Event QR Code Generator
Paste the link to your event page, registration form or schedule and get an event QR code that opens it on any phone. Add your logo and colors, then download it as PNG, SVG or PDF. Free, no signup needed to download.
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What is an event QR code?
An event QR code is a QR code that opens a web page about your event. Guests point their phone camera at it and the page opens in their browser. Nobody has to type a long web address.
The page can be anything that has a link: an Eventbrite page, a Google Form, the registration page on your own website, a schedule, a feedback form or a photo album. A QR code for events works on posters, badges, flyers, tickets and slides.
To create a QR code for your event you need only one thing: a link. The code does not hold your event details. It holds that link. That is why a dynamic event QR code is useful: you print it once and change the page behind it before, during and after the event.
How does an event QR code work from registration to feedback?
Link the code to the place where people sign up: your Eventbrite event page, a Google Form or the registration page on your website. Put the code on invitations, flyers, posters and social posts. An event registration QR code saves guests from typing a long link on their phone.
For a small event, make a short check-in form with name and email and show the code at the entrance. Guests scan it and check themselves in. For a ticketed event, most ticketing tools, such as Eventbrite, put a unique code on every ticket and have their own check-in app. Use those for entry. A code made here is not a ticket.
Show the code on screens, banners and table cards. Point it at the schedule, a map, the speaker list or the Wi-Fi details. A schedule saved as a PDF opens well on phones: use the PDF QR code generator, or paste the link to a shared document.
After the event, point the same code, or a new one, at a feedback form or a shared photo album. Ask for feedback while the event is fresh, so guests answer from memory. A thank-you message with the photo album link keeps the event in their minds.
How to create a QR code for an event?
To create your event QR code, you will need to open the QR code Generator on Pageloot and choose “Create QR Code for event”. If you are not registered as a user, you can easily create a profile and choose a subscription plan.
On the QR code creation page, add web links to the events page. You will also be able to include the title of the page and description with general information about the event.
As you finish with the general information you can get onto designing your event landing page, and choose thematic colors, backgrounds, and profile images.
Before you finish, make sure you customize the QR code as well. A custom color, shape, or image, will allow your users and audience to notice it and associate it with your brand.
Save and download your ready QR code, then check if it scans and transfers to the landing page without any issues.
Why do I need a QR code for events?
A long registration link on a poster is hard to type, so most people will not do it. A QR code for events turns the poster, flyer or invitation into a one-scan sign-up. The page behind the code can show the date, the price, a map and a Register button.
The same code is useful at the venue. Guests scan it for the schedule, the speaker list or the Wi-Fi details, and you hand out fewer printed programs. After the event, a feedback form or a photo album keeps the code useful.
You do not always need to pay. A static code is enough when the link will not change. The next section explains when a dynamic code is worth it.
One event QR code that changes before, during and after the event
With a dynamic code the printed code stays the same and you change the page it opens. One banner at the entrance can do three jobs.
Before the event: the code opens the registration or ticket page. On the day: you switch it to the schedule, a map or the live program. After the event: you switch it to a feedback form, a photo album or the save-the-date page for next year.
This is QR code event management in its simplest form: one printed code with a job at every stage. One rule: if a flyer says “Scan to register”, keep that code on registration. Use a separate code for signs that should follow the stage of the event, such as the entrance banner. Otherwise someone who picks up an old flyer lands on a feedback form.
Static or dynamic? A static code is enough for a one-off event whose link will not change. Choose a dynamic code if you reuse signs for a yearly event, want to change the page between stages, or want to see which poster gets scans (when, where and on which device, with the detail depending on your plan). Tick Edit later or Track scans in the generator above to start a 14-day free trial.
A dynamic code works only while your plan is active, apart from the lifetime deal. Subscribe before you print. See the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
For QR code event registration, get a registration link first. This can be your Eventbrite event page, a Google Form (Send, then the link tab) or a registration page on your website. Paste the link into the generator at the top of this page, add your logo, colors and a frame such as “Scan to register”, and download the code. Test it on two phones before you print.
The code holds a link, so it needs a page that adds the event to a calendar. Use the add-to-calendar link that your ticket page or calendar app offers, or link to an .ics calendar file that you host. Paste that link into the free tool at the top of this page. Some phones open the file in the calendar app and others download it, so test on an iPhone and an Android phone.
Making and downloading a static event QR code is free, as PNG, SVG or PDF. If you want to edit the link after printing or see scan stats, you need a dynamic code. Start with the 14-day free trial. After that, the Starter plan is EUR 7 a month, billed yearly, and the code NEW30 gives 30% off your first purchase. A one-time lifetime deal also exists. See the pricing page.
The generator on this page makes a QR code for any event link: registration or ticket pages, forms, schedules, maps, feedback surveys and photo albums. For a schedule saved as a file, use the PDF QR code generator. A QR code can also hold a contact card or Wi-Fi details, see the vCard and Wi-Fi generators.
Not always. With a dynamic code you can point the same printed code at next year’s page, so you can reuse banners, badges and signs. With a static code you need a new code whenever the link changes. If your event page keeps the same address each year and you only update its content, a static code keeps working.
Use this page as an Eventbrite QR code generator. Open your event page on Eventbrite, make sure the event is live, and copy its address from the browser. Paste it into the generator and download the code. Guests who scan it land on your ticket page. Eventbrite gives each ticket holder their own ticket code for entry. The code you make here is for promotion, not for entry.
Yes. Create a shared album in Google Photos, Google Drive or Dropbox, copy the sharing link and make a QR code from it. Check the album’s sharing settings first: anyone with the link must be able to open it, and to add photos if you want guests to upload. Put the code on table cards or the exit sign.
A code from this page opens a web page. It does not check a person in by itself. For a small event, show it at the door and let guests fill in a check-in form with their name. For a ticketed event, use your ticketing tool’s own tickets and check-in app. Pageloot scan stats count scans of your code, not attendees.
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Where to use an event QR code? Examples
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Print a code on the badge that opens the schedule and the Wi-Fi details. Use a different code at your booth for a brochure or a meeting request. With one code per booth or session, scan stats show which ones attract people.
A festival QR code on street posters and flyers can open the ticket page. On site, a code can open the line-up and the site map. Posters are read from about 1 m away, so print the code at least 10 cm wide. Put the code where crowds stop, such as the entrance queue and the bar.
Add a code to the invitation that opens the RSVP form. On the day, put a code on each table card that opens a shared photo album. A static code is enough here, because nothing about the printed cards changes after printing.
School fairs, charity runs and club days use flyers, banners and billboards. The code opens a sign-up or volunteer form before the event and the results page afterward. For a banner read from 3 m away, make the code about 30 cm wide.
How to get more scans for an event QR code?
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Tell people what the code does
Add a frame with a short call to action, such as "Scan to register" or "Scan for the schedule". A code with no words gives people no reason to scan. -
Put it where people wait
Queues, registration desks, bar counters and seat backs give people a few seconds to scan. A moving crowd does not.
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Use one code per place
Make a separate dynamic code for each poster, flyer and channel. Scan stats then show which one works, with the detail depending on your plan. -
Update it when tickets sell out
With a dynamic code you can switch to a waitlist form when tickets sell out, and to next year's date when the event is over. Old posters still lead somewhere useful.
Event QR code not working? Check these first
Draft or unpublished events often show an error to everyone except you. Publish the event, then open the link on a phone that is not signed in to your account.
Google Forms limited to your organization, shared documents set to Restricted and some Facebook event pages ask visitors to sign in. Set sharing to anyone with the link, or use a public page.
Print the code at least 2 x 2 cm (0.8 in), and bigger on posters. Keep a white border and a dark code on a light background. Glossy badge holders reflect light, so choose matte, and keep the code off folds and creases.
Halls, basements and festival fields often have weak mobile data. Keep the page light, and print the venue Wi-Fi name next to the code. A short PDF schedule loads faster than a page full of photos.
Event QR code size and placement: badges, posters and screens
Badges are scanned from about 30 cm (1 ft). Print the code 3 cm (1.2 in) wide, and never below 2 x 2 cm (0.8 in). Put it on the side of the badge that faces out.
A poster read from 1 m away needs a code about 10 cm wide. A flyer or card held in the hand is fine with 2.5 to 3 cm. Add a frame with a call to action.
People read banners from 2 to 3 m away, so make the code 20 to 30 cm wide. Hang it at chest to eye height, where people can raise a phone, not high above the crowd.
Make the code large, about a quarter of the slide height, on a plain light background. Leave it on screen for at least 30 seconds and say out loud what it does. Test it from the back row.
Use 3 to 4 cm for a table card read from 30 cm. A registration desk sign read from 1 m needs about 10 cm. Matte paper avoids glare.
Print about 2.5 cm (1 in) wide on a ticket or program, away from edges, perforations and folds. A code made here sends people to a page. It does not work as a ticket.
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