How to Make a WhatsApp 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.

• The number registered on WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business, with its country code.
• An opening message that tells you where the chat came from, such as “Hi from the menu!”.
• A second phone with WhatsApp installed, to test the chat from a customer’s side.
• An email address, which also gives you the dashboard for later edits.

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

Follow these 7 steps in the WhatsApp 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. 1Enter your WhatsApp number in the generator

   On the WhatsApp QR code generator, type your number into WhatsApp number. The help text reads “Include the country code; leading zeros are removed.” A UK mobile written 07700 900123 therefore goes in as +44 7700 900123.

   The sample number is +1 415 555 0199. Behind the form it becomes the click-to-chat address wa.me/14155550199: digits only, with no plus sign and no spaces.

   Tip: Copy the number from your WhatsApp profile, so the code uses the one registered on the account.

   

2. 2Write the pre-filled message

   Pre-filled message is optional, and worth filling. The text appears in the customer’s chat box, so the conversation starts with context. The sample is “Hi! Is my order ready to collect?”.

   Work the placement into the wording. “Hi from the window poster!” on one code and “Hi from the menu!” on another show you, in each incoming chat, which print brought the customer.

3. 3Keep or replace the WhatsApp logo

   The Logo tab starts with the WhatsApp icon in the centre, which tells people what the code opens before they scan. To use your shop logo, click the box labelled WhatsApp logo and choose a file. The Padding control sets the clear space between the logo and the dots, and Border draws a ring around it.

   

4. 4Download the code and note the short link

   Pick Download PNG or SVG. When the box asks where to send the code, type your email and confirm with Download now. The file arrives named like qrjiffy-whatsapp-EFTa7Vb.png.

   The page then displays a short link beginning qrjiffy.com/r/, with a note that you can change where it points while the printed code stays the same. That link is what the pattern stores, and it forwards to your wa.me chat address.

   

5. 5Test the chat from another phone

   Scan the code with a phone that has WhatsApp and is not signed in to your own number. The camera shows a link banner; tap it and WhatsApp opens a chat with your number, the message already typed. Send it, and check it arrives on your phone.

   In the QRJiffy scanner the same file reads as “Website link” with the domain qrjiffy.com. That is correct: the short link is inside the code. Press Open link to continue into WhatsApp.

   

6. 6Change the number or message later

   The code’s page in the dashboard has four tabs. Under Destination you replace the number or rewrite the opening message, and codes already on menus and windows open the new chat from then on.

   Analytics counts scans by day, device and country. The free plan includes 200 scans a month, shared by all your codes; Pro lifts that limit for $30 a year.

   

7. 7Print it where customers wait

   Menus, counters, shop windows and packaging are the common spots. The code prints down to 2 × 2 cm (0.8 in), and a window sign read from 1 m needs 10 cm. Add a line such as “Chat with us on WhatsApp” so people know the code opens a chat. The article on how to print a QR code explains margins and file types.

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What happens when someone scans a WhatsApp QR code?

• Phone with WhatsApp: the camera opens the link, which hands over to the WhatsApp app with the chat ready.
• Phone without WhatsApp: the link opens a WhatsApp web page that offers to download the app.
• Desktop: laptops do not scan the code, but the same link, clicked, opens WhatsApp Web or WhatsApp Desktop.

Is this the same as the WhatsApp Web login QR code?

• Open web.whatsapp.com on the computer.
• On the phone, open WhatsApp › Settings › Linked devices › Link a device.
• Scan the code on the computer screen with WhatsApp itself, not with the camera app.

Does WhatsApp have its own QR code?

How do you make a WhatsApp QR code for a group?

What mistakes stop a WhatsApp QR code from working?

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

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