QR codes for your situation

Pick your industry or occasion. Each page gives you the right code type, the right error level, where to put it, and finished designs with the settings used.

• QR codes for business cards

  A vCard code saves your contact in one tap. A profile-link code can change later. Pick one.

  For professionals, consultants, sales teams and anyone who hands out cards

• QR codes for churches and charities

  Point the giving code at your own giving page, never a general payment link, and print the address beside it.

  For churches, chapels, charities and community groups

• QR codes for construction and site safety

  Codes on site are read in gloves, in rain, from a meter away. 5 to 8 cm (3 in), level H, black on white or yellow, on a weatherproof label.

  For site managers, health and safety officers and plant hire firms

• QR codes for CVs and résumés

  One code, top right, 2 to 2.5 cm (1 in), pointing at your portfolio or a page that gathers your links.

  For job seekers, graduates, freelancers and career coaches

• QR codes for Etsy and craft sellers

  One code on the packaging insert that opens care instructions is the code buyers use. Make it dynamic.

  For Etsy sellers, craft makers and small online shops

• QR codes for events

  One unique code per ticket, generated in a batch, with a scan limit of one at the door. Never a shared code.

  For event organizers, conference teams and venue staff

• QR codes for gyms and studios

  A code on each machine that opens a 30-second how-to video is the most used code in any gym.

  For gym owners, studio managers and personal trainers

• QR codes for healthcare

  Codes carry patients to forms and instructions. They never carry patient data, and every page behind them is the practice's own.

  For GP surgeries, dental practices, clinics, physiotherapists and vets

• QR codes for hotels and holiday lets

  A Wi-Fi code on the bedside card is the single most welcome code a guest will see. Print the password beside it.

  For hoteliers, guest-house owners and holiday-let hosts

• QR codes for museums and galleries

  A label code is read from 30 cm, so 2.5 to 3 cm, black on matte white, level M.

  For museums, galleries, heritage sites and visitor centers

• QR codes for musicians and bands

  One dynamic code on the merch table that opens your streaming page gets scanned more than any social link.

  For musicians, bands, DJs and their managers

• QR codes for real estate

  A board is scanned from 2 to 4 m, so the code needs 20 to 40 cm (15.5 in), black on white, level M or Q.

  For estate agents, letting agents and private landlords

• QR codes for restaurants and cafés

  Use a dynamic code for the menu so the printed code never changes when the menu does.

  For restaurants, cafés, bars and food trucks

• QR codes for retail packaging

  One dynamic code on the pack, doing different jobs over the product's life. Not one code per job.

  For product managers, brand managers and packaging designers

• QR codes for schools

  A dynamic code on the classroom wall for this week's homework, repointed every Friday, saves a term of printing.

  For teachers, school offices and parent associations

• QR codes for small businesses

  Five codes cover most small businesses. Reviews, Wi-Fi, your contact card, booking and social.

  For small business owners, sole traders and shop managers

• QR codes for weddings

  One dynamic code for the shared album on every table. You can change where it points after the day.

  For couples, wedding planners and stationers