A digital business card isn't just another version of the paper card; it offers so much more than the traditional form. It holds more information, provides direct links to your online presence, and makes the move from paper to a digitally usable format effortless. Unlike a paper business card, your digital business card is always with you, always has the latest information, and you never have to order new prints. You can also use a digital business card with a Physical NFC sticker business card or NFC metal business card.
What is a digital business card?
A digital business card is like your own personal website with your classic business card info, stored in the cloud so it's easy to update. Your contacts can access it directly from there. They're especially great for sharing between mobile devices when you meet someone in person. In this way, they perfectly replicate the function of a traditional paper business card. The recipient of your card has direct access to all your contact details on their device and can use and save them immediately.
What are the advantages over a paper business card?
Flexibility
If your details change, you have to throw away your old paper business cards and order new ones. That costs effort, time and money. It's also bad for the environment. A smart business card saves you all that. All you have to do is update your details on the oneVcard web portal. A particular advantage of an online business card is that these updated details are not only displayed to those contacts to whom you will give your card in the future. The new information is also displayed to previous recipients of your business card when they access it from the server. To do this, oneVcard places a link in the contact file that can be used to download the latest contact details directly.
Actively used in the digital lifestyle
Digital business cards can contain much more information than traditional ones, and this information is also much more accessible. This shows the seamless integration of the concept for a smart business card into the digital lifestyle. The possibilities are very extensive and include visiting your profiles on LinkedIn or Instagram and sending a WhatsApp message. Of course, digital business cards can also contain your own URL to the website or other online content.
Universally applicable
Digital business cards don't require the recipient to have an app. An NFC contact or scanning a QR code from your screen is enough to transfer the information and save your contact details. A typical application for a smart business card is, in addition to personal contact, an online connection from the home office. This is where the possibilities and advantages of an online business card become clear. With the oneVcard app, the digital business card can easily be shared via link, e.g. in an online meeting. In addition, the digital business card can also be integrated into e-mail signatures or virtual backgrounds for Zoom. The traditional paper format would let you down in this situation.
No more typing in information
A paper business card involves a considerable effort because it is geared towards the old system of the paper office. Since almost all of your contacts now have a mobile device, the concept of the business card should also be adapted to a digital business card. Contact details are stored on such devices anyway, so it makes no sense to put a piece of paper between two mobile devices.
Digital business cards are ecological and sustainable
It is not only the throwing away of individual paper business cards that is not very sustainable. If you need a new card, a whole stack of old cards usually has to be disposed of. An online business card is an alternative to this model, which is ecological and sustainable. The image of your company also becomes more ecological by dispensing with paper business cards.
Professional appearance
Your company's brand is like a promise of value to the customer. But this value must also be represented. Even a torn paper business card damages your company and its reputation.
A digital business card doesn't have this problem. Not only is it always available in perfect condition, but you can also make your smart business card look smart on the oneVcard web portal and choose the design individually according to your ideas. You also have the option of combining your digital business card with a physical, haptic product. At oneVcard, this is called Physical. oneVcard currently offers both a metal business card and an NFC sticker that you can use to share your digital business card.
The smart business card is always with you
An online business card is always available with your mobile device. A separate card case like before is not necessary.
Constant availability
In contrast to paper business cards, you have a digital business card with you in any number. Even at a large congress, you will never run out of your digital business cards and you will never have to worry about reordering business cards again.
Discretion
Some information on a business card is not intended for the public. A digital business card can be transferred much more discreetly than a paper one.
Reliability and quality
oneVcard is a German company and is subject to German law, especially the strict German data protection regulations. The company's servers for digital business cards are also located in Germany.
How do I use a digital business card?
If you want to create a digital business card with oneVcard, simply register for free in the app and enter the data you want your digital business card to contain. You can also choose the colors and design of your smart business card on the portal. Click here to register.
You have the option of creating multiple digital business cards with different data and designs. These different versions can be in different languages or take into account differences that you want to make for business and private purposes. The recipient receives your digital business card by scanning the QR code or via NFC on their mobile device. They can then retrieve not only the current data, but also your latest changes directly from the server in the future. You can also download your smart business card and save it as a vcf file. This file can be saved directly to a smartphone or even to a CRM system.
Digital use. You can use your digital business card purely digitally with the oneVcard app. Use the QR code in the app or the share button. There are two tariffs. The free Lite tariff and the paid Premium tariff. You can find out exactly what the differences are here
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Digital + Physical. In addition to the digital option, you can also connect a Physical (see next paragraph) with your digital business card. Now you can also share your digital business card via the Physical. This is how you combine the best of both worlds.
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What is a Physical and how do I use it?
A Physical from oneVcard is a oneVcard Metal or a Badge that can also transmit your data via QR code and NFC. So, this creates a connection between your data and an object without a mobile device. The metal business card also fulfills the functionality of a QR code business card, because a QR code is an alternative way to transfer your data.
Metal business card. It looks similar to a traditional business card, but always stays in your hands. To hand it over, simply bring your metal business card close to the recipient's mobile device. The card has an engraving with your name. The oneVcard Metal is also optionally available with your logo. It also functions as a QR business card if the recipient does not have an NFC-enabled smartphone. The recipient does not need to install their own app to receive such an NFC business card.
Badge. The Badge is smaller than the metal business card, but transmits the same data and thus functions as an NFC business card. The badge can be stuck to the back of your smartphone, for example.
Offers for individuals and companies
As an individual user, all oneVcard offers are available to you, from one of the free Lite versions to the high-quality metal business card.
For companies, there is the option of centrally managing all data for all employees. Each employee receives a digital business card and, depending on requirements, an administrator or the employee themselves manages which data this card should contain. The data of all employees can be easily entered via CSV and connection to HR and ERP systems is also possible.
It is particularly interesting for companies that the appearance can be adapted really exactly to their corporate design. For example, the colors can be precisely specified using a HEX code, which graphic designers also use to define the colors of print products. You can find more information here.
You can easily try out a digital business card and we are happy to accept individual inquiries for companies. Even if you like to use a real object, an NFC business card and at the same time QR code business card made of high-quality metal is optimally adapted to the digital lifestyle.
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