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Create a QR Code for WhatsApp Examples
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What is a WhatsApp QR code?
A WhatsApp QR code is a QR code that opens a WhatsApp chat with one phone number. Someone scans it with the phone camera, WhatsApp opens with your number ready, and your message is already typed if you added one. They tap send and the conversation starts. Nobody has to save your number first.
WhatsApp calls the underlying link a click-to-chat link. It looks like wa.me/ followed by the phone number. This is not the QR code in your WhatsApp settings, which lets someone add you as a contact, and it is not the code on WhatsApp Web, which logs a computer in.
How does a WhatsApp QR code work?
Pick your country code, enter your number and, if you like, a message that is typed in for the customer.
The customer points the phone camera at the code and taps the link that appears.
WhatsApp opens a chat with your number, with your message already typed in.
The customer taps send. You answer from your WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business app.
How to create a QR code for WhatsApp?
Use the free tool on this page. Enter the necessary details, including the phone number, area code, and optional message or text. Make sure you enter the correct information.
Customize the QR code. Pageloot provides options to customize the appearance of the QR code. You can choose various colors, add a logo or image, and adjust the size.
After entering your WhatsApp information and making the necessary customizations, click the "Save" button to create the code.
Once the QR code has been created, you can save it as an image file or share it instantly via email, messaging apps, or social media.
Why do I need a WhatsApp barcode?
A WhatsApp code saves your customers from saving a number and starting a chat by hand. It is a fast way to get questions, orders and bookings from a sign, a package or a business card. It also cannot be mistyped, because the number is part of the code.
Static or dynamic? A fixed number that you will keep for years works fine as a static code. Choose a dynamic code if the number might change, for example when a team member leaves, or if you want to see how many people scan it, and when, where and on which device. With a dynamic code you change the destination in your Pageloot account and the printed code follows. Tick Edit later or Track scans above to start a free 14-day trial.
Privacy. Everyone who scans the code sees the number. For a public sign, use a business number, not your personal one.
Frequently asked questions
The static code is free: build it, style it and download it as a PNG on this page. Print-ready SVG and PDF files, scan tracking and editing come with the free 14-day trial. Paid plans start at EUR 7 per month, billed yearly.
Yes, but not with a number code. In WhatsApp open the group info, copy the invite link, and paste it into our link QR code generator. Anyone who scans it can ask to join, depending on the group’s settings.
Yes. A business can put a code on a shop window, a receipt or a package so customers start a chat with one scan. Use a business number rather than a personal one, because everyone who scans sees it.
Open your phone camera, point it at the code and tap the link that appears. WhatsApp opens with the chat ready. You do not need to open WhatsApp first. If your camera does not read codes, use a QR scanner app.
Yes. Make it on this page and download the static code as a PNG for free. The free 14-day trial adds SVG and PDF files, scan tracking and editing after printing.
Full international format: country code first, then the number, with no plus sign, spaces, dashes or leading zero. A UK number 07911 123456 is 447911123456. A US number (212) 555-0123 is 12125550123.
Yes. The WhatsApp Business app can create a QR code and a short link for your business number. Look under Business tools for Short link, as menu names can change. A Pageloot code adds your branding, print files and, with a dynamic code, scan statistics.
No. The QR code on web.whatsapp.com logs a computer in to your account, and you scan it in WhatsApp under Linked devices. The code on this page opens a chat with a phone number.
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Where to Use a WhatsApp QR code? Examples
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Put the code at the till or in the window with a call to action such as “Scan to chat with us”. Customers can ask about stock, opening hours or a reservation without calling, and you answer when you have a minute.
Print a code on the delivery bag, the receipt or the package insert with a message like “Hi, I have a question about my order”. Customers reach you in one scan if an order is late or wrong.
A hotel can place a code on the welcome card in each room for requests and complaints. A repair shop or a salon can put one on the receipt for follow-up questions. A prefilled message such as “Room 204” helps you see who is writing.
Add a code to your business card, brochure or email signature so people can message you in one scan instead of typing your number. Use a business number if the card is handed out widely.
WhatsApp Business app code or a Pageloot code?
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The WhatsApp Business app
The Business app can make its own QR code and short link for your number. In the app, look under Business tools for Short link. Menu names can change. The prefilled message is limited to 140 characters, and WhatsApp gives no scan statistics for these codes. -
A Pageloot code
You choose the colors, shapes and frame, add your logo and download SVG or PDF for print. A dynamic code adds scan statistics and lets you change the number or message later.
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When the app's code is enough
You have a WhatsApp Business account, you only need a plain code, and you do not need to know how often it is scanned. -
When to use a Pageloot code
The code has to match your brand, you need print-ready files, you want to compare signs or flyers, or you may change the number later.
WhatsApp QR code not working? Check these first
WhatsApp links need the full international number: country code first, no plus sign, no spaces or dashes, and no leading zero after the country code. A UK mobile number 07911 123456 becomes 447911123456. If scanning shows “Phone number shared via url is invalid”, the format is wrong. Make a new code with the corrected number.
If the number is not registered with WhatsApp, the customer sees an offer to invite you to WhatsApp. A landline or an old SIM that has no WhatsApp account will not work. Check that you can log in to WhatsApp with exactly this number.
Without the app, the link opens in the browser, with a button to open WhatsApp or download it. On a computer it can open WhatsApp Web or the desktop app. Customers can still start the chat from there if they are logged in.
A prefilled message is typed into the chat, but the customer still has to tap send. If the box is empty, check the Message field of your code. Test the code with a short plain message first, and then with any emojis or special characters you plan to use.
Number and message format for a WhatsApp QR code
Choose the country code, such as +1 for the US and Canada or +44 for the UK, and then enter the rest of the number.
Many countries write the number with a zero at the start, such as 07911 123456 in the UK. After the country code, leave that zero out.
If you build a wa.me link by hand, use only digits: https://wa.me/12125550123. Leave out the plus sign, spaces, dashes and brackets.
Type the message in the Message field of the generator, up to 400 characters. In a hand-built link, add ?text= after the number and replace spaces with %20, for example ?text=Hi%20there.
Write what the customer wants to say, such as “Hi, I would like to book a table”. A short message gets sent more often than a long one.
Scan the code with two phones, one iPhone and one Android phone, and check the number, the message and that the chat opens. Then send yourself a test message.
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