Create a QR Code for Your Small Business
You already print your phone number on the van, the invoices and the flyers. One QR code can open the page where customers book, ask for a quote or pay online, and it can sit on all of them. It’s a dynamic GetQR code, so you can change that page later.
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Four Things a Small Business Can Put a Code On
A van, a reception desk, an invoice and a noticeboard flyer. Four customers at four different moments, with a different page behind each scan.
Why Should a Small Business Bother With a QR Code?
When you run the business yourself, everything you print is a chance for a customer to get in touch, and every one of them asks the customer to squint at a phone number. A QR code gives all of them the same short route to a page you control. It works while you’re up a ladder or asleep, and it shows you which printed pieces people actually scan.
One page that everything points to
Your van, your cards and your flyers can all open the same booking or quote page. You look after one page instead of a different phone number on each, and nobody has to memorize a web address while you drive past.
Answer customers while you’re on a job
You can’t pick up the phone from under a sink or while servicing a customer's hair under the dryer. A code lets someone who spots the van or the flyer reach your booking page straight away, so their request is waiting when you finish instead of a missed call to chase later.
Find out which print gets looked at
Give the van, the flyers and the business cards separate codes and your dashboard shows scan counts for each. It tells you what gets scanned, not what gets booked, so check your enquiries alongside it.
Send each customer to the right page
Someone with a burst pipe at 9 p.m. and someone planning a patio next spring want different pages. Use one code for urgent callouts and another for quotes, and each printed piece can send people where they need to go.
Cards that get used, not binned
A business card with a code can open your profile, your reviews or a booking page, which gives people more to do with it than copy a number. Keep the printed contact details on it too.
Features That Suit a Business of One, or Ten
Make the code yourself, change where it points when your business changes and check which pieces get scanned.
Move to a new booking system, add a service or put your prices up and you change one link in your dashboard. The code on the van, the cards and the flyers stays the same, so there’s no reprinting and no sticker to peel off the door.
Add your brand colors, your logo and a short line such as “Scan to book” or “Scan for a quote.” Keep the code dark on a light background, because a pretty code that fails to scan on a van door is worse than a plain one.
Give the van, the flyers and the invoices their own codes and look at the counts after a month. If the flyers barely register, you know where not to spend next time. GetQR counts scans only. Calls and bookings show up in your phone and booking system, so read both.
Give the sign-writer or van wrap printer an SVG or EPS, which stays sharp however big the panel is. Placing the code in a flyer or invoice template yourself? Use the PNG or PDF, drop it in at a generous size and don’t stretch it. Ask for a proof before the full run.
A sole trader might start with one code for quotes and one for reviews. As you add vans or a second location, each gets its own codes in the same dashboard, so the van in one town and the van in another can send people to different pages.
Set Up Your First Business QR Code
Pick the page first. Everything else follows.
Six Places a Small Business Can Use a QR Code
Start with the one or two that match how your customers find you.
Business Cards
Put a code on the back of your card that opens your booking page, your services or your reviews. Cards are small, so test the printed size before ordering. Keep your phone number on the front too, because some people will always prefer to call and some phones will always be at the bottom of a bag.
Vans and Vehicle Signage
Add a code to the van door or the back window so people can look you up from the pavement. Vehicles are dirty, curved and moving, so use a flat panel, make the code large and don’t expect anyone to scan while the van is on the road. Your phone number remains the backup for drivers.
Invoices and Quotes
Print a code near the total that opens your online payment page, or a review page once the job is done. GetQR sends people to the page, and your payment provider handles the money. Put it on the PDF version too, so clients paying from a laptop can scan the screen with a phone. Label it “Scan to pay.”
Flyers and Noticeboards
Make a flyer with a code that opens your services page or a short enquiry form, and put it where local people look: laundromats, community halls and shop windows. Tear-off tabs still work, but a code means nobody has to tear one off, copy the number and then lose it. Make the code big enough to read from a step away.
Price Lists and Service Menus
Put a code on a printed price list that opens the full list online, including the extras and call-out charges there isn’t room to print. Print the main prices on the paper too, so a customer with no signal or no phone can still see them, and put a date on the printed list. Keep it to one page.
Reviews and Referrals
Ask for a review on the day the job finishes. A small card handed over with the invoice, with a code that opens your review page, saves the customer from searching for you. Ask in person as well, because the code only shortens the next step. A second card can link to a page about recommending you.
Growing Beyond One Van?
Give each van, shop, team member and promotion its own code and manage them all from one dashboard, so you can see which ones people actually use.
Printing Tips for Vans, Cards and Flyers
Dark Code, Light Panel
On a colored van or a dark flyer, put the code on a white panel. Brand colors look good and scan badly.
Card-Sized Realities
A business card gives you little room. Make the code as large as the card allows, keep the contact details away from its edge, and test the printed card at actual size.
Leave Room for the Trim
Cards and flyers get cut after printing, and the cut is never perfectly straight. Keep the code well inside the edge with an empty margin on all four sides, so a slightly off trim doesn’t clip it.
Wraps, Curves and Dirt
Vans get dirty and van panels curve. Put the code on a flat section and use a laminate. Wipe the panel and scan it now and then to check it still works.
Send the Right File
Give the printer or sign-writer an SVG or EPS so the code stays sharp, and ask to see a proof before they start the run.
Add a Short Web Address Too
Some people won’t scan. Print a short web address or your phone number beside the code, so the page is reachable either way.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What small business owners ask before they print anything.
Start with whichever page brings you the most enquiries today. For most small businesses that is a booking page, a quote form or a services page with a phone number on it. Avoid your homepage unless it does one of those jobs clearly.
First, decide the page. Then make the code and add your colors and a short line. Then print one copy and scan it with two or three phones. Only after that should you order cards, stickers or van decals.
Edit the destination in your GetQR dashboard to the new address. The codes on the van, cards and flyers stay as they are and send people to the new page.
On a flat panel at about eye level, such as a rear door, rather than on a curve, a seam or the bottom edge where dirt collects. Check it from the distance a pedestrian would stand, not from the driving seat.
Both can work. On a printed invoice the code is quicker. On a PDF sent by email a plain link is easier to click, though a code still helps clients who open the invoice on a computer and want to pay from their phone.
Check three things in order: whether the printed code is clean and flat, whether the link opens when you type it into a browser, and whether their phone can scan other codes. Give them your phone number as a backup, then fix whatever caused it.
Make a separate code for each, then compare scan counts in your dashboard after a few weeks. The counts show scans only. Check your enquiries and bookings alongside them to see what turned into work.
Put it on the back, on a plain light area, and keep your logo and text away from its edges. Give your designer the SVG file, ask for a proof, and scan the proof before you approve the run.
Open your card, flyer or invoice template and place the file where you want it. Set a size you can scan comfortably, leave a clear border and export the result. Keep the original file somewhere you’ll find it next time, not just the exported copy.
You can, if every piece should open the same page. Most businesses get more from separate codes for the van, the cards and the flyers, because it shows which ones people use.
A short line saying what happens, such as “Scan to book” or “Scan for a quote,” plus your phone number. An unexplained code is easy to ignore, and the number covers anyone who won’t scan.
Most need two or three: one for booking or quotes, one for reviews, and perhaps one for the van. Add more only when you have a reason to compare them, such as wanting to know whether flyers or cards work better.