NFC Smart Event Badges.
A event badge that opens your Ideal.Bio profile with one tap or scan. Choose a design, personalize it, and ship. Change jobs or add a link later — the event badge you've already handed out shows the update on the next tap. No reprints. No app.
Your artwork, on a event badge.
Designs for event badges are made to order. Send us your artwork or start from a blank canvas, and our prepress team sends a free proof before anything prints.
A event badge that updates itself.
NFC smart event badges swap a one-time piece of paper for an always-current digital handshake. Same footprint. Infinitely editable profile behind it.
Tap or scan
NFC chip + QR on every event badge. Works with any iPhone (XS or later) or NFC Android, no app required.
Edit anytime
Your Ideal.Bio profile controls what the event badge shows. Update your title at 10 p.m. — the next tap shows it.
Dashboard analytics
See when and where the event badge was tapped, which links converted, and who added you to contacts.
Lifetime chip warranty
Every chip is covered — if it ever fails, we replace the event badge for free, shipping included.
Four bodies. One chip inside.
The electronics are the same across every material. Pick the body that matches the room you're walking into.
The option most people start with — classic card-stock feel, smooth matte finish.
- Everyday pro
- Smooth matte finish
- High-volume orders
Thicker core at 0.90 mm, richer feel, better scratch resistance. The upgrade most enterprise accounts pick.
- Substantial hand
- Smooth or soft-touch
- Team rollouts
Brushed stainless steel with PVD coating options. Weighs 13 g — the hand immediately knows it's different.
- Executive & gift
- IP68 water-resistant
- Scratch-resistant
Sustainably sourced wood, 1.20 mm thick, visible grain. Carbon-conscious teams and natural-brand aesthetics.
- Sustainability pitch
- Light, warm feel
- Laser-etched artwork
One card, eleven jobs.
Most of our volume is sales, real estate, and events — but the categories below each have a workflow the card is doing something specific for.
Field sales reps
Hand off at trade shows and client sites. Dashboard shows which leads tapped but didn't convert, so follow-up is targeted.
Agents & brokers
Card doubles as an open-house sign-in. Tap at a listing, your Ideal.Bio loads with the property page pinned to the top.
Conference speakers
Audience taps the card after a session, lands on a page with your slides, book, and the next talk you're giving.
Private practice
Patient taps the card in the lobby, gets booking link + after-hours line + insurance intake form, all in one place.
Photographers, musicians
Portfolio-first layout. Tap at a shoot or venue to share your Instagram, Spotify, bookings calendar, and rate card.
Independent consultants
Lead-magnet-first layout. The tap drops the prospect on a free diagnostic or whitepaper, then collects their email.
Restaurant managers
Menu, reservations, and review funnel in one tap. Replaces the fifteen stickers hosts usually stack by the door.
Contractors
Portfolio photos + instant text-me link. Homeowners tap after an estimate — the quote and references are already loaded.
The numbers behind the chip.
A single-source technical reference for every edition we ship.
Chip
- Model
- NTAG216 (NXP)
- Memory
- 888 bytes user-writable
- Standard
- ISO/IEC 14443 Type A, NFC Forum Type 2
- Frequency
- 13.56 MHz
- Read range
- Up to 10 mm
Dimensions
- Length
- 3.37 in
- Width
- 2.13 in
- Height
- 0.03 in
- Weight
- 1 oz
- Packaged Weight
- 1.5 oz
Durability
- Operating temp
- −25 °C to +85 °C
- Write cycles
- Up to 100,000
- Data retention
- 10 years
- Water resistance
- IP67 (metal: IP68)
- Chip warranty
- 1 year standard · Lifetime upgrade
Compatibility
- iPhone
- XS and later (iOS 13+)
- Android
- Any NFC-enabled device (NFC must be on)
- App required
- No — opens native browser
- QR fallback
- Printed on back of every card
- vCard offline
- Yes — chip holds contact file
Printing
- Resolution
- 720 DPI offset, 1200 DPI UV ink
- Color
- CMYK + optional Pantone spot (metal)
- Finishes
- Matte, gloss, soft-touch, PVD, bamboo laser
- Bleed · Trim · Safe
- 3 mm / cut line / 3 mm inside
Fulfillment
- Production
- 1–2 business days (metal/bamboo +1)
- US transit
- 3–5 days UPS Ground
- International
- 7–14 days DHL eCommerce
- Rush production
- Same-day cutoff 10 a.m. PT
- Carbon offset
- Included on every order
The same tap, in other shapes.
Event Badges are one shape — the same Ideal.Bio profile drives every product in the family. Pick the form your hand reaches for.
Business Cards
The same Ideal.Bio profile in a different form. Tap or scan, and update it anytime.
Shop business cards →Money Clips
The same Ideal.Bio profile in a different form. Tap or scan, and update it anytime.
Shop money clips →Keychains
The same Ideal.Bio profile in a different form. Tap or scan, and update it anytime.
Shop keychains →Rings
The same Ideal.Bio profile in a different form. Tap or scan, and update it anytime.
Shop rings →Stickers
The same Ideal.Bio profile in a different form. Tap or scan, and update it anytime.
Shop stickers →Custom design
Upload your own artwork or work with our in-house design team. Free proof before anything prints.
Start a custom order →Quick answers.
What's the difference between the event badge designs?
Can I design my own event badge from scratch?
Which phones does the NFC chip work with?
Can I update what my event badge shows after I order?
How is an NFC event badge different from a QR-only event badge?
Is the NFC chip safe? Can anyone read it from my pocket?
What happens if I lose the event badge?
Do you offer volume pricing for teams?
How long does production and shipping take?
Pick a event badge. Make it yours. Hand it out.
Every event badge ships with a free lifetime Ideal.Bio profile and a 1-year limited chip warranty (upgradeable to Lifetime). Free US shipping over $50 — worldwide delivery otherwise.