QR Code Generator

Generate QR Codes Online for Free!

This free online tool generates QR Codes for all your needs. The following types of QR codes are supported:

• QR Code for URL/Link: Create a QR Code that contains a web address. Such QR codes are useful for printing your website address and URLs or social media platforms.
• QR Code for Text: You can add any text and encode it in the form of a QR code. Such codes are general purpose, you can encode any information in the form of text. However, I would advise that you try to select the most appropriate type of code that suits the kind of information you have. For example, you can make a Text QR code of a URL as well... but if you want to encode a URL, it is better to select URL type of QR Code.
• QR Code for Phone Numbers: Encode your phone number in a QR code and let people easily get it by scanning your code! An easy and accurate way of distributing your phone number.
• QR Code for Contact Information (vCard): QR Codes can contain structured contact information also. You can encode your contact card with your name, address, phone number and email ID.
• QR Code for Email Message: It is possible to encode an email message in the form of a QR code. Just enter receiver's email, subject and message text -- and click the "Get QR Code" button to get you codified email message!
• QR Code for Geographical Coordinates: If you want to tell someone about an exact location --it's a great idea to send them latitude, longitude and altitude information in the form of a QR code. This leaves no chance of mistake by receiver in noting the information.
• QR Code for Wi-fi Configuration: If you are offering a public wi-fi, just create a QR code of the connection information and display the code at a suitable place. People can easy scan your code and instantly connect with the wi-fi router.

What is a QR Code?

The full form of QR Code is Quick Response Code. These square codes are machine-readable just like standard barcodes (e.g. ISBN barcodes) that we have been seeing on the back side of books and goods bought from superstore. These square codes can encode any type of textual information. QR codes originated in Japan where they have been in use for quite some time. You must have seen these square codes on various products, on websites and in print media as well.

Barcode vs. QR Code

QR Codes are better than barcode because these can represent URL, text, coordinates and phone numbers etc. Another big advantage of QR Codes is that these can be read using a huge number of smartphones. The phone's camera can scan the code and a QR code reader software can interpret the information for you.

How to scan a QR code

Reading a QR code is very easy. All you need is a camera phone that can take a picture of QR code and a QR code scanner app that can analyze the picture to extract the information hidden inside the code. Both of these things are easily available in most of the smartphones today.

How to use QR codes

You can use QR codes for encoding pretty much any kind of data. You can put your contact details in a QR code on your business card. This will make it easy for the card user to scan and store your contact details in computer.

QR codes are also being widely used to encode product information. You can stick the product details in the form of a QR code on your products. Customers will be able to easily make note of the details they need by scan the QR code of the product they are interested in.

QR codes can also be pasted on print advertising, flyers, posters, invites, TV ads etc containing:

• Product details
• Contact details
• Offer details
• Event details
• Competition details
• A coupon
• Twitter, Facebook, MySpace IDs
• A link to your YouTube video