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Notes on trackable QR.

Product updates, QR marketing playbooks, and field notes from the ScanKit team.

A product's QR code connecting to a registration form that forks into a warranty lane, processed under contract performance, and a separate marketing opt-in lane.
Guide

· 17 min read

QR code warranty registration: how to raise registration rates without a paper card

Paper warranty cards go unused for a well-documented reason: registering anything is inconvenient. A practical guide to QR code warranty registration: GDPR's contract-performance vs consent split, data minimisation, retention, and unit vs batch-level codes.

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A QR code on hiring signage next to a location pin, a candidate icon, and a short application form with checkmarks.
Guide

· 12 min read

QR codes for recruiting: Now Hiring signs, job fairs, and cutting applicant drop-off

A QR code on a hiring sign only helps if what it opens is built for a phone: the shortest application that still qualifies a candidate, a dynamic link that survives the role changing, and sizing that actually scans outdoors.

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Vector illustration of a dark van silhouette on the left with a white QR code panel mounted on its side door, connected by a dotted line forking to two white result cards on the right: the top card shows a grey van icon with an amber X badge (moving, not reliably scannable), the bottom card shows a blue van icon with a green check badge and a location pin (parked, scannable).
Guide

· 15 min read

QR codes on vehicle wraps and transit ads: size, placement, and the numbers that actually hold up

How big a QR code needs to be on a vehicle wrap, where it can and can't go on a curved panel, what fleet and transit advertising actually cost, and which of the stats in this space are worth ignoring.

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A QR code card with a price tag as a line item, next to a card showing an ascending tiered pricing staircase with plan markers and a price tag on the top tier.
Guide

· 15 min read

How Much Should Agencies Charge Clients for QR Code Campaigns?

Should a QR code be a free add-on, a bundled retainer feature, or its own billable line item? A practical guide to costing platform fees, setup and management time, and pricing QR work like any other agency service.

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A QR code sending a pixel beacon signal to a small group of dots representing an ad audience, text-free vector illustration.
Guide

· 21 min read

QR code retargeting: turning print scans into ad audiences on Meta, Google, and TikTok

QR code retargeting isn't cookieless, whatever the vendor pages claim. A precise, sourced guide to the pixels, GDPR consent, what ATT and ITP actually restrict, why scans go missing, and how to build a compliant Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn setup.

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A QR code connected by a dotted line to an envelope, which leads to a fanned stack of three personalised postcards each with its own small QR code, with an orange discount tag pinned to the front card.
Guide

· 16 min read

QR codes for direct mail: personalisation, tracking, and the 2026 USPS discount

How agencies use QR codes on direct mail: generating a personalised code per recipient, tracking a multi-wave campaign properly, and what the 2026 USPS Integrated Technology Promotion actually requires before a code qualifies for the postage discount.

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Two QR codes side by side: a small compact code and a larger, denser code connected by a tag icon, with three colour-coded labelled tag chips next to the denser code.
Guide

· 16 min read

QR code UTM parameters: a naming convention that scales across every client

Why a scanned QR code shows up as Direct in GA4, a UTM naming convention built for agencies running many clients, and the QR-specific trade-off nobody mentions: tagged URLs make your code denser and harder to scan.

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A roll-up exhibition banner with a QR code on the left, and an event badge on a lanyard with a QR code and a green check on the right.
Guide

· 12 min read

QR codes for events and trade shows: the agency playbook for capture, tracking and follow-up

How agencies should use QR codes at events: a distinct, trackable, dynamic code on every touchpoint, honest opt-in lead capture, per-touchpoint attribution, and fast follow-up. The playbook for turning a booth into a measurable funnel.

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A QR code with a document badge linking to an updated PDF file, with the old version replaced by a new version with a green check.
Guide

· 20 min read

QR codes for PDF documents: how to link, host and update a brochure without reprinting

Link a QR code to a PDF brochure, catalogue or spec sheet without the reprinting trap. Covers hosting, HTTPS requirements, Content-Disposition, GA4 tracking limits, and how to swap the file after the campaign is already live.

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