Virtual business cards

What are virtual business cards?

A virtual business card is a hosted digital contact page powered by a Nimriz short link and QR code. Instead of pointing your short link to an external website, you create a polished card page directly inside Nimriz. Recipients can view it on any device, tap to call or email, and save your contact details to their phone — all without installing an app.

Because the card is tied to a standard Nimriz short link, your QR code and branded URL stay the same even when you update your contact details. Print a QR on a business card, a conference badge, or a poster — then change your phone number, title, or company later without reprinting anything.

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Plan availability

Base virtual business cards start on Plus. Premium appearance controls start on Growth.

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Creating a card

1. Go to Cards in the sidebar.
2. Click New card.
3. Fill in your identity details: name, title, company, and an optional headline.
4. Upload a profile photo or paste an image URL. PNG, JPEG, and WebP formats are supported.
5. Add your contact information: phone, email, website, and address.
6. Optionally add a Primary action button (e.g., "Book a meeting" linking to your calendar).
7. Add up to six social links. Supported platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, GitHub.
8. Choose a Card style preset and, on Growth plans and above, a premium template or custom colors under Appearance.
9. Select a Domain and optional custom slug for the short link.
10. Click Create card.

After creation, a success modal shows the short URL (auto-copied to clipboard) and a QR code you can download immediately in PNG or SVG format.

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Editing a card

Go to Cards in the sidebar, then click the edit icon on any card. All fields can be updated at any time. Changes take effect immediately on the public card page — no need to regenerate or reprint your QR code.

The edit page includes a live preview panel on the right that updates as you type.

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The public card page

When someone visits your short link or scans the QR code, they are redirected to your hosted card page. This page is:

• Standalone — no Nimriz navigation or marketing chrome. It looks like a polished digital card, not a page inside a website.
• Mobile-first — designed for the phone-scan use case. Tappable contact actions, one-tap save, social icons with brand colors.
• No login required — recipients do not need a Nimriz account.

The card page includes:

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Card style presets

Instead of manually picking individual colors, Nimriz provides curated color presets that guarantee a cohesive, professional look. Each preset defines a coordinated accent, background, and text color.

Available presets

New cards default to Warm Ink in Light mode.

Custom colors

Select Custom at the end of the preset row to open individual pickers for accent, background, and text color. You can pick from swatches or enter an exact hex value.

If you select a preset and then manually change one of the colors, the selection automatically switches to Custom.

Custom colors are available on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise.

Card mode (Light / Dark)

Each preset has a light and dark variant. Toggling between Light and Dark applies the corresponding variant of your selected preset. This is creator-controlled — the recipient always sees the mode you chose, regardless of their own device settings.

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Templates

Templates control the visual layout and emphasis of your card, independent of colors. Default is available on Plus and above. Minimal and Bold are premium appearance options on Growth and above:

Any template works with the card styles available on your plan. Custom colors are part of premium appearance.

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QR code and short link

Every virtual business card is backed by a standard Nimriz short link. This means:

• The QR code encodes your branded short URL (e.g., https://rix.to/jane).
• QR scans are tracked separately from direct link clicks using Nimriz's touch_type classification (qr_scan vs short_link_click).
• You can customize the QR design using your workspace's QR presets — the same presets you use for any other short link.
• Updating your card content never changes the short link or QR. Print once, edit forever.

Downloading the QR

From the card create success modal or the card edit page, you can:

• Download the QR as PNG or SVG.
• Open the full QR tools panel to customize colors, shapes, logos, and presets.
• Copy the short URL to share directly via text, email, or messaging apps.

Choosing a QR preset during card creation

When creating a card, the form includes a QR preset selector. If your workspace has saved QR presets, you can pick one before creating the card. The preset is applied to the underlying short link so the QR is ready to download immediately.

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Profile image

You can add a profile photo or company logo to your card in two ways:

1. Upload — Click the upload button and select a PNG, JPEG, or WebP image. The image is stored securely and served from Nimriz infrastructure.
2. Image URL — Switch to URL mode and paste a direct link to a hosted image.

If no image is provided, the card displays your initials in a colored badge.

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Save Contact (.vcf)

When a recipient taps Save contact, their device downloads a vCard file containing:

• Full name, first name, last name
• Company and title
• Phone number
• Email address
• Website URL
• Address
• Social profile links (as X-SOCIALPROFILE fields)
• Headline (as a note)

The vCard uses version 3.0 for maximum compatibility across iOS, Android, Google Contacts, and Outlook.

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Analytics

Virtual business cards produce two layers of analytics:

Redirect-layer analytics

When someone clicks your short link or scans the QR, the Nimriz edge records a standard click event. This event includes:

• touch_type: either qr_scan or short_link_click
• Country, region, city (IP-based, privacy-safe)
• Device category, browser, OS
• Referrer

These events appear in your standard link analytics dashboard.

Card engagement analytics

After the recipient lands on your card page, additional events are tracked:

These events are written to Analytics Engine through a privacy-safe pipeline. IP addresses are hashed with a daily-rotating salt before storage.

CTA tap tracking

Taps on individual contact actions (call, email, website, address, social) and the primary action button are tracked via product analytics. These help you understand which parts of your card recipients engage with most.

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Social links

You can add up to six social profile links. Each platform gets a brand-colored icon button on the public card:

Social links are also included in the downloaded .vcf file as X-SOCIALPROFILE fields.

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Sharing your card

There are several ways to share your virtual business card:

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Managing cards

Cards list

The Cards section in the sidebar shows all your workspace's cards. Each row displays:

• Profile image or initial
• Full name and company
• Short URL
• Quick actions: preview, edit, QR tools, delete

Deleting a card

Click the delete icon on a card in the list. This removes the card record. The underlying short link remains in your Links list and can be repurposed or deleted separately.

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Related guides

• Custom QR codes
• Link creation and slugs
• Analytics overview
• Analytics definitions
• Custom domain setup