QR Code Scan Notifications: Know the Moment It's Scanned

A QR code scan notification tells you the moment someone scans your code. On QR-TH, every plan, including Free, is told when its dynamic QR codes are scanned, its short links opened and its Bio pages visited: in the bell at the top of the site and by e-mail for every scan. Make a dynamic QR code and you will know when your poster starts working.

What a QR code scan notification looks like

Tap the bell, Notifications, at the top of the site. Each notice reads like a short sentence, for example "Sunny Café menu" was just scanned, followed by the place, the device and the total number of scans so far. Small flags show the countries that scan that code the most.

The bell never floods you. You get at most one notice per code every few minutes, so even a busy lunch hour stays readable. Use "Mark all as read" to clear the list, or "See all notifications" to open the full inbox.

Your notifications Inbox

Every notice is also kept in your Inbox, which you find in the account menu and the dashboard. It reads like e-mail: the list of messages on one side and the open message on the other (on a phone you see one at a time). An open scan alert shows the total number of scans in big numbers and a button straight to that QR code's statistics.

You can search your messages, filter by Unread, mark a message as unread to come back to it later, or delete it.

An e-mail for every scan

Prefer your e-mail? QR-TH sends an e-mail for every scan: "Scan #1", "Scan #2" and so on, so you can follow along from your phone's mail app. Each e-mail names the QR code, the time with its time zone, the device, the scans today and the scans in total, and has a button to the scan details. It arrives in your own language. For short links the e-mails speak of clicks instead of scans.

Where each scan came from (Business)

On the Business plan, every notice and e-mail also says where the scan came from: the city and country, plus the countries that scan the most. On Free and Pro the country is shown locked, with an offer to upgrade. Compare the plans on the pricing page.

Why scan alerts help small businesses

• Know a new campaign is working. You hang a new poster or hand out flyers in the morning. The first scan notice tells you people are actually using it.
• React to a busy day. A burst of scans on your menu QR means a full house. Time to call in an extra pair of hands.
• Check that printed codes still work. If a code on a product label or a shop window suddenly goes quiet, it might be damaged or covered. A scan from a test phone confirms it.
• Follow an event. Organisers see check-ins and programme scans as they happen.

You stay in control

You decide what you hear about. Switch each kind on or off any time in Profile:

• "Tell me in the bell when my QR codes are scanned, my short links are opened and my Bio pages are visited" controls the bell.
• "E-mail me when someone scans my QR codes" controls the e-mails.

On very busy days the scan e-mails pause after a daily limit and start again the next day, so your mailbox never overflows.

Turn on scan notifications in 3 steps

1Create a free account

Sign up free. Notifications come with every plan.

2Make a dynamic QR code

In the free QR code generator make a dynamic code, a short link or a Bio page, and print or share it.

3Check your switches in Profile

Make sure the bell and e-mail options are on. The next scan will show up in the bell and in your inbox.

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