Well I'm glad you asked.

QR Codes (an abbreviation of Quick Response Codes) are simple square style bar codes that can be scanned by modern camera equipped cell phones.  You have probably seen them in brochures, magazines, the evening news, even some real estate signs.  They are often used as links to a website URL where you can learn more about something of interest.  But QR Codes are capable of even more.  The QR specification allows for the encoding of URLs, Email addresses, SMS messages, Phone Numbers, an entire vCard address entry and more.  It is a way to help bring printed materials into the digital age by allowing them to link to external sites and media.

For a technical breakdown check out the Wikipedia Article Here.

If you have a modern smart phone with a camera you can most likely download a free scanner application and start reading QR Codes.  So can your clients!  Just go to your phone's app store and look for a QR code reader.  Run the app and then hold your cell phone's camera up to a QR Code to read it.  Most of the QR Codes in use today are URLs and will take you to a website of some kind.

Three of the most popular uses for Real Estate are:

1. On the back of your business card as a link to your website so clients can have instant access to your site.

2. On the back of your business card as your full high density vCard so clients can easily import all your contact information into their phone.

3. On your sign riders with links to individual house details for street side virtual tours.

Here at PressCats.com we want to help you adapt to and adopt the latest technology.  When you order a custom back on your cards we will generate your custom QR Code for free.  We can also make print ready QR Codes you can add to your sign riders for a modest fee.  Plus, there are also some free QR Generators like Kaywa on the internet.  They don't generate as sharp of QR Codes as we do but they will certainly do if you need a lot of codes on a budget.

It's time to jump into the future with QR Codes!