Link / Url to QR Code Generator

URL to QR Code / Link to QR code Generator

If you have a long website link or URL, you probably worried about how to share this long website URL or link or how to fix it in the promotional things like posters or social media posts.

The easiest solution is, you can convert the link in a visual format that is a QR code. Anyone can able to scan that QR code embedded with your website link or URL and directly visit your targeted webpage.

Let’s check how URL to QR Code / Link to QR code Generator helpful for you.

• No need to enter long or short any type of URL in the browser, You can visit the website with just a scan.
• It is very useful in the marketing perspective. Using QR codes instead of URLs in the visual promotional activity can give you more audience reach.
• You can generate different sized QR code according to your needs.

What is a QR Code?

QR code is a machine-readable optical label barcode first designed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. The full form of QR Code is Quick Response code.

QR codes contain data in a machine visual way. We can store data like a website address or URL, product details, contact details or even normal text content also can be stored in a QR Code.  A QR code uses four standardized encoding modes like numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, and kanji to store data efficiently.

A QR code consists of black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read by an imaging device such as a camera, and processed using Reed–Solomon error correction until the image can be appropriately interpreted. The required data is then extracted from patterns that are present in both horizontal and vertical components of the QR image.

The invention of the QR Code.

Before 1994 Japanese automobile company called Denso Wave, finding for a quick data entry system that can reduce their time in the car manufacturing unit and provide an error-free tracking system.

In 1994, this company came up with a two-dimensional barcode system that allows them high-speed scanning and tracking there manufacturing process easily. After this invention, this two-dimensional barcode used to known as Quick Response code or QR Code.

Uses

Starting from the Automobile industry, this QR code system is now the most popular machine-readable barcode system still today. In the 21st century, most of the smartphone has inbuilt QR code scanners. We are using our smartphone to scan QR Codes and converting it into some useful form.

QR code has become a focus of advertising strategy since it provides a way to access a brand’s website more quickly than by manually entering a URL. So it increases the conversion rate: the chance that contact with the advertisement will convert to a sale.

Although initially used to track parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR codes are used over a much wider range of applications. These include commercial tracking, entertainment, and transport ticketing, product and loyalty marketing, and in-store product labeling. They can also be used in storing personal information for use by organizations. An example of this is the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) where NBI clearances now come with a QR code.

QR code payment – In the 21st century, payment with QR code system is a popular payment mode. This system uses QR code to store user’s payment identity details and by scanning this QR code other users can access those payment identity details to transfer money or receiving the money. Some popular companies that are using the QR Code as a payment mode are Paytm, Phonepe, Google Pay, etc.

QR codes are making waves in the small scale industry in every sector. Tent cards and bills include QR codes making it simple for a customer to make payments and it encourages for a cashless economy in China, India and other Asian countries that welcome QR codes.