Create a free QR code that dials your phone number when scanned. Great for business cards, posters and vehicles.
A phone call QR code contains your phone number. When scanned, the phone opens the dialer with the number already entered, and the person only has to tap the call button.
It avoids mistakes when copying the number and makes it easy to contact you from a poster, a vehicle or a business card, even for people in a hurry.
For a small business or a freelancer, every call can be a new customer. That is why the code works best where people make decisions: on your van parked outside a job, in a neighborhood mailbox flyer or on your shop door when it is closed. Whoever needs you does not have to wait or search online for your number.
Always include the international code: that way the code also works on phones from tourists or other countries.
Also print the number as text next to the code, for people who prefer to dial it by hand or cannot scan at that moment.
A phone number produces one of the simplest codes there is, with very few modules. That means you can print it small, from 0.8 in (2 cm), on cards, magnets or product labels. On vehicle graphics, "For sale" signs or construction banners, where people scan from several feet away, you'll need 8 to 20 in (20 to 50 cm) per side.
Outdoors, think about sunlight and dirt: use black or a very dark color on a white background and a matte material that doesn't reflect. Leave a generous quiet zone around the code, especially if it sits on a patterned surface or a photo, and add a line such as "Scan to call" next to it.
Each type of code has its own generator with exactly the fields it needs. Pick the one that fits what you want to share:
No. The phone shows the number and the person decides whether to call. No call is made without their confirmation.
Yes, with any phone number, landline or mobile, as long as it has the right country code.
To open a WhatsApp chat, use the WhatsApp QR code instead: it opens the conversation directly with a ready-made message.
No. It works as long as the number is active.
Some phones accept pauses with a comma after the number (for example, +18095550000,123), but not all of them honor it. If it matters, write the extension in text next to the code.
Yes. You can use any number that can be dialed from a mobile phone, including toll-free ones. Keep in mind that some special numbers can't be dialed from abroad.
Yes, although if you want people to save your name, email and company as well as your number, a vCard QR code is a better fit.