This startup sells NFC business cards that open a live digital profile when tapped on a phone. I built the whole product in 8 weeks: a profile builder with live preview, public profile pages, NFC and QR sharing, contact actions, analytics, paid plans, and the admin platform. It now has 30K+ users, around 10K cards sold, 20K taps, and 100K+ profile views a month.
At a glance
A paper card holds a name, a number, and an email, and it's wrong the day you change jobs or phone numbers. Links, portfolios, and booking pages don't fit on it at all.
The business wanted a card people still hand over in person, but that opens a full profile on the other person's phone and never goes out of date.
The NFC chip in the card stores only a link to the owner's profile, not the profile itself. Tapping the card on a phone opens that link in the browser, so the other person doesn't need an app. A QR code on the same profile covers phones without NFC.
Because the card only holds the link, owners can change anything on their profile and every card they've ever handed out shows the new version.
Create a profile
Contact details, job, socials, links, and files.
Customize it
Theme, colours, layout, fonts, and sections, with live preview.
Publish
The profile gets its own URL.
Connect the card
The NFC card and a QR code point to that URL.
Someone taps
Their phone opens the profile. No app needed.
See the activity
Views and taps show up in the owner's analytics.
Owners build their card from sections: contact details, job and company, social profiles, links, and more. Themes, colours, layouts, fonts, buttons, and backgrounds let it match a personal or company brand. Every change shows in a live preview before publishing.
On the public profile, visitors can call, email, message on WhatsApp, open the website, find the location, or follow on social media with one tap.
Owners see how their profile is viewed and which actions people take. Paid plans and card purchases run through built-in payments, and an admin platform manages users, profiles, cards, plans, and settings, so the business runs from one system.
30K+
users
~10K
NFC cards sold
20K
card taps
100K+
profile views a month
Profiles change; printed cards don't. A link means every card stays current forever, and nothing needs reprogramming.
Trade-off: Tapping needs an internet connection to load the profile.
Asking the person you just met to install an app kills the moment. A web page opens instantly on any phone.
Some phones can't read NFC or have it turned off. A QR code for the same profile means nobody is left out.
“Milan built the whole platform, from the profile editor to payments. Our customers change their details in seconds, and every card they've handed out updates.”
The card has a small NFC chip that stores a web link. When someone holds their phone near it, the phone opens that link in the browser and shows your digital profile. Most modern iPhones and Android phones read NFC without any app.
No. Modern phones read NFC links natively and open them in the browser. That's the point: the person you meet doesn't have to install anything. A QR code on the card or profile covers phones with NFC turned off.
Yes, if the card stores a link to your profile rather than your details. Change your profile online, and everyone who taps your card sees the new version. The physical card never needs reprogramming.
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