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The most common case and the one with the most leverage: menu, directions, booking page, review page, instruction manual. Anything already on the web becomes reachable from paper.

Link · The shorter the address, the coarser the pattern — and the more reliably it scans from a distance. Long tracking parameters bloat the code for nothing. A tidy address on your own domain beats a 200-character campaign link every time.

Name, company, phone, email and address in one code. The phone turns it straight into a contact — no retyping, no typos in the phone number. Worth having on a printed business card, a trade fair badge, a company vehicle or in an email signature.

Contact card · Every extra field makes the pattern denser. Fill in everything — including a note and a second phone number — and you get a code that is barely scannable at business card size. Keep to what is actually needed.

Opens the maps app at the right spot. Useful in a shop window, on an invitation, at a delivery entrance or on a sign pointing to the car park. Coordinates pin the exact place, which helps wherever the address alone is ambiguous: a depot, a building site, a festival ground, a forest car park.

Address · Without coordinates the address is passed on as a search query. That works reliably for an ordinary street address, but not for “the field behind the sports club”.

Guests scan and they are online — nobody has to read out a sixteen-character password or chalk it on a board. The classic in cafés, holiday flats, waiting rooms, workshops and clubhouses.

Wi-Fi · Use the guest network, not the main one. A code on the wall hands the password to everyone who enters the room — harmless on a guest network, rather less so on the one carrying your printer, till and file storage.

Payee, IBAN, amount and reference in one code. The payer scans it with their banking app and only has to approve — no typing out 22 characters, no transposed digits. It belongs on invoices, donation appeals, membership fee letters and the note about the class fund.

Bank transfer · Enter the name exactly as it is registered for the account. Since October 2025 banks in the euro area check name and IBAN before every transfer and warn the payer when the two do not match.

Opens your PayPal.Me page, with the amount already filled in if you like. For flea markets, bake sales, club funds and splitting costs with friends: wherever there is no card terminal.

PayPal · For invoices and larger sums the bank transfer code is often the better choice, as a transfer usually costs nothing extra. With PayPal, the recipient pays a fee for goods and services.

Opens the mail app with recipient, subject and body filled in. Good for support enquiries, feedback, applications or fault reports — anywhere incoming messages need sorting.

Email · A fixed subject line such as “Fault, unit 4711” saves more time at the receiving end than you would think: it turns a shapeless email into a case that can be filed.

One scan, one call. Belongs on out-of-hours notices, on machines with a spare-parts hotline, on site signage and anywhere someone may need to reach a person quickly.

Phone · Always store it with the country code (+49 rather than 0), otherwise the call fails from abroad or from a foreign mobile network.

Opens the messaging app with number and text ready. Useful for callback requests, sign-ups by text or meter readings — anywhere an app would be asking too much.

SMS · The message is prepared, not sent. That is deliberate: no scan should fire off a message on someone's behalf.

Opens WhatsApp in a chat with your number, with a pre-filled message if you like. For shops, workshops and practices, for notices when selling something, and with the invite link for club and class groups too.

WhatsApp · The number is in the code and visible to anyone who scans it. For notices, a business or second number is a better fit than your private one.

The scanner simply shows what is inside — no internet connection needed. Right for serial numbers, maintenance notes, care instructions, inventory numbers or explanatory text beside an exhibit.

Text · The only kind that works completely offline. That makes it the right choice in a cellar, an underground car park and anywhere without reception.