Digital business card for driving instructors The referral happens without you in the room.
A free card parents forward with a tap, so a new pupil’s enquiry waits in your list instead of ringing out mid-lesson.
Free forever · No card details · About a minute
cardr.co/gail-prentice
Example of what happens next: Karen Lowe scans Gail’s card, saves Gail to their contacts and chooses to send their own details back. The next morning at 09:00, Cardr Pro reminds Gail to follow up, with the email already drafted.
The parent rang mid-lesson, got voicemail, and booked the next instructor who picked up. You cannot answer while you teach. With Cardr, parents forward your card with a tap, they save you, and they can send their name and number back. The enquiry waits as a contact, and Pro drafts the reply between lessons.
One scan. You’re in their phone. They can send theirs.
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Show your pass
At the car window, before the next pupil.
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They save you
And forward your card to the parent at the gate.
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Reply between lessons
The enquiry is a contact. Pro drafts the reply.
Example
The kerb, and the parent at the window.
The kerb
- You are driving
- Not in the room
- Ten seconds
Ten seconds at the end of a lesson, engine running, next pupil in twelve minutes. Sometimes you are not even there.
- You are driving. Most of the working day is spent in a car with a learner. An enquiry that needs answering now is an enquiry lost.
- Not in the room. The recommendation happens between two parents at a school gate, with you nowhere near it.
- Ten seconds. The parent comes to the car window at the end of a lesson and the next pupil is in twelve minutes.
Each constraint decides the format. A card that fails any one of the three does not get used a second time, however good it looks.
cardr.co/gail-prentice
- Edit once, it updates
- Stockport, SK1-8 · Six weeks
- One scan, no app
- Opens with no signal
Two handovers matter. The parent at the car window with ten seconds to ask about their younger one. And the bigger one: two parents at a school gate, talking about you while you are teaching.
Design for the second. What a pupil has must be forwardable with a tap and arrive complete. A link to your card does that; a number on a receipt does not.
Then the phone. You cannot answer mid-lesson, and a voicemail enquiry goes to whoever answers first. An enquiry that arrives as a contact, with a name and a note, is still there at half six, the first moment you could ever have replied.
Nothing for them to download.
Tap through what Tom sees when he scans your card.
Gail PrenticeNo app, no account, no sign-up for the people you meet.
Make yours in about a minute.
Free forever, and nothing for the people you meet to install.
Built for a day you spend in the passenger seat.
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Today
The kerbKaren saves you · can send theirs -
Days 1–2
Nothing to remember -
Day 3
ProTime to follow up with Karen LoweFollow-up drafted
- Recommendations that arrive whole. A pupil forwards your card with a tap, and it lands looking like you.
- Enquiries that wait for you. After saving you, parents can send their name and number, so nobody needs you to pick up.
- WhatsApp on the card. How pupils and parents actually reach you, as a standard link on the free plan.
- Replies written between lessons. Pro drafts each one from the enquiry, for 200 people a month, so four take minutes.
- Prices and waiting list that change. Link them, edit whenever, and your page shows the change straight away.
- Your ADI number on the card. Put it in your title, on your page and your pass, beside your area.
The card is free. Pro does the follow-up.
Everything in the first column stays free, with no expiry and no limit on exchanges or contacts. Pro adds what happens after the meeting.
| FreeForever, no card details | Pro£12 a month, or £9 a month billed annually (£108 a year) | |
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| Nothing to install for the person you meet | Included | Included |
| A no-signal code that holds your contact itself | Included | Included |
| Pass designs | One: Oxford | IncludedAll 16 |
| A page that gets you booked | Booking, WhatsApp and review links on your page | IncludedEverything |
| Your follow-ups, written and ready | One draft and reminders about your first three people | IncludedEverything |
| Every lead, sorted | Your list, notes, tags, who replied, the timeline, search and export | IncludedEverything |
| See what your card wins you | Views, scans, swaps and saves, counted | IncludedEverything |
Pro turns the people you meet into work you win.
For people who meet customers, it starts with a page that books the job. Choose one to see it.
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Pin Book a time or WhatsApp right under Save, so the next step is one tap for the person you just met.
- Up to six services, each with a “from” price.
- Up to three quotes from your clients, shared with their permission.
- The button shows again after they send you their details.
Free: booking, WhatsApp and review links on your page, as links.
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At 09:00 your time, Cardr emails you who to follow up, with the message already written from what you talked about. One tap opens it in your email, or WhatsApp when you have their number, ready to send.
- Drafts for 200 people a month, in your voice.
- Reminded on day 3 or the morning after you meet, your choice, or on the day they said. One more nudge on day 7 if they are still waiting.
- Pick a time to send it later, and the draft comes back to you then.
Free: one draft and reminders about your first three people, to try it on your own.
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See who could turn into work and who you won, at a glance. Nobody slips because they were halfway down a list.
- Opportunity, Won and Lost, with what it was worth.
- A pipeline of everyone by stage, and a next step on each person that reminds you on its day.
Free: your list, notes, tags, who replied, the timeline, search and export. Always.
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What came of everyone you met: who replied, what turned into work and what it was worth, by event, by source and by Cardr Metal card.
- How fast you follow up, and the days people swap details with you.
- Taps on your page’s booking or WhatsApp button, by where people came from.
- Download it all as a spreadsheet.
Free: views, scans, swaps and saves, counted, on every plan.
Free, and staying free
- They tell you what they need doing, and when to call
- Every contact, with notes, search and export
- Nothing to install for the person you meet
- A no-signal code that holds your contact itself
- Views, scans, swaps and saves, counted
Pro
- 7 daysfree to try
- 30 daysfull refund
Where to go next.
How it compares, two guides for your week and a free tool. Also for: Personal trainers, Tradespeople, Hairdressers. Every version of this page, and pricing: free forever, or £12 a month with a 7-day trial. After you’ve met them: how to follow up, with messages to copy. This card’s design: Copper.
Mobilo: best for a team that wants cards and CRM sync for little. Prices, Wallet and follow-up side by side.
AlternativesHiHello alternativesThe other options to HiHello, with dated prices, and who should stay.
GuideHow to make a vCard QR codeWhat a vCard QR code is, why the raw kind often fails on a phone, the size limit nobody mentions, and how to make a vCard QR code free with no signup.
GuideAdd a business card to Apple WalletApple Wallet only takes signed passes, so you need a card issued as one.
Free toolvCard QR code generatorA QR code that saves your contact to their phone. No signup.
Also for
Driving instructors, answered.
How does a pupil pass my card on?
They send your link, or show the QR code from their phone. It arrives as your full card, with WhatsApp and your area, instead of a bare number. Set the card up as though forwarding is its main job.
I cannot answer the phone during lessons. Does that matter?
It is why the exchange matters more than the card. An enquiry through your card arrives as a contact with a name and waits for you, instead of a missed call that has rung someone else by the time you park.
Does the parent need an app?
No. Your QR code opens your card as a web page on their phone, iPhone or Android, and they save you to their contacts from there. Nobody downloads an app or creates an account.
Do I need an NFC card for the car?
No. A QR sticker on the window or dashboard can be scanned from outside without handing anything over. An NFC card pointed at your cardr.co address also works.
What does it cost?
Free forever, no card details: your card, page and Apple Wallet pass, the two-way exchange, and every contact with notes, search and export. Pro, £12 a month or £108 a year (£9 a month), adds drafted replies, reminders and all 16 pass designs. 7 days free, then 30 days to change your mind.
Free forever. About a minute to build.
Nothing for the other person to install, and no card details to start.