Make a free coupon QR code that opens your offer in one scan
This coupon QR code generator puts your offer behind a scan. A shopper scans the code and lands on your discount page, a coupon code reveal, a loyalty reward, or a checkout cart with the deal applied. Print it on flyers, mailers, product packaging, and shelf talkers.
The code is static: free, with no account, and it keeps working for as long as your offer link does. Point it at wherever your offer lives: a Shopify page, a coupon landing page, or a form that reveals the coupon code on submission. To change where it points after printing, or to see how many people scanned it, save it as a dynamic code in a free QRplify account.
What a coupon QR code does
- Opens your offer page: any public URL works as the destination.
- Removes the step of typing: scanners see the offer before they lose interest.
- Stays fixed: the printed code always opens the same page.
Get your offer link from your shop
The code opens the exact link you paste, so copy it from the place your offer lives, then paste it into the generator above.
Shopify
A shareable discount link opens your store and applies the discount to the shopper’s cart.
- Create and save the discount code in Shopify first.
- From your Shopify admin, go to Discounts and click the discount’s name.
- Click Promote, then Get a shareable link.
- Choose the page, product or collection the link opens.
- Click Copy link.
WooCommerce
Out of the box, WooCommerce doesn’t apply coupon codes automatically: shoppers enter the code in the coupon field at cart or checkout. Show the code on a page of your site, such as an offer page, and copy that page’s address.
On any other platform, open the page that shows your offer or code and copy its address from your browser.
Where coupon QR codes convert
- Direct mail and flyers: a code on the mailer bridges print to the cart.
- Product packaging: a “scan for your 10% off next order” code in the box.
- In-store shelf talkers: scan to see the deal, then decide in the aisle.
- Receipts: a repeat-purchase offer on every transaction.
How to create it
- Paste your offer link: the URL of your coupon or discount page, or your Shopify shareable link, in the field above.
- Check the preview: scan it and confirm the offer opens on a phone. On a Shopify link, add an eligible product and check that the discount shows in the cart.
- Style it: your brand colors, a logo in the center (a tag to start, or a percent sign, a gift, scissors or your own), and a frame label like “Scan for 10% off”. Or select Make a printable design: it starts on the Offer layout with a “10% off” badge, so change the badge to your real offer.
- Download: JPG for screens. For print, PNG at 4096 px (3000 px on iPhone and iPad) or SVG at any size. With a printable design on, the SVG button becomes PDF, at the exact page or card size.
Scan-test on 2 phones before printing. A static code cannot be edited later, so confirm the link lands on the live offer. After a download, the generator offers Save it as an editable code, free. Your free QRplify account then starts with the same code as a dynamic code, which you can point at a new page later, with scan counts. That option needs an https link and doesn’t show while a printable design is on.
Shopify’s QR code, or this one?
Shopify’s Get a shareable link step also lets you download a QR code for the discount, and Shopify says staff can scan that code in Shopify POS to apply the discount at the register. Use Shopify’s code if that is all you need. If you sell in person with Shopify POS, test any other code at your register before you print it. This generator takes any link, not only a Shopify discount, and adds:
| Added here | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| A frame label: “Scan for the offer” when you pick a label frame, or your own words up to 28 characters, such as “Scan for 10% off” | People know what the scan gets them |
| Your colors, and an offer icon or your own logo in the center | The code matches your flyer or packaging |
| PNG at 4096 px (3000 px on iPhone and iPad) and SVG, plus JPG for screens | Sharp at print size, and SVG scales to any size |
| Make a printable design: an Offer layout with a big badge for your discount and a small print line, as a poster (A4, A5 or US Letter) or a 3.5 x 2 in business card, in PDF | A finished coupon or sign around the code |
| A dynamic version in a free QRplify account | Point the printed code at a new offer later, and see scan counts |
Tips that lift the redemption rate
- Name the discount in the label: “Scan for 10% off” tells people what they get, and “Scan here” doesn’t. The offer is the reason to scan.
- Set an expiry on the page: the printed code never expires, but the offer can. Show the deadline on the landing page, and in the small print of a printable design.
- Track the link: add a UTM parameter per placement and see in your analytics how many visits each placement brings. When you get the link in Shopify, picking a marketing campaign adds its UTM to the link for you.
- Keep contrast high: a dark code on a light background, with clear space around it.
Shop rules that matter for a printed coupon
A printed code keeps opening the same link, so check how long the discount behind it lasts. These rules come from Shopify’s and WooCommerce’s own help pages.
- Shopify links need an active discount: a shareable link or QR code carries 1 discount and works only while that discount is active. With no end date, a Shopify discount doesn’t expire. With one, it ends at the end time you set, in your store’s time zone.
- Shopify usage limits: under Maximum discount uses you can cap the total number of uses, or limit the discount to 1 use per customer, which Shopify tracks by email address or phone number.
- Shopify code names and apps: Shopify advises against special characters in a discount code’s name, so the code is added to the checkout URL correctly. A code made by a third-party app gets no shareable link or QR code from your Shopify admin.
- WooCommerce: you can set an expiry date, a usage limit per coupon and a usage limit per user. Codes aren’t case-sensitive, so “SAVE10” and “save10” both work.
The shops’ own pages: managing Shopify discounts, Shopify’s discount codes FAQ and managing coupons in WooCommerce.
FAQs
Can I expire the offer without reprinting?
With a static QR code, the printed code lives as long as the paper. Close the offer on the landing page and add “Expired” text there. On Shopify, shareable links work only for active discounts, so the end date you set on the discount ends the offer behind the code. Or use a dynamic QR code to swap the destination without a reprint.
Can each code give a unique coupon?
Not from a single static code. One code is one link, and everyone who scans it gets the same offer. For single-use or personalized codes, generate one code per recipient and send them individually, or use a campaign management tool that does it for you. To cap how often a shared code is used, set Maximum discount uses in Shopify, or a usage limit in WooCommerce.
How do I know how many scans I got?
Add a UTM parameter to the link and read the traffic in your analytics, or use a dynamic QR code with built-in per-code scan counts. To count redemptions, not scans, Shopify’s Sales by discount report shows how often each discount code is used.
How do I create a QR code for a coupon?
Copy your offer link with the steps above: a Shopify shareable link, or the address of your offer page. Paste it into the generator, add a label such as “Scan for 10% off”, scan the preview on 2 phones, then download a PNG or SVG for print.
How do I create my own coupon code?
In your shop, not here: this generator turns a link into a QR code and doesn’t make discount codes. In Shopify, go to Discounts, click Create discount and pick a discount type with Discount code as the method, then enter a code or click Generate code. In WooCommerce, go to Marketing, then Coupons, select Add new coupon, then enter a code or select Generate coupon code. Then make the QR code from your offer link.
How do customers redeem a QR code coupon?
It depends on the link. A Shopify shareable link saves the discount in the shopper’s cart and browser: it applies once they add products that meet the discount’s requirements, and stays applied until it’s removed. On WooCommerce, the shopper types the code at cart or checkout, so show the code on the page the QR code opens. In a store with Shopify POS, staff can scan Shopify’s own discount QR code to apply it at the register.
Publish your coupon QR code
Paste your offer link above, write the discount in the label, and scan-test on 2 phones. For print, download a PNG at 4096 px or an SVG, or the PDF of a printable design. JPG is for screens.