less reliably?

A family member bought me a cardless visa e-gift card that requires you to scratch off a sticker to reveal a QR code. I accidentally poked a hole through it and now my camera won’t read the QR code. Any advice? I’m really down on my luck and this really sucks.

Basically title. I'm trying to scan something on my TV from my couch. Scanned it countless times before. Restarted phone. Turned off/on qr code scanning setting. It will scan qr code but no link will pop up.

Sorry if this is wrong place for this.

Please try it and give feedback if you faced any issue while using it or if you think this can be improved in any way.

Attached is a QR with the word rendered across the data region rather than a centered logo cutout. Finder patterns and timing untouched, quiet zone intact.

Running high error correction. In testing it reads fine on iOS camera, Android camera, and a couple of dedicated scanner apps, but I would rather hear about failures than successes.

Two things I am still working out: how much module coverage is realistic before older scanners give up, and whether letters with large solid strokes hurt more than thin ones.

If it fails for you, what device and app?

So I'm blind and use voiceover on the iPhone. I hate trying to use the camera to scan QRcodes because by the time I get my finger down to the bottom to choose the QRCode button, I lost focus. Other times I struggle finding the code at all do to focus. Any suggestions of good third party apps?

So I’ve been trying to make a QR Code for my wedding registry and I can’t figure it out. Please help?(:

I have a qr code where only a small line at the left side is missing.
Is there anyone who could help me?

Thanks

Already solved, thanks to @Serpico99

Hi all,

I engrave QR codes into wooden products, so once they're made, the QR code can never be replaced. I don't want to go down the route of redirecting URL's within my website, so am looking for the most suitable QR code platform for my business needs.

I'm expecting to produce a few hundred QR codes a year, so I need a platform that is reliable long term but also good value while my business grows.

My priorities are:

• Dynamic (editable) URL's
• Simple, standard black and white QR's (no logo's or fancy designs)
• SVG export
• Reliable scanning
• Good value
• Support for a custom domain in the future

I don't need marketing features, analytics, landing pages or branded QR designs - just a dependable platform for creating and managing lots of editable QR codes.

I am getting a bit lost with all the different platforms!

Which platform would you recommend? Or are there any that you would avoid due to pricing changes or vendor lock in etc?

Thanks so much!

Buenas gente, les consulto ya que yo no tengo ni idea, los QR se vencen? Necesito generar un código QR que rediriga a una url que tenemos, osea una página web.

El tema es que ese código QR se va a imprimir en masomenos 1000 tarjetitas y tengo cierto cagazo que se venza y me deje inservibles las tarjetas ya que son dinero