Your contact details, one tap away.
A hosted business card at a short link, with a downloadable .vcf and a QR to share it instantly, no app, no paper.
Most NFC business cards don't store your details. The chip holds a link to a hosted profile, and when that profile stops being paid for, the card goes dead. NFC vs QR vs hosted card
Live in three steps.
Name, title, phone, email, links, pick an accent colour.
Drop the short link in a bio or show the QR to scan.
Your card lands straight in their contacts as a .vcf.
Built for jobs like these.
Put your details and best link on their phone in one tap, so the conversation doesn't die in a stack of paper cards.
Sales reps, consultants, foundersSee when your card was opened and tapped through, and chase the warm intros first.
Agents, advisors, recruitersChange your role, number or company once, and the card you handed out last year still shows the current you.
Anyone who networks for a livingA card that's always current.
A clean public profile at whooshly.co/you.
One tap to save into any phone's contacts.
Match the card to your colour.
A scannable code for events and badges.
NFC, QR, or a plain link: which one people can actually receive
All three do the same job, which is to hand someone your live contact details instead of printing them in ink. They differ in what the other person needs to be holding, and that is the only question worth asking before you spend money.
An NFC card is genuinely faster. A tap completes in under a second, against roughly three to five seconds for a QR scan. On iPhone, tapping with no app open has worked since the iPhone XS on iOS 12 in 2018, so essentially every current iPhone handles it. Android is where the pitch gets softer: NFC has to be switched on, and some budget and older handsets ship without the chip at all.
The failure most people do not anticipate is social rather than technical. In our own testing at events, people missed the tap zone and re-tapped two or three times, which erased the speed advantage on the spot. A visible QR code on the same card removes that fumble entirely, and a plain link covers everything a tap cannot reach, which is every email, video call and DM you will ever send.
One thing to establish before you buy any NFC card: almost none of them store your contact details. The chip holds a short URL that opens a hosted profile, so if the platform behind that profile stops being paid for, the card you bought goes dead. The profile is where the value sits. The plastic is optional, and the subscription usually is not.
The full breakdown: NFC vs QR vs hosted cardFrequently asked questions
What is a digital business card?
A hosted page with your contact details at a short link, plus a QR code to share it. Instead of handing over paper, you show a code or send a link – and your details land straight in their phone.
Does the other person need an app?
No. It's a normal web page and a standard .vcf contact file. They scan or tap, hit save, and you're in their contacts – no app, no account, no friction.
Can I update my details after I've shared my card?
Yes. The card lives at a link you control, so a new role, number, or company is one edit – and the card you handed out last year still shows the current you.
Does it work with NFC cards and tags?
Your card is a URL, so it works with any NFC tag or card you can program with a link – alongside the QR code and the short link, which need no hardware at all.
Can I tell whether anyone opened my card?
Views and taps are counted like any other link, so you can see which introductions actually went somewhere and follow up on the warm ones first.
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