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User Guide

Complete MyKard.link User Guide

Eleven steps from sign up to sharing your card. Built for the first time you log in. Use this as a manual you can come back to any time.

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What is in this guide

  1. Sign up in under a minute
  2. Open the magic link from your inbox
  3. Pick your username
  4. Add your name, role, and bio
  5. Turn on the right links
  6. Save and publish
  7. Share your card
  8. Scan QR codes from other people
  9. Manage your connections with tags
  10. Capture printed cards with the camera
  11. Track who saved you and from where
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Sign up in under a minute

Open app.mykard.link and enter your name and email. We send a magic link, no password needed.

  • Use any email you check regularly. Personal Gmail works fine.
  • Your email becomes the login. You can change it later from Settings.
  • No credit card. No app to download.
Tip: If you already have a Payxem account on the same email, your MyKard is automatically linked.
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Magic link sent
Open the email we just sent to sofia@studio.example and tap the button to log in.
Inbox · noreply@mail.mykard.link
Subject: Your MyKard sign in link
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Link expires in 30 minutes.
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Open the magic link from your inbox

Check the inbox for an email from noreply@mail.mykard.link and tap Sign in to MyKard.

  • The button works from any device. Tap on phone to set up on phone.
  • Link is single-use and expires in 30 minutes.
  • If it lands in spam, mark it as Not Spam so future ones arrive cleanly.
Tip: Add noreply@mail.mykard.link to your contacts so the link never goes to spam.
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Pick your username

This becomes your shareable address. Something like mykard.link/@sofia.r.

  • Letters, numbers, dots, dashes. Three to thirty characters.
  • Pick something you would put on a real business card.
  • You can change it later, but old links stop working when you do.
Tip: A name plus one initial reads cleaner than a generic handle. mykard.link/@sofia.r beats mykard.link/@designer87.
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This becomes your link, like mykard.link/@yourname.
mykard.link/ @sofia.r
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Edit your card
Photos · Avatar · Logo
Save & Publish
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Add your name, role, and bio

The Edit Card screen is where you set everything that shows up on your public link.

  • Display name: how you want to be called in person.
  • Role and company: short, specific, useful.
  • Bio: 160 characters max. Lead with what you do, then who you do it for.
  • Upload your avatar and company logo. JPEG or PNG, 1 MB max.
Tip: Use the Help me write link below the bio for AI suggestions in your own voice.
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Turn on the right links

Switch on the social links you want public. Add your website, calendar, store, or anything else as a custom link.

  • Drag links to reorder. The top link gets the most clicks.
  • Toggle the eye icon to hide a link without deleting it.
  • Custom links can point anywhere. Calendly, Stripe, your portfolio.
  • Avoid putting your phone number publicly unless you want cold calls.
Tip: Top three slots should be the things you actually want clicked. Demote the rest.
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Brand Designer · Northstar Studio
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Save and publish

Tap the big Save & Publish button. Your card is live at mykard.link/@yourname straight away.

  • First save publishes the card. Future saves quietly update it.
  • The button updates its label to Save & Update after publish.
  • Anyone with your link can now view your card in a browser.
  • No app needed for the viewer.
Tip: Open your link in a private tab to see exactly what visitors see.
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Share your card

Tap the share button and pick a method. QR for in-person, copy link for everywhere else.

  • QR code: show on your phone, the other person scans with their camera.
  • Copy link: paste into WhatsApp, email signature, Instagram bio.
  • WhatsApp: opens a pre-filled share with your link.
  • Email: pre-fills a short share message.
Tip: Save your QR to your phone home screen. Double-tap and you are sharing in two seconds.
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Pick a way to share. Pick the QR for in-person meets.
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Capture Card
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Point at a QR to add a connection.
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Scan QR codes from other people

The Scan tab in the bottom nav lets you instantly read other MyKard codes.

  • Tap Scan in the bottom nav. The camera opens immediately.
  • Point at a QR. The card opens in your phone.
  • Tap Save Contact on their card to write them to your phone book.
  • Mutual share: if they are a MyKard user too, both sides get added.
Tip: Check that the camera is allowed for app.mykard.link in your browser settings.
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Manage your connections with tags

Every contact you collect lives in Connections. Tag them so you remember who is who.

  • Built-in tags: Prospect, Lead (with Hot/Warm), Client, Partner, Vendor, Friend, and more.
  • Tap a connection then tap Tag to apply colored chips.
  • Filter the list by tag from the bar at the top.
  • Use Select to bulk-tag many connections at once.
Tip: Tag at the moment you add the contact. Future-you will thank present-you.
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Daniel Abebe
CTO · Halo Health
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Maya Okafor
Founder · Lagoon Foods
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Producer · Atlas Films
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Capture Card
Snap a printed business card. We extract the contact, you save it.
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Photo discarded after parsing.
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Capture printed cards with the camera

Met someone with a paper card? Scan tab > Capture Card reads the card photo and pulls the fields automatically.

  • Take photo or pick from gallery.
  • Local OCR reads name, role, email, phone, website.
  • Review and edit the fields before saving.
  • Photo is discarded after parsing. Nothing leaves your phone.
  • Auto-tagged as Met at Event. You can untick or change.
Tip: Best results in good light. Hold the camera steady, fill the frame.
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Track who saved you and from where

The Stats & Analytics tab shows views, saves, mutuals, and your top countries.

  • Views: how many times your card was opened.
  • Saves: how many people tapped Save Contact.
  • Mutuals: people who exchanged contacts both ways.
  • Top country: where most of your visits come from.
  • Per-link clicks: which custom link gets pressed most.
Tip: A high view rate but low save rate usually means your card needs a clearer photo or a tighter bio.
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Views (7d)
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Saves (7d)
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Connections
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Mutuals
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Top country: UAE · Top link: Website
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