Place QR Share and Referral Links

Where you see this in the app

This page documents the QR code for visitors card on a place page.

The place card now uses the same designer QR engine as other public share surfaces in GetPaidX, while still keeping the place-specific short-link behavior.

The main actions are:

Signed-in users who open the advanced Customize / AI QR flow can also create an AI-styled QR image from the same share link.

That AI flow now supports an optional transient reference image:

• upload an image from the device,
• use the browser camera/file-capture flow when available,
• or paste a direct image URL.

GetPaidX uses that reference only for the immediate Gooey AI QR request. Uploaded/camera images are staged behind a short-lived temporary blob URL so Gooey can fetch them, but GetPaidX does not save the uploaded image in app data, save the remote image URL in app data, or keep the raw reference bytes in the app database.

QR code for visitors actions

The QR share card is meant for in-store or venue-side distribution.

Its purpose is straightforward:

• help visitors start the place flow quickly,
• make it easy to reuse the same place link in signage or handouts,
• keep the onboarding path consistent across physical and digital sharing.

Copy link, PNG, and print

Each action supports a different distribution mode.

The QR share card is now intentionally both operational and branded:

• the underlying link is still optimized for the place onboarding flow,
• the QR itself is rendered in the same designer style used by the broader share-via-QR system,
• the card still keeps fast actions for copy, download, native share, and print.

What the shared link is for

The shared place link is not just a generic landing-page URL.

It is designed to start the place-specific check-in or onboarding flow for that venue.

That is why the generated title and QR copy focus on starting quick check-in in the product, not simply visiting a public page.

How referral-carrying links fit in

Place flows can also carry referral and UTM context.

From an end-user documentation standpoint, that means:

• the place link can preserve attribution context,
• onboarding can still happen through the same place flow,
• venue QR sharing and referral attribution are compatible rather than separate systems.

If you are signed in and have set a default referral code in Creator settings, newly generated public share links can auto-append that code for you.

The same referral-bearing share URL stays underneath both classic QR and AI QR outputs. The artistic styling can change, but the encoded public destination remains the same.