How to Make a Coupon QR Code

What do you need before you start?

You need 4 things ready, and no account to try the generator. A free account, or just your email, is asked for only at the download step.

• A discount created in your store, with its code, for example SPRING20.
• The shareable discount link. In Shopify: Discounts › your code › Share › Copy link.
• The end date and terms of the offer, to print beside the code.
• A separate discount code per channel (flyer, packaging, receipt) if you want to compare them.

How do you make a Coupon QR code step by step?

Follow these 6 steps in the Coupon QR Code generator; the preview updates as you type. Each screenshot below is the real screen, filled in with a sample bakery’s details.

1. 1Copy the discount link from your store

   Create the discount in your store admin and copy its link. A Shopify link has the form https://shop.example.com/discount/SPRING20, and adding ?redirect=/collections/all chooses the page the customer lands on. The link stores the code in the cart session, so the customer never types it.

   BigCommerce supports discount links too, and WooCommerce does with a coupon-URL plugin. With no such link, use the address of any page that displays the code.

2. 2Paste it into the coupon generator

   Open the coupon QR code generator and paste the link into Offer or discount link. The sample in the screenshot is https://example.com/offers/spring10. The code is drawn beside the form straight away.

   Make one QR code per campaign. Scans for the spring flyer and the packaging insert then stay apart in your account, just as redemptions stay apart in the store when each has its own discount code.

   

3. 3Match the code to the flyer

   In the Style tab, choose a dot pattern from Square, Rounded, Dots, Pill, Classy and Mixed, and set Dots colour to the darkest colour of the flyer. A Gradient with a Second colour works when both colours are dark.

   The Logo tab adds the shop logo, and error correction moves to H (30%) with it. Keep the logo under about 20% of the code.

   

4. 4Download the coupon code

   Choose SVG for flyers, mailers and packaging inserts and Download PNG for emails and receipts. Type an email under “Where should we send it?” and click Download now. The saved file is called something like qrjiffy-coupon-vmeh7xa.png.

   

5. 5Run a test checkout

   Scan the code and add a product to the cart. The discount line appears at checkout with the code already applied. Stop before paying, or complete the order and refund it. A scan that opens the store without the discount means the link is a plain store link, not the discount link.

   The QR code scanner shows the downloaded file as “Website link” on qrjiffy.com with the full short link. Open link follows it to the offer.

   

6. 6Print it with the terms and plan for the end date

   Print the code at 3 cm on flyers and no smaller than 2 × 2 cm (0.8 in) anywhere. Beside it, print the offer, the end date, the terms and the promo code as text, so a cashier reads it without scanning.

   When the offer ends, open the code in the dashboard and use Destination to point it at the current deal. Late scanners then find a live offer instead of an error. Analytics shows scans by day, device and country, and the store’s discount report shows redemptions.

   

Open the Coupon QR Code generatorFree. Nothing to install.

No online store? How do you build a coupon page?

1. 1Enter the offer, the code and the end date

   Type the shop or campaign name into Offer title and the deal into Details, for example “10% off your next order”. Put the promo code into Coupon code and pick a date in Valid until. Shop link (optional) adds a button to an ordering page, and Terms takes the small print.

   Seven colour themes, from Neo to Midnight, and a Custom colour switch style the page.

   

2. 2Publish and download

   Click Next: QR design, style the code, then click Publish & download PNG on the last step. Publishing asks for a free account. The coupon page goes live at its own short link, and the code that opens it downloads at the same moment.

3. 3Check the coupon on a phone

   Scan the code. The page shows a “Coupon” badge, the title, the deal, and the code SPRING10 in a box with a Copy button. Under it are “Valid until 30 Jun 2027”, a Use the offer button that opens the shop link, and the terms. A customer in the shop shows this screen at the till, and the cashier enters the code in the POS.

   

Build a couponLive preview. No account needed to try.

Does the QR code apply the discount automatically?

How is a coupon QR code redeemed in a physical shop?

Can each customer use the coupon only once?

What happens to the printed code when the offer ends?

What mistakes stop a Coupon QR code from working?

These 5 mistakes cause most failed Coupon QR codes; each has a quick fix. Test the downloaded file with two different phones before you print anything.

Frequently asked questions