Create a QR code

Not everyone lives in a chat app. With a QR code your guests can find your wishlist offline too — on an invitation, a poster or a notice board.

When a QR code earns its place

• Invitations — weddings, birthdays, christenings
• Posters — an office collection, a club event
• Table cards — as part of the decoration
• Notice boards — at home or at work
• In person — quicker to show than a link is to type

Making one

1. Open your wishlist
2. Tap Share
3. Scroll down to the QR code
4. Pick a style — there are four
5. Download it, or print it

The four styles

1. Minimal

Plain and modern: indigo dots on white, nothing else. Good for professional invitations and anywhere the code shouldn’t draw attention.

2. Elegant

A warm cream card with gold dots and a thin ornament in each corner. Made for wedding invitations and the more formal occasions.

3. Festlich

Rose dots on a soft pink-to-amber card, with confetti scattered around the edge. For children’s birthdays and parties. The style names in the picker are still German, so this one reads “Festlich”.

4. Business

Slate squares on a cool grey card, with square corners and no decoration at all. For office collections and club events.

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Using it

On an invitation

1. Generate the code in the style you want
2. Download the picture. Note that your list’s title and the recipient’s name are printed on it.
3. Drop it into your invitation, in Word, Canva or whatever you use
4. Print

Worth adding: a short line like “scan the code for my wishlist”.

Printing directly

For something you want on a wall today:

1. Tap the print option
2. The code appears at a printable size
3. Print it from your browser

Sharing it as a picture

You can also pass the code around digitally:

• In an email signature
• In a presentation
• In a chat group, when the link is unwieldy

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Making a QR code that scans

Size

Where it goes	Minimum size
An invitation	2 × 2 cm
An A4 poster	5 × 5 cm
A large poster	10 × 10 cm

Rule of thumb: the further away the phone, the bigger the code.

Contrast

QR codes need strong contrast:

• ✅ Dark on white
• ✅ Dark blue on pale yellow
• ❌ Light grey on white
• ❌ Bright color on bright color

Don’t stretch it

When you place it in a document:

• Keep it square
• Scale it proportionally
• Never stretch or squash it

Test it

Scan the printed code with your own phone before you send out fifty invitations.

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How it looks in practice

Three ways people lay a code out. The wording is yours; only the code comes from us.

A wedding invitation. The greeting, then the elegant code, then one line saying where it leads: our wishlist lives here. Your names underneath, as usual.

A birthday party. The festive code under the date and the invitation line, with a short nudge below it: looking for gift ideas? Scan the code.

An office notice. A framed sheet for the wall: who the gift is for at the top, the business code in the middle, the deadline underneath — please add your name by March 15.

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Common questions

Does the QR code work without internet?

Scanning it does. Opening the wishlist needs a connection.

Can I change the style later?

Yes, generate a new code in another style whenever you like. The link behind it stays the same.

What if I change my wishlist link?

Only replacing a custom link you already gave out breaks an old code — going from /w/my-birthday to /w/max-30, say. Setting a custom link for the first time leaves the automatic address working, so a code pointing at that one keeps working too.

Can I put a logo in the middle?

Not inside Wishlist.de. You can edit the picture in a graphics program — modern QR codes carry enough error correction for a small logo in the center.

Does it cost anything?

No. Make as many as you like.

What format is the download?

PNG. It’s a finished card with a background, your list’s title, the recipient’s name, a line telling people to scan, and a Wishlist.de footer — not a bare code on its own.