WhatsApp QR code generator
WhatsApp QR code generator with a ready message
Create a QR code that opens your business WhatsApp with a message already written for the customer. Set color and size, download it and print it on the counter, the packaging or your business card.
- No sign-up
- Works in your browser
- We don't store the number or the message
Build your QR code
Only the area code and the number, without the country code and without a leading 0.
Write it the way your customer would.
Everything happens in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to XBASE.
Opens this link:
Type the number to see the result.
Inside the QR code
How the WhatsApp QR code works
It is your WhatsApp link turned into an image. The person points the phone at the code and lands directly in the conversation with your number, with the ready message in the typing field, waiting for them to send it. Nobody needs to type or save the number.
https://wa.me/55119XXXXXXXX?text=Hi%2C%20I%27m%20at%20the%20storeFor a clickable link (bio, email, ad), use the link generator.
Step by step
How to create the QR code
- 01
Choose the country
For Brazilian numbers, keep +55.
- 02
Type the number with the area code
Digits only, without the leading 0.
- 03
Write the ready message
The first text of the conversation, the way the customer would say it.
- 04
Choose color and size
Dark color on a light background. The size depends on how far away the reader will be.
- 05
Download and test
Scan the QR code with your phone before sending it to print.
Templates
Ready messages for people arriving through the QR code
Store
Hi, I'm at the store and I'd like to know if you have [product].
Packaging
Hi, I bought the [product] and I need help using it.
Business card
Hi, I got your card and I'd like to talk about [service].
Trade show or event
Hi, I stopped by your booth at [show] and I have a question.
Order
Hi, I made a purchase and I'd like to track order [number].
Do not ask for passwords, card data or health information in the ready message: it lives inside the QR code, and anyone who scans it can see it.
Where to use it
Where the QR code works
Counter and shop window
With a short call: "Point your camera to ask us."
Packaging
For questions about use, exchanges or a new purchase.
Receipt and invoice
For questions about delivery and after-sales.
Business card and flyer
So people who just met your business can keep the conversation going.
Trade shows and events
Mention the event in the ready message: whoever answers already knows where you met.
Conversation source
One QR code for each place
The image does not count how many times it was scanned. To know where a conversation came from, generate one QR code per place, each with a different ready message: "I'm at the store", "I saw it on the packaging", "I got your card".
In XBASE, the conversation arrives with that first message, and the team marks the source with a tag by typing "/" in the conversation.
Validity
Does the QR code expire?
No. It works as long as the number is active on WhatsApp. But the image is fixed: if you change the number or the message text, make a new QR code and replace the printed one.
This QR code is different from the one the WhatsApp Business app generates on the profile screen. That one is managed inside the app; this one is just an image with your link inside, and it does not change if the other one is replaced.
Printing
For the QR code to scan on the first try
- 01
Contrast
Dark color on a light background. Avoid a light QR code on a dark background.
- 02
Breathing room
Leave a clear margin around it, with no text or drawing touching it.
- 03
Size
The farther away the person is, the bigger the QR code.
- 04
Surface
Away from folds, curved corners and glossy paper that reflects light.
- 05
Test on paper
Scan the printed proof with more than one phone, at the real distance and in the real light.
Formats
QR code, link or button
| Format | Where to place it | How the customer reaches the conversation |
|---|---|---|
| Link | Instagram bio and Stories, a quote sent by email, a salesperson's signature, an ad | Opens directly, on the phone or on the computer |
| QR code | Price tag, order box, reception desk, school notice board, trade show booth | Scans it with the camera, without typing anything |
| Website button | Product, service, pricing and contact pages | Clicks the corner of the page they are reading |
Link
- Where to place it
- Instagram bio and Stories, a quote sent by email, a salesperson's signature, an ad
- How the customer reaches the conversation
- Opens directly, on the phone or on the computer
QR code
- Where to place it
- Price tag, order box, reception desk, school notice board, trade show booth
- How the customer reaches the conversation
- Scans it with the camera, without typing anything
Website button
- Where to place it
- Product, service, pricing and contact pages
- How the customer reaches the conversation
- Clicks the corner of the page they are reading
Use the QR code where the customer has the phone in hand and your material in front of them.
Common problems
The QR code won't open?
| What happens | Likely cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The camera does not recognize it | The code is too small, too light, glossy or has no margin | Print it bigger, in a darker color, and scan again |
| It opens the wrong number | The number was typed wrong or is old | Fix it and download a new QR code |
| The old message shows up | The image was made before the change | Replace it with the new image |
| Works on screen, not on paper | Small, blurred, folded or glossy print | Print it bigger and sharper |
| It opens, but nothing is sent | The ready message waits for the customer to tap send | That is how WhatsApp works |
The camera does not recognize it
- Likely cause
- The code is too small, too light, glossy or has no margin
- What to do
- Print it bigger, in a darker color, and scan again
It opens the wrong number
- Likely cause
- The number was typed wrong or is old
- What to do
- Fix it and download a new QR code
The old message shows up
- Likely cause
- The image was made before the change
- What to do
- Replace it with the new image
Works on screen, not on paper
- Likely cause
- Small, blurred, folded or glossy print
- What to do
- Print it bigger and sharper
It opens, but nothing is sent
- Likely cause
- The ready message waits for the customer to tap send
- What to do
- That is how WhatsApp works
Changed the number or the message? Generate the image again: the downloaded file can't be fixed by hand.
From the counter to the conversation
The QR code brings the customer. In XBASE, the conversation gets an owner and a stage.
The QR code only opens the conversation. In XBASE, the conversation enters the inbox with an owner, becomes a card in the pipeline and stays on the customer profile, with notes and proposals. When the 24-hour window closes, you resume with a Meta-approved message template.
To receive conversations in XBASE, the number must be connected to Meta's official API. Once connected, it stops working in the WhatsApp app on the phone. The QR code stays the same.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about the WhatsApp QR code
No. The QR code opens the conversation directly.
From the first message to the sale
Every conversation with an owner and a stage in the pipeline, up to the proposal.
XBASE is a conversational CRM with AI. Official WhatsApp, Instagram Direct and email arrive in the same inbox, every conversation becomes a card in the pipeline, and our expert team sets up the automations and AI agents with you.
Create account- Nothing to install
- WhatsApp through Meta's official API
- Setup with a specialist