Free QR code generator

How to make a QR code

1. Paste the address you want people to land on. Leave off the https:// if you like, it is added for you.
2. Pick a color. Dark colors scan best; if you pick a pale one, the tool darkens it until phone cameras can read it.
3. Add your logo if you want one in the middle.
4. Download a PNG for social posts and slides, an SVG for a designer or a sign shop, or the print card as a PDF you can take to any printer.

Scan it with your own phone before you print a thousand of them. It takes five seconds and saves a reprint.

Static codes do not expire

Many QR code sites make a "dynamic" code: the code opens their short link, which forwards to yours. Stop paying, and every code you printed stops working. Some free trials end that way after 14 days.

The codes made here are static: your address is written into the pattern itself, so nothing sits in between and nothing can be switched off. The catch is that you cannot change where a printed code goes. The fix is to point it at a page you control, like a link in bio page, and change the links on the page instead. That is what the link in bio QR code is for.

Getting a code that scans every time

• Contrast. Dark code on a white background. Light codes on dark backgrounds fail on many phone cameras.
• Size. At least 2 x 2 cm (about 0.8 inch) on a card, and larger the further away people stand. A rule of thumb: the scanning distance divided by 10.
• Quiet zone. Leave the white border around the code. The downloads include it.
• Short addresses. The shorter the link, the fewer squares, and the easier it is to scan from a distance. Strip tracking tags you do not need, or add only the ones you do with the UTM builder.

Want to know who scanned? Point the code at your makerhandle page: scans show up in your stats as their own source.