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MeCard QR Code Generator

MeCard QR Codes for Networking, Conferences & Trade Shows

What is a MeCard QR code and how does it work

A MeCard QR code is a QR code that bridges physical business cards to a saved contact in the recipient's phone address book. It encodes the compact NTT DoCoMo MeCard format that iOS, Android and Asia feature-phone scanners decode natively without any third-party app. Recipients drop name, phone and email into Contacts in one tap.

Add your logo, brand colors and AI-designed pixel art for codes that match your Japan business card aesthetic, meishi-exchange culture or Asia-market branding. Print on Japanese-format business cards, tiny jewelry tags, pen-engraved contact corners, keychain inserts, or developer-IoT embedded scanners. The compact ~80-150 byte payload fits where a vCard QR would be too dense and works back to feature-phone scanners for cross-generation Asia networking events. The ZXing barcode contents reference documents MeCard parsing rules used by most open-source QR scanners. Background on the format is also available on Wikipedia). MeCard QRs are static by design, encoded directly into the pixel pattern, so the data stays permanent once printed.

Build a MeCard Payload and Generate the QR in 3 Steps

Compose name, phone and email in the compact MeCard format, brand the QR code with logo and AI pixel art, then download in PNG, SVG, or PDF for tiny-print jewelry tags or business-card corners.

  1. Step 1

    Build your MeCard payload

    Compose the MeCard payload: name (N), phone (TEL), email (EMAIL) and optional URL or address. Keep entries concise so the 80-150 byte cap fits jewelry tags or business-card corners.

  2. Step 2

    Brand the QR code

    Add your logo, brand colors and pixel patterns. Pick from 1200+ templates or generate AI-designed pixel art to match your Japan business card aesthetic, meishi-exchange palette or Asia-market branding.

  3. Step 3

    Print and distribute

    Export in PNG, SVG, or PDF. Print on Japan-format business cards, jewelry tags, pen-engraved corners or keychain inserts. Test scan across iOS Camera, Android default and ZXing-based scanners first.

Frequently Asked Questions About MeCard QR Codes

Beaming Compact Contact Cards with QR Codes

Enter your name, phone, email and optional company in QR Code AI then pick MeCard as the format. The generator builds the 2002 NTT DOCOMO compact payload (single line, ~80-150 bytes) and encodes it into the QR. Customize with your photo, logo and brand colors, then download in PNG, SVG or PDF. MeCard saves the contact in one tap on any phone, and its compact size makes the QR ideal for jewelry tags, pen engravings or business-card corners.

Use MeCard when you need an ultra-compact payload (jewelry tags, pen engravings, keychain inserts, business-card corners) or when your audience is in Japan, Korea or China where meishi-exchange culture expects MeCard, or for compatibility with legacy feature phones. Use vCard (RFC 6350) for everyone else: it's the modern global standard with richer fields (multiple phones, emails, addresses, photo, role, organization) supported by every modern smartphone OS.

Yes. MeCard QR codes are static by design, with the data encoded directly into the pixel pattern, so they are free on QR Code AI. Generate, customize with your logo, brand colors and AI-designed pixel art templates, then download unlimited copies in PNG, SVG or PDF without watermarks. The code scans on iOS, Android and any modern smartphone camera, with no app required.

MeCard supports 8 core fields: name (N), phone (TEL accepts one number), email (EMAIL), URL, address (ADR), nickname (NICKNAME), birthday (BDAY) and a memo note. The TEL one-only constraint differs from vCard which accepts unlimited TYPE-tagged phone numbers. For multiple phone numbers per contact, vCard is the better format choice.

No, MeCard QRs are static-only by design: payloads encode directly into the pixel pattern with no URL round-trip and no tracking layer. To track scans on a contact-share flow, encode the URL field inside MeCard with a tracked short link, or generate a URL QR pointing to a hosted contact landing page instead. Native MeCard QRs cannot capture scan analytics by themselves.

Ready to share compact contact cards across Asia?

Turn name, phone and email into a one-scan ~80-150 byte MeCard payload, customize with your logo and AI-designed pixel art. Print on Japanese-format business cards, tiny jewelry tags or pen-engraved corners. MeCard QRs are static by design: the contact data is encoded directly into the pixel pattern.