OPENS A CHAT WITH YOUR BUSINESS

WhatsApp QR code generator

Scanning opens a WhatsApp conversation with your number and a pre-written first message. No contact saving, no typing.

A WhatsApp QR code stores a wa.me link to a phone number, so a phone opens a WhatsApp chat with it — with a message ready, if you add one.

Add the content

WhatsApp numberType it however you like — we normalise it into the link format WhatsApp expects.

Pre-filled messageA written-for-them opener roughly doubles the number of people who actually send it.

Style this code

Style this code — colour, shape, branding, frame and output

Colour & contrastThe ink, the paper behind it, and the three eyes. Every choice is contrast-checked as you make it.

Foreground

18.0:1 against the background — clears the 4.5:1 a camera wants margin on.

Background

Transparency0%

Eye colours

ShapeHow the squares are drawn. The three eyes are styled apart from the data, because a scanner finds the code by them.

Modules

Every shape here is decode-tested before it is offered. Shapes that lose the symbol — diamond, star, heart — are not on this list, however good they look.

Eye frame

Eye centre

BrandingYour mark on the code. Every picture here costs scanability — the notes say how much, and the preview is the truth.

Logo image

Upload a logo

PNG, JPEG or WebP, up to 2MB. The modules beneath it are cleared and error correction rises to cover the hole.

Background picture

Upload a picture

Sits behind the modules, quiet zone included. A busy picture is the classic reason a decorated code stops scanning — check the preview with a phone before printing.

Foreground texture

Upload a texture

Washes over the ink itself, so it is capped well below full strength — at full strength there is no code left to scan.

Frame & captionA border and a line of text around the code — the "scan me" that tells a passer-by what it is for.

Frame style

A frame is drawn outside the quiet zone, never into it — the canvas grows instead, so the border cannot cost the code its margin.

OutputWhat comes out of the download buttons, and what the symbol actually carries.

Options

PNG size

Margin4 modulesError correctionEncoding

Automatic picks the smallest encoding that carries your text, and is right almost always. The other three exist for older scanners that expect one specific encoding; each refuses text it cannot carry rather than mangling it. Encodings we cannot convert to correctly are not offered at all.The margin never goes below 4 — ISO/IEC 18004's minimum; smaller is not a QR code. A logo raises error correction to at least Q. Encoding is chosen by the encoder per symbol and shown in the readout — a manual charset menu only makes codes bigger.

Embedded data

https://wa.me/910000000000?text=Hi%2C%20I%20saw%20your%20standee%20and%20want%20to%20orderThe exact text the symbol carries — what any scanner will read out.

Save this design — free account, the code stays editable →

Your code

v641×41 modulesmixedEC-M88/108mask 3

4/4 4 of 4 checks passHow we measure

Print-ready PDF

A press file at the finished size: 3mm bleed, crop marks and a trim box a print shop’s checks read. The code is drawn black on white whatever the design above — how a colour prints is something only a test print can show.

Format

No account · no watermark · no scan limits

Why does the pre-filled message matter?

The hardest part of a chat funnel is the empty text field. A first line already written — naming the product, the branch or the offer — removes the hesitation and tells you where the conversation came from without any analytics at all.

Dynamic is worth it here

WhatsApp numbers change when a business moves, adds a line, or switches to the WhatsApp Business API. A dynamic code lets you repoint the printed asset instead of reprinting it — and the payload stays at version 2 either way, because the code only carries a short link.

One code per location

Give each branch its own code and pre-filled message. Scans then tell you which standee, table or window is generating chats, and staff know which enquiry belongs to them.

WhatsApp QR code questions

Does it need WhatsApp installed?

Yes. Without it the link falls back to a WhatsApp web page, which is a dead end on most phones — pair it with a phone number in print.

Business or personal number?

Either works. WhatsApp Business adds catalogues, away messages and labels, which is usually worth it for a printed campaign.

Can the customer edit the message?

Yes — it is a draft, not a locked message. That is by design.

Can I use a group invite link?

Yes, as a URL code. Make it dynamic — group links get revoked, and a dead group link on printed material cannot be fixed.

Want to change it after it’s printed?

Make it a dynamic code: it carries a short link you can point somewhere new at any time, and it counts every scan. A free account includes 5 dynamic codes and needs no card — and a dynamic code keeps redirecting even if you never upgrade.

Make it dynamic, free How dynamic codes work