QR codes for churches and nonprofits

Put one code on the lobby sign, the donation table and the back of the bulletin. Point it at your giving page today and your next event tomorrow. The printed sign stays the same.

One lobby sign, every campaign

An editable code holds a short ovbq link. You choose where it goes, and you can change it whenever you like. During a building fund drive it opens the giving page. In December it opens your year-end appeal. In spring it opens the retreat sign-up.

ovbq doesn't handle donations or payments. The code opens the giving page you already use, so if you change giving services, change where the code goes and keep every sign.

Where churches and nonprofits put codes

• The weekly bulletin or newsletter, for this week's events or a volunteer sign-up.
• The donation table, opening your giving page.
• The welcome desk, for a newcomer page on your website.
• Event flyers and posters, pointing to the event page or registration.

A text message code can start a text to your office number, and an email code can start an email to your volunteer coordinator. Both are free fixed codes from our free QR code maker.

Mailings and fundraisers: one code per piece

For a fundraiser, give each piece its own editable code: the letter you mail, the poster in the hall, the cards on the gala tables. Point them all at the same giving page. Each code's page shows when it was scanned, so after the campaign you can see which piece people actually used. Next year, point the same codes at the new campaign, and reuse the signs.

For a small group with one page that won't change, a fixed code from the home page is free, needs no account and never expires.

Counts without tracking people

Each editable code's page shows how many scans it had over the last 30 days and by hour of the day, plus the kind of phone and browser. That tells you whether the bulletin code or the lobby sign gets used. On Pro and Business, it also shows which countries the scans came from. We never record a city or GPS position, we don't store IP addresses, and scanning sets no cookies. See what a scan count shows.

A lobby sign is read from about 6 ft (1.8 m), so the code should be at least 7.1 in (18 cm) wide, not counting its white border. On a bulletin held in the hand, 1.2 in (3 cm) is enough. Print dark on light, and scan a test copy first.

Plans, and if your budget changes

Free covers 2 editable codes, enough for a giving code and one event. Pro, at $9 a month, covers 50, with your colors and logo. Wi-Fi, contact card, text message and email codes are fixed, always free, and never count toward a plan.

You can also pay yearly, with 2 months free: see pricing.

Budgets change. If a paid plan ends, nothing changes for 30 days, then your 2 oldest website-link codes keep working on Free and the rest pause with a button to their page. See what happens if you stop paying.