Digital Business Card

Your Digital Business Card is a hosted micro-page at a public URL — no app needed for the person viewing it. Share it via a link, display a QR code in person, or let people save you as a contact.

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Available on all plans Every Byline account gets a digital business card. Free users get 1 card with the Folio template. Pro and Pass users unlock all 8 templates. Business users also get multi-brand cards — one for each verified domain.

Creating Your Card

Click Card in the navigation bar.

Click Create My Card. Byline automatically pulls your name, title, company, and contact details from your profile.

Click Edit Card to customize the template, colors, fonts, and which fields appear.

Click Save Card. Your card is live immediately at its public URL.

Choosing a Template

Byline includes 8 designer templates. Each has its own aesthetic — pick the one that fits your style or brand.

Obsidian — Dark luxury with a gold accent stripe. Ideal for executive or finance roles.
Aurora — Multi-stop gradient mesh with a frosted glass panel. Creative and modern.
Editorial — Ivory background, magazine-style typography, tall photo strip. Works well for journalists and writers.
Glass — Dark background with bokeh blurs and a frosted glass card. Polished tech aesthetic.
Split — Full-bleed photo on the left, brand color column on the right. Bold and high-impact.
Folio — Cream tones with classic Baskerville serif typography. Clean and professional.
Kinetic — White background with a geometric diagonal grid. Modern and energetic.
Neon — Near-black with a dot grid and electric glow on your name. Stands out in tech and creative fields.

Thumbnails are live previews — they use your real data so you can compare how each template renders your information before committing.

Customizing Design

In the Design tab of the editor you can adjust:

Accent color — Pick from 10 preset swatches or enter any hex value. Controls highlights, borders, and glow effects depending on the template.
Font — Choose from 8 curated fonts (Cormorant, Playfair, Baskerville, Bebas Neue, Space Mono, Outfit, DM Sans, or the template default).
Photo shape — Circle, rounded square, or square.

Controlling Which Fields Appear

The Fields tab lets you toggle visibility for every piece of information on your card:

Core: Job title, company, department
Contact: Email, phone, mobile, website, address, meeting link
Extra: Tagline, pronouns, photo
Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter, GitHub, Instagram, YouTube

Changes are reflected immediately in the live preview on the left side of the editor.

Sharing Your Card

From the card view page you have three sharing options:

Copy Link — Copies your card URL to the clipboard. Paste it in emails, social bios, or anywhere you want to share your contact info.
QR Code — Opens a modal with two modes (see below).
Save Contact — Downloads your contact as a .vcf file. On iOS, a banner appears after the download explaining how to open it from your browser's Downloads drawer and add it to Contacts.

QR Code modes

The QR modal has two tabs:

Share Link — Encodes your card URL. Anyone who scans it opens your digital card in their browser. Use this for sharing on screen or in printed materials.
Save Contact — Encodes your full contact data directly in the QR. When someone scans it with their native iOS Camera or Android Camera app, the phone immediately prompts them to add you to Contacts — no browser, no extra steps. This is the fastest way for someone to save your contact in person.

Both tabs include a Download QR button that saves the QR code as a PNG image — useful for adding to email signatures, slide decks, or printed name badges.

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Tip: For in-person networking, open the QR modal and switch to the Save Contact tab. The person you're meeting points their camera at the QR and taps the notification — your contact is saved instantly, no app required.

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Tip: Your card URL never changes unless you edit the slug. It's safe to put in email footers, LinkedIn bio, or printed materials.

Your Card URL

Every card has a unique slug — a short identifier in the URL. For example: app.byline-app.com/c/your-name.

The slug is generated automatically when you create the card. Contact support if you need to change it.

Default Card

If you have multiple cards, click the ★ (star) next to any card tab to set it as your default. Your default card is pre-selected when you open the Card page, making it quick to pull up the QR code at a meeting.

Signature Live-Sync

Personal cards can pull data directly from an existing email signature instead of your profile. In the Design tab, switch from "From profile" to "From signature (live)" and select a signature from the dropdown.

When the linked signature is updated, your card updates automatically — no manual editing needed. This is useful when your email signature is your most up-to-date source of contact information.

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Note: Live-sync is available for personal cards only. Brand cards always use the brand's logo and identity. Signatures that are disabled (e.g., domain no longer authorized) won't appear in the dropdown.

Multiple Cards & Multi-Brand

Pro and Business users can create multiple cards. Switch between cards using the tab bar at the top of the card page.

Business plan users with verified domains see a separate card slot for each domain. For example, if your team has acme.com and acmeventures.io verified, you can create a card for each — each inheriting that brand's logo and identity automatically.

Click the + [domain] buttons in the tab bar to create a new card for an available brand slot.

What Visitors See

When someone opens your card link they see a clean, mobile-optimized page with your information. No Byline account is needed to view a card. The page includes:

Your full card in the selected template design
A "Save Contact" button (if vCard is enabled)
A QR code modal for re-sharing
A "Powered by Byline" footer

If you downgrade to a plan that no longer supports cards, the card URL returns a 404 page rather than showing outdated information.

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