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How to set up and share your electronic business card

A step-by-step guide to setting up your electronic business card profile, testing it on different phones and sharing it smoothly in person and online.

EB Electronic Business Cards Editorial Team October 14, 2026

To set up an electronic business card, you tap the card on your own phone to open its setup page, fill in your profile in the dashboard, then test the card by tapping and scanning it with more than one phone. Sharing it is then a matter of letting people tap the card or scan its QR code, and sending your profile link where a card cannot go.

Key takeaways

  • Setup starts by tapping the card on your own phone once it arrives.
  • Fill in the essentials first: name, role, phone, email, photo and a save-contact button.
  • Test the chip and the QR code on both an iPhone and an Android phone before you rely on the card.
  • Show people where to hold their phone; the reader is usually near the top of the back of the handset.

If you have not chosen a card yet, our guide to what an electronic business card is and how to choose one covers the basics.

Once you are set up, our guide to updating your electronic business card details explains how to keep your profile current.

Step 1: Open the setup page

When your electronic business card arrives, unlock your phone and hold the card against the back of it, near the top. On most phones a notification or browser page appears within a second. Follow it to start setting up your profile. If your phone does not react, scan the printed QR code with your camera app instead; it leads to the same place.

Step 2: Fill in the essentials

Start with the details people need to contact you, and get these right before anything else:

Make sure the save-contact option is switched on, so visitors can add you to their address book in one press. Then check the contact card it produces: the name, number and email should all land in the right fields.

Step 3: Add what makes you worth following up

Once the essentials are in place, add the links and content that help someone decide to get back in touch. Choose what fits your work rather than filling every section:

Use the visibility controls to hide anything that is not ready, and put the most important items at the top. A short, focused profile is easier to use on a phone than a long one.

Step 4: Check your privacy settings

Decide what should be public. You can switch sections off, change their order and, if you want, protect the profile with a password. If you use one card for both work and personal introductions, keep personal details off the public profile.

Step 5: Test the card properly

Before you rely on the card at a meeting or event, test both sharing methods on more than one phone:

  1. Tap with an iPhone. On iPhone XS, XR and later, hold the top of the phone near the card and tap the notification. On iPhone 7 to X, use the NFC Tag Reader control in Control Centre.
  2. Tap with an Android phone. Make sure NFC is on in settings, unlock the screen, and hold the card near the back of the phone.
  3. Scan the QR code. Open the camera app, point it at the code and follow the link.
  4. Save the contact. Use the save button and check the result in the phone's address book.

If a tap does not work, try moving the card slowly across the back of the phone; the reader's position varies by model. Thick metal phone cases can also get in the way.

Step 6: Share it in person

The handover is quickest when you guide it. Hold the card out and say "hold your phone here", touching the top of the back of their phone to the card. If nothing happens within a couple of seconds, turn the card over and let them scan the QR code. Let them save your contact while you are still talking, so the follow-up is already set up.

At events, keep the card somewhere you can reach easily. Because the card is reused for every introduction, one card is enough.

Step 7: Share it when you are not in the room

Your profile has its own web address, so you can share it without the card:

If your dashboard offers a wallet pass, saving it to your phone gives you a quick way to show your QR code on screen when you do not have the card with you.

Step 8: Keep it current

The main advantage of an electronic business card is that it can change when you do. Update your profile when your role, number or links change, and review it every few months to remove anything out of date. Every card you have handed out will show the new details the next time it is used.

Frequently asked questions

The NFC reader on most phones sits near the top of the back of the handset, close to the camera. Ask the other person to touch that area to the card. If it does not respond, move the card slowly across the back of the phone or use the QR code.

The NFC reader on most phones sits near the top of the back of the handset, close to the camera. Ask the other person to touch that area to the card. If it does not respond, move the card slowly across the back of the phone or use the QR code.

Check that NFC is switched on and the phone is unlocked, then try again with the card flat against the back of the phone. If it still does not respond, scan the QR code, and contact us so we can check the card.

Check that NFC is switched on and the phone is unlocked, then try again with the card flat against the back of the phone. If it still does not respond, scan the QR code, and contact us so we can check the card.

Yes. Your profile has its own link and QR code, so you can add it to an email signature, a presentation slide or a message. The physical card is simply the fastest way to share it face to face. Ready to start? Order your electronic business card and set it up in minutes when it arrives.

Yes. Your profile has its own link and QR code, so you can add it to an email signature, a presentation slide or a message. The physical card is simply the fastest way to share it face to face.

Ready to start? Order your electronic business card and set it up in minutes when it arrives.

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Table of Contents

Step 1: Open the setup pageStep 2: Fill in the essentialsStep 3: Add what makes you worth following upStep 4: Check your privacy settingsStep 5: Test the card properlyStep 6: Share it in personStep 7: Share it when you are not in the roomStep 8: Keep it currentFrequently asked questionsWhere should people hold their phone on the card?What if my card does not open anything when tapped?Can I share my electronic business card without the physical card?

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