If you create an offline QR Code all content is encoded in the QR Code itself. You do not need an Internet connection to access the content. One big disadvantage of offline QR Codes is that once they are printed their content cannot be changed in comparison to dynamic QR Codes. There are various types of offline QR Codes explained below. You can create those types of QR Codes on your own by clicking on each of them or go straight to our free QR Code Generator.
Text
The simplest information you can encode in a QR Code is a text message containing up to 4.296 chars.
QR Code with a simple text message: “This is a text” encoded
vCard
If you plan to print a QR Code on your business card you may want to use a vCard. A QR Code with a vCard encoded provides contact information that can be added to the phones address book immediately after scanning.
QR Code with a vCard encoded
Again: once your address changes you need to re-create the QR Code with updated address information. However you can also create QR Codes with dynamic vCards encoded.
SMS
A QR Code with a ready to send text message is an SMS QR Code. After the user scans the QR Code he can send the text encoded in the QR Code to any mobile number or to a predefined number of your choice.
QR Code with an SMS “Hello” that will be send to the number “12345678”
Like you can create an SMS QR Code the same applies to E-Mails. Encode an E-mail with subject, recipient and body in a QR Code and the E-Mail is ready to sent after the users scans the QR Code.
This QR Code will send an E-Mail to us with the subject “qrd.by rocks” and “test” in the message body.
Create QR Code to send an E-Mail
Wi-Fi
For Android Phones this handy QR Code type can connect you to a Wi-Fi Hotspot right away.
This QR Code will connect you to a WPA secured Wi-Fi with the SSID: testSSid and the password: test
Create QR Code to connect to Wifi
Geo GPS
With a GPS QR Code you can navigate a user to a location. The QR Code has a lng/lat pair encoded. After a user scans the QR Code the Map App will open on the mobile device with the location centered on the map.
This QR Code has the longitude/latitude 48.267,16.390 encoded which navigates you directly to our company.
You can create all these types of QR Codes and more with our free QR Code Generator here:
Hello this may sound weird but hear me out…..
Is there a way to make an offline qr code to point to a static ip address? Long story short I host karaoke and have a remote server request service, I setup a wireless network with no Internet and I can get to this service by typing the 192.168.1.200 but I would like to have my clients scan a qr code without typing in this address everytime, as I understand an offline code cannot be changed hence the static ip address. I hope I gave enough detail and hope to get a quick response
Hello, you can create a static QR Code with the URL http://192.168.1.200
This URL will redirect the user to the karaoke landing page when they are connected to your WLAN.
But you can use the same URL and create a dynamic QR Code with a human friendly readable URL e.g. https://qrd.by/karaoke -> http://192.168.1.200
Let me know how it worked out for you,
Best Regards,
Peter
This is a domain I use with my website .. I want an easy way for my Customers and anyone who has my advertising to go to my website without having to key it in and I will be using it on Print of course like flyers and business cards, Banners.. and online on like FB, linked in, wherever I can load it to.. I have no idea how to do this what is a Vcard and Sms..
Thank You In Advance Great tool
Hello Sherry, QR Codes are really a usefull tool to drive trafic from the real world to your digital content. One hint: Don’t just link to your website. Always link to a landing page that is optimzed for mobile phones with relevant content. Read more about the 9 golden rules of how to use QR Codes here: https://qrd.by/9-tips-how-to-use-qr-codes
vCard is a simple file format to store contact information (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard).
You can also use this format in a QR Code, learn more about here: https://blog.qrd.by/2015/06/23/dynamic-vcard-qr-code
Best Regards,
Peter