Digital business card for tradespeople The quote you never chased was the job.
Chase every quote you give: one scan on the doorstep saves you to their phone, and they can send their number back.
Free forever · No card details · About a minute
cardr.co/sam-whitfield
Example of what happens next: Chris Holloway scans Sam’s card, saves Sam to their contacts and chooses to send their own details back. The next morning at 09:00, Cardr Pro reminds Sam to follow up, with the email already drafted.
A digital business card for tradesmen has one job: getting you the number you need to chase the quote. They scan your code on the doorstep and save you. Then they can send their number, what they need doing and the best time to call. Pro drafts the chase and reminds you on day 3.
One scan. You’re in their phone. They can send theirs.
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Show your pass
On the doorstep, from Wallet. It opens with no signal.
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They save you
No app. Then they can send their number and the job.
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Chase the quote
The job is on their name, and Pro drafts the chase.
Example
The doorstep, not the networking event.
The doorstep
- One hand
- No signal
- No app
Most digital business cards are built for a conference lanyard. Yours gets used on a drive in the rain, with a phone in one hand.
- One hand. The other is holding a folder, a torch or a ladder. Anything needing two taps and a pinch does not get used twice.
- No signal. Behind a house on a bad estate there is nothing. A card that is only a web page is a spinner at the moment it matters.
- No app. A customer will not install software to receive a phone number, and asking is how you lose the room.
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/sam-whitfield
- Edit once, it updates
- Electrician · Leeds & north
- One scan, no app
- Opens with no signal
Three things decide what works there. You are one-handed, so anything needing two taps and a pinch is out. The signal is whatever the street has. And the customer will not install an app to get a phone number.
An Apple Wallet pass answers all three. It opens with no signal, and the customer points their camera at it to open your card. With no bars on their phone, your No signal code holds your contact itself, so their camera saves you anyway.
Change your number or trading name and your pass and page update. A contact someone already saved keeps the old text, but links back to your page, which shows the new details.
Nothing for them to download.
Tap through what Tom sees when he scans your card.
Sam WhitfieldNo 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.
What it does that a magnet on the van does not.
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Today
The doorstepChris saves you · can send theirs -
Days 1–2
Nothing to remember -
Day 3
ProTime to follow up with Chris HollowayFollow-up drafted
- The number to chase. After they save you, they can send their number, the job and the best time to call.
- The job on their name. “Rewire, three-bed semi, before June” sits on the contact, not on the back of a receipt.
- The chase, drafted. Pro writes it from your note, so at half nine at night you edit a message instead of starting one.
- A nudge on day 3. Pro emails you at 09:00 before the quote goes cold, with the message inside.
- More reviews. Your Google review link sits on your card on the free plan, one tap at the end of a job.
- Free to start. The card, the pass, the exchange and your customer list are free forever. You pay only for the chasing.
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: Estate agents, Car sales, 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.
GuideNFC vs QR for business cardsNFC tags and QR codes solve the same problem differently.
GuideDigital business cards on AndroidApple Wallet passes do not open on Android, so there your Cardr goes into Google Wallet.
Free toolvCard QR code generatorA QR code that saves your contact to their phone. No signup.
Also for
Tradespeople, answered.
Do my customers 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. Nothing to download and no account. How the exchange works.
Does it work with no signal?
Your pass does, because it is stored on your phone, so it shows behind a house or in a basement. If their phone has no signal either, open cardr.co/me/code and switch to No signal: that code holds your contact itself, so their camera saves you. They can send their details from your page once online.
What should a tradesman put on a digital business card?
Your name, trade and area, a phone number and WhatsApp, your Google review link, and a booking link if you take bookings. Keep it to what a customer needs to call you back.
I have an NFC card already. Can I use it?
Yes, if the tag can be rewritten: point it at your cardr.co address and a tap opens your card. Cardr sells no NFC cards. How to set one up.
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 chases, day-3 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.