How to share a digital business card over AirDrop, email or text message

Get your card link first

Every method below sends the same thing, the web address of your card. VCardForever does not produce a Wallet pass, so the link is what you share. Open your card in the dashboard and use the copy link button, or scan your own code and copy the address from the browser.

1. 1

   Save the link somewhere quick

   Pin it in your notes app, paste it into a saved message to yourself, or set a text replacement so a short phrase expands to the link. If you have to dig for it, you will not use it.

2. 2

   Open the card on your own phone once

   Check it loads and the save button works before you rely on it. A card that fails the first time someone taps it is hard to recover from.

AirDrop, iPhone to iPhone

1. 3

   Open the card in Safari and tap Share

   The share icon is the square with an arrow. Both phones need Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on, and the recipient needs AirDrop set to receive from Everyone for ten minutes, or to Contacts Only if they already have you saved.

2. 4

   Choose the person's name under AirDrop

   They get a prompt to accept. When they do, the card opens in their browser.

3. 5

   Expect it to fail with Android users

   AirDrop works only between Apple devices. Some recent Android phones can receive through Quick Share, but do not count on it. Switch to a text or a code.

Text message and messaging apps

1. 6

   Paste the link with your name

   A bare link from an unknown number looks like spam. Write who you are and where you met, then the link.

2. 7

   Send it by whatever they already use

   SMS reaches any phone. WhatsApp, Messenger and similar apps work if you already talk there.

3. 8

   Do not send it as a screenshot

   A picture of the card cannot be saved to contacts and its link cannot be tapped. Always send the link itself.

Email

1. 9

   Put the link in the body, not as an attachment

   Attachments get filtered and a link is one tap. The best place for it permanently is your email signature, which is covered in its own guide.

2. 10

   Use a subject line that explains itself

   Your name and the event or topic. It helps the message get found a week later when the recipient wants your details.

When it does not arrive

1. 11

   The link opened a blank page

   The recipient has no signal or is on a captive wifi page that blocks the web. Ask them to try on mobile data.

2. 12

   The message went to spam or a filtered folder

   First messages from unknown numbers and emails with only a link are the usual victims. Add a sentence of context and ask them to reply so it moves to the main inbox.

3. 13

   They saved nothing

   Opening a card page does not save you to their phone. They have to tap the save button. Mention it when you hand it over.