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Let recipients save your contact details in one tap with a vCard (.vcf) download link in your email signature. Free generator, no signup needed.
Create your signatureRe: What it is
A vCard is a standard contact file format (.vcf) that phones and address book apps have understood for decades. It holds your name, title, company, phone numbers, email, and website in a structure any device can import. In a signature, you host the .vcf file at an HTTPS URL and add a link labeled something like Save my contact. One tap on mobile opens the native contact screen with your details pre-filled. It is the difference between someone maybe copying your phone number and someone actually having you in their contacts.
Re: How it works
Step 1
Export a contact card from your phone or address book app, or write the .vcf by hand. Include name, job title, company, phone, email, and website. Stick to vCard version 3.0 for the widest device support.
Step 2
Upload the .vcf to your website or any public file host. The URL must be absolute HTTPS, exactly like signature images. Test the link on your phone: it should offer to add the contact.
Step 3
Choose a template in BrandFooter's free generator, fill in your details, and add the vCard URL as a link labeled Save my contact or Add me to contacts.
Step 4
Click Copy HTML and paste it into your email client's signature settings. Send a test to yourself and tap the link on both an iPhone and an Android device if you can.
Re: Why it works
Key benefits of adding a vCard to your email signature.
Re: Doing it well
Best practices to get the most out of this feature.
Re: Common questions
Common questions about a vCard in email signatures.
A vCard is a .vcf contact file that phones and address books import natively. Linked from your signature, it lets a recipient save your complete details in one tap instead of copying them field by field. People who have you in their contacts answer your calls and find your emails faster.
No. Attaching a file to every message inflates thread size, looks odd in long conversations, and can trip attachment filters. Host the .vcf at an HTTPS URL and link to it from the signature. You get the same one-tap save without any attachment, and you can update the file centrally.
On iOS, Safari opens the card in a native screen with a Create New Contact option. On Android, behavior depends on the browser and mail app: some open the contact screen directly, others download the file for a second tap. Either way the recipient lands on their standard add-contact flow.
Use version 3.0. It is the most widely supported across iOS, Android, Outlook, and macOS Contacts, and it covers all the fields a professional card needs: name, organization, title, phones, email, and URL. Version 4.0 adds little for this use case and fails to import on some older devices.
Edit the hosted .vcf file and re-upload it to the same URL. Every signature that links to it, including ones in emails you sent months ago, now serves your current details. That is the quiet advantage of linking to a hosted file instead of baking contact data into an attachment.
Fwd: Worth a look
what a vCard is
A vCard is a standard file format (.vcf) for sharing contact details that phones and email clients can import in one tap. Here is how it works.
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