How do I create a QR code for my business?

Sign up for a free BCITiny account, add your business details and publish your Business Profile. Publishing creates your profile QR code, which you can download from your dashboard and add to cards, signs, flyers and more.

Is a business QR code really free?

Yes. The Free plan includes one Business Profile page and one QR code with no monthly fee. It does not expire and no credit card is required. Free profiles show BCITiny branding and ads. Starter is optional and adds your logo, up to 3 QR codes and no BCITiny ads.

What happens when someone scans my QR code?

Their phone opens your BCITiny Business Profile in the web browser. From there they can call you, send an email, get directions, visit your website, save your contact or open your Google Business Profile and Facebook page. Buttons appear for the details you add.

Do customers need an app to scan it?

They do not need a BCITiny app. Most modern smartphones can scan QR codes with the built-in camera; some older phones may need a QR scanner app. Your profile opens in the phone's web browser.

Can I change my business information later?

Yes. Edit your profile in the dashboard anytime, including your phone number, email, hours, address, website, description and links. Customers see the updated details the next time they scan.

Will I need a new QR code if my information changes?

Not for your Business Profile QR code. It opens your hosted profile, so updated details appear without a new code, as long as you keep that QR code in your account. You only need to reprint if you change information printed next to the QR code. Wi-Fi and contact-card QR codes are different: they store their details in the image, so changing them means a new QR image.

Can I use the QR code on my work truck?

Yes. Add your downloaded QR code to your vehicle graphics. People often see a truck from farther away than a card, so make the code large, keep strong contrast and clear space around it, and test scanning from a realistic distance before the graphics are installed.

Can I put it on signs and flyers?

Yes. Use the same QR code on yard signs, window signs, flyers, brochures and counter displays. Every scan opens the same Business Profile.

Can I put it on business cards?

Yes. Add the QR code to your card design or send it to your printer. Print a test card and scan it with your phone before ordering a full run.

No. Your Business Profile is hosted by BCITiny, so your QR code has somewhere useful to open even without a website. If you have a website, add it and customers can tap Visit Website from your profile.

Can customers save my contact information?

Yes. The Save to Contacts button downloads a contact card (vCard) with your business details, which most smartphones can add to their contacts.

What size should I print a QR code?

There is no single size that works everywhere. The right size depends on how far away people will be, print quality, contrast, lighting and where the code is placed. Keep the code dark on a light background with clear space around it, avoid stretching or blurring the image, and be careful with shiny or curved surfaces. Print a test copy and scan it with a few different phones from the distance customers will actually use before you print in quantity.

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What happens when someone scans your business QR code?

Your QR code opens your BCITiny Business Profile. Your profile gives customers the ways to reach you.

Scan

A customer points their phone camera at your QR code.
Business Profile

Your profile opens in their browser. No app to install.
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Choose an action
- Call
- Email
- Directions
- Website
- Save Contact
They reach you

A call, an email, a route to your door or your details saved in their phone.

One QR code, multiple ways to reach your business

Instead of one fixed action, your QR code opens a page with everything customers need.

Call Now One tap calls your business phone.
Send Email Opens a new email to your business address.
Get Directions Opens your address in their maps app, when you list one.
Visit Website Sends them to your website, if you add one.
Save to Contacts Downloads a contact card with your business details.
Google Business Profile Opens your Google listing, where customers can see more about you.
Facebook Opens your Facebook page for posts and updates.
Description & hours Tells customers what you do and when you are open.

Buttons appear for the details you add, so customers only see what applies to your business.

How it works

Three steps from sign-up to a QR code you can print.

Create your free account

Sign up in a few fields. No credit card required.

Add your business details

Setup walks you through your name, description, phone, email, address, hours and links.

Publish and download your QR code

Publishing makes your profile live and creates its QR code. Download it from your dashboard.

Where can businesses use QR codes?

Anywhere a customer might want to reach you later. The same QR code works in every one of these places.

Business cards

Hand someone a card and they can call, save your contact or get directions without typing anything.

Work trucks & vehicles

Parked at a job site, your truck becomes a way for neighbors to reach you. Print the code large with plenty of contrast.

Storefronts & windows

After hours, passers-by can check your hours, call you later or save your details for next time.

Yard signs

On job sites and property signs, people can reach you while they are standing right there.

Flyers & brochures

Give readers one quick way to act on what they just read, instead of a list of numbers and addresses.

Estimates, invoices & receipts

Customers who already worked with you can save your contact and find you again for the next job.

Counter displays

A small stand by the register lets customers save your details or find your Google listing.

Event booths & name badges

At fairs and trade shows, people can save your contact in seconds while the line moves.

Printed advertisements

Newspaper, mailer and bulletin board ads can point straight to your profile and its contact buttons.

Keep your information current without replacing the QR code

Your Business Profile QR code opens your hosted profile, not a fixed phone number or address.

Update in your dashboard anytime

Phone number and email
Business hours
Address and directions
Website address
Business description
Google Business Profile and Facebook links

What stays as printed

Text printed next to the QR code on cards, signs and vehicles
Anything already printed on flyers, brochures and ads
The QR code image, which does not need to change when your profile does

When you change your phone number, hours or website, customers see the new details the next time they scan. The printed QR code keeps working as long as you keep it in your account. Text printed beside it does not change, so keep printed details short or general if they might change.

Business Profile QR code vs. a QR code with just a phone number or website

Both are useful. They do different jobs.

Single-purpose QR code compared with a BCITiny Business Profile QR code
Question	Phone number or website QR	BCITiny Business Profile QR
What a scan does	Performs one action, such as dialing a number or opening one web page	Opens your Business Profile, where customers choose how to reach you
Ways to reach you	One	Call, email, directions, website, save contact, Google and Facebook links (for the details you add)
When your details change	A phone-number QR needs a new code; a web-address QR works while that address stays the same	Update your profile; the same QR code opens your latest details
Needs a website	A web-address QR needs a page to open	No. BCITiny hosts your profile
Good choice when	You want a single, fixed action	You want to give customers several ways to reach you

BCITiny also offers single-purpose QR codes for calls, text messages, email, Wi-Fi and contact cards, and each one counts toward your plan's QR code limit. Call, text and email QR codes open through a BCITiny link, so you can edit the number or address later. Wi-Fi and contact-card QR codes store their details in the image itself, so changing them means downloading and printing a new QR code.

Do I need a website?

No. Your Business Profile is hosted by BCITiny, so your QR code always has a mobile-friendly page to open. If you already have a website, add it to your profile and customers get a Visit Website button.

Learn more about getting your business online without a website.

Want the QR code on a business card?

Your Business Profile QR code fits on a standard business card, so people can call you or save your contact straight from the card.

See how to make a free QR business card.

Free vs. Starter

Free does not expire. Starter is optional and adds more QR codes and branding.

Free Forever

$0 / month

1 Business Profile Page — free forever
1 QR Code
Click-to-Call & Directions
Google Business Profile & Facebook links
Save to Contacts
BCITiny Branding

Does not expire. No credit card required.

Create My Free Business QR Code

Starter

$4.99 / month

Logo upload
Custom colors
Up to 3 QR codes
3 short links
More social & action links
Standard scan analytics
No BCITiny ads on your profile

Optional. Your Free profile and QR code keep working whether or not you upgrade.

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Business QR code FAQ

Straight answers about creating and using a QR code for your business.

How do I create a QR code for my business?: Sign up for a free BCITiny account, add your business details and publish your Business Profile. Publishing creates your profile QR code, which you can download from your dashboard and add to cards, signs, flyers and more.
Is a business QR code really free?: Yes. The Free plan includes one Business Profile page and one QR code with no monthly fee. It does not expire and no credit card is required. Free profiles show BCITiny branding and ads. Starter is optional and adds your logo, up to 3 QR codes and no BCITiny ads.
What happens when someone scans my QR code?: Their phone opens your BCITiny Business Profile in the web browser. From there they can call you, send an email, get directions, visit your website, save your contact or open your Google Business Profile and Facebook page. Buttons appear for the details you add.
Do customers need an app to scan it?: They do not need a BCITiny app. Most modern smartphones can scan QR codes with the built-in camera; some older phones may need a QR scanner app. Your profile opens in the phone's web browser.
Can I change my business information later?: Yes. Edit your profile in the dashboard anytime, including your phone number, email, hours, address, website, description and links. Customers see the updated details the next time they scan.
Will I need a new QR code if my information changes?: Not for your Business Profile QR code. It opens your hosted profile, so updated details appear without a new code, as long as you keep that QR code in your account. You only need to reprint if you change information printed next to the QR code. Wi-Fi and contact-card QR codes are different: they store their details in the image, so changing them means a new QR image.
Can I use the QR code on my work truck?: Yes. Add your downloaded QR code to your vehicle graphics. People often see a truck from farther away than a card, so make the code large, keep strong contrast and clear space around it, and test scanning from a realistic distance before the graphics are installed.
Can I put it on signs and flyers?: Yes. Use the same QR code on yard signs, window signs, flyers, brochures and counter displays. Every scan opens the same Business Profile.
Can I put it on business cards?: Yes. Add the QR code to your card design or send it to your printer. Print a test card and scan it with your phone before ordering a full run.
Do I need a website?: No. Your Business Profile is hosted by BCITiny, so your QR code has somewhere useful to open even without a website. If you have a website, add it and customers can tap Visit Website from your profile.
Can customers save my contact information?: Yes. The Save to Contacts button downloads a contact card (vCard) with your business details, which most smartphones can add to their contacts.
What size should I print a QR code?: There is no single size that works everywhere. The right size depends on how far away people will be, print quality, contrast, lighting and where the code is placed. Keep the code dark on a light background with clear space around it, avoid stretching or blurring the image, and be careful with shiny or curved surfaces. Print a test copy and scan it with a few different phones from the distance customers will actually use before you print in quantity.

More questions? Visit the Help Center, compare all plans, or see what a BCITiny Business Profile includes.

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