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title: "Fun With NFC Cards"
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published_at: "2026-05-01T22:44:09+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-05-01T22:44:11+00:00"
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excerpt: "I’ve been messing around with NFC cards and trying to figure out if I should just self-roll my own virtual business card (like Popl.co and Dot). I’m a big business networker. I’ve been an entrepreneur for more than 18 years...."
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# Fun With NFC Cards

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Seth Goldstein

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May 1, 2026

Sol 4138

![Stack of blank white business cards on pastel surface offering copy space for design.](https://sethgoldstein.me/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pexels-photo-5706020-5706020-scaled.webp)

I’ve been messing around with NFC cards and trying to figure out if I should just self-roll my own virtual business card (like Popl.co and Dot).

I’m a big business networker. I’ve been an entrepreneur for more than 18 years. (Yikes!)

I do love a good business card, but I’m also intrigued, and have been for a while, with the NFC tap card business cards.

It’s actually not that difficult to do and the way around the NFC vcard blockage on iOS is to host the vcard on a web server and directly link to it via a button.

And the best way to get the other person’s contact info is to setup a contact form on your links page for them to exchange the contact info with you.

So instead of paying for Popl.co on a monthly/yearly basis or one time for Dot, etc. maybe spin up your own. I’m tempted to do that.

I’ll report back.

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