Contact exchange and card scanning

Contacts that survive
the trip home.

Scan a code to swap details, or photograph a paper card and have it read into structured contact fields. Either way the contact is in the app, not in a jacket pocket that goes to the dry cleaner.

QR, link or .vcfAI card readingScan, photo or type

Why cards still get lost

The exchange works. It is the week afterwards that fails

Business cards are collected enthusiastically and typed up almost never. The contact was made at the event; the value is lost in the fortnight it takes for nobody to transcribe them.

Paper has not gone away

Cards are still handed over, particularly across regions and industries where they are a courtesy. Pretending otherwise loses the contact.

A code is faster than typing

Two phones and one scan beats spelling an email address out over a noisy hall.

A contact must leave in a usable form

A name in an app is not enough. It has to reach a phone's address book without retyping.

The card should look like your event

A shared profile is a branded artefact. It carries your event's identity, not a generic template.

For attendees

Two directions, one contact list

Your own digital card

Every attendee has a shareable profile — by QR, by link, or as a vCard file that drops straight into a phone's contacts. It shows only the fields your card design includes.

Scan someone else's code

Scan another attendee's badge or card code to save their details, with no typing and no spelling anything out.

Photograph a paper card

A card is captured with the camera in the Contacts screen and read by AI into structured contact fields, with the photo kept beside the contact, so the paper is no longer the record.

Save to your phone's contacts

Each contact saves as a .vcf file, which is what a phone address book already understands.

A record of who you met

Collected contacts stay in one searchable list, in card or list view, with your own note on each, so it is still there when you are writing follow-ups on the flight home.

Carry on the conversation

Someone you have connected with can be messaged inside the event, and a saved mobile number opens WhatsApp in one tap, so the follow-up starts before you have left the building.

Paste a signature

No card and no code? Type the details in, or paste an email signature and let AI fill the form for you to check before saving.

Collect as a team

Invite colleagues by link to collect into the same contact list — no account needed — and the cards they collect carry their name. Stopping the share cuts everyone off at once.

Cards swapped at meetings

When a meeting request is accepted, each side can choose to reveal their business card, with Save to contacts beside it.

For the organizing team

Design the card, set who can scan

The contact card is a template you control, and contact scanning is a feature you grant — to everyone, or to the attendees whose registration includes it.

FAQ

Business Card Scanning questions

How does an attendee share their details?

Each attendee has a digital business card they can share by QR code, by link, or as a .vcf contact file that saves straight into a phone's address book.

What happens to paper business cards?

They are photographed in the app's Contacts screen and read by AI into structured contact fields, with the photo kept beside the contact, so the details are captured without anyone transcribing the card later.

Do both people need the app open?

One scans the other's code, which is enough to exchange details. Cards can also be shared as a plain link for anyone who is not in the app.

Can we brand the business card?

Yes. The contact card template is designed by the host, so what attendees share carries your event's identity.

Can contact scanning be limited to certain attendees?

Yes. You can open it to everyone, to named attendees, or to attendees who match a rule on their registration fields, such as ticket type — so it can be included with some ticket types and withheld from others.

Do exhibitors use the same thing?

Yes. Booth teams photograph cards into their lead list with the same parsing, so an exhibitor's leads and an attendee's contacts work the same way.

Can several people collect into one contact list?

Yes. The owner of a contact list can invite colleagues by link, with no account needed. Every card they collect lands in the owner's list with the collector's name on it, and stopping the share removes everyone's access at once.

For organizers

Stop losing contacts to the dry cleaner

Scan a code or photograph a card — either way the contact is saved, searchable, and one tap from a phone's address book.