Event badges
What their code contains
Section titled “What their code contains”Badge codes depend on the organiser. Some print a contact card on the badge, with the person’s name, company and contact details. That gives met.cards everything, as a contact QR code does.
Others print a registration number, or a link to the organiser’s own system. Those aren’t contacts: met.cards can read the text, but not who it belongs to.
Ask them to show it
Section titled “Ask them to show it”There’s nothing to open: the code is printed on their badge. Scan it from Capture in QR mode.
Last checked: not yet on a phone. These steps follow the app’s own help and may differ in their version.
What met.cards saves
Section titled “What met.cards saves”- A contact card on the badge: the same as a contact QR code. With a name, it’s saved straight away.
- A registration number or an organiser’s link: met.cards shows the text under This code isn’t a contact and asks: Save it as a note on a new connection? Type their name and select Save as note, and the text is kept as a note on the new person. Or select Scan again.
Name and photo
Section titled “Name and photo”Nothing is fetched. met.cards doesn’t connect to organisers’ lead-retrieval systems.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”- The code isn’t a contact. Photograph the printed badge instead: switch Capture to Badge mode and met.cards reads the name and company from the badge. See Capture people you meet.
- Nothing happens. Tilt your phone so the badge doesn’t reflect the lights, or move closer until the code fills the frame.
- You already have them. met.cards asks before saving a second person. See When you already have them.