Hey guys,
So I initially wanted to just share a vCard,
(Virtual contact file)
But I learned iPhones don’t really like them, and definitely when they come from Nfc
I was steered in the direction of “tappy card”
Which was marketed as a nfc business card, that you buy (20$) and the nfc card contains a url link, to a landing page that is yours… with all your various account names and contact details
Well, sorry to say that tappy card was a dumpster fire experience for me, they took 29 days to deliver, (with a 30 day return policy from date of purchase)
The landing page didn’t work like I wanted it to, and even the card itself which had a backup QR code for dinosaur phones, was half missing
So I kept looking, and I found something that works pretty great, (a few things I would like tweaked but definitely usable)
“Popl”
Their concept is a small nfc (ntag213) sticker with a nice logo on it, that works similar to how tappy card is supposed to work, but better
AND FREE 
What’s nice ( for us cyborgs ) is that how popl works is different than other setups, you download the app, and use it to get everything plugged in you want
Profile picture/name
Contact card
Email
ALL the social media accounts (like 20 different things)
And when your “popl” sticker arrives, you present it to your phone, and it uses its nfc to program the previously blank ntag213 to your popl link
Hmm, I have a bag of those stickers, I wonder if I can just use those instead of buying one…
No dice, well not really
Near as I can tell, the “popl” ntag213 comes with a password setup on it, the app looks for it… if it doesn’t find that, it rejects it as not a real popl
Well damn… right?
Nope, did a little more digging and there is a “public” link they give you in the profile setup that you can program to your chip, easy solution
The down side to that is, there’s a toggle to keep that link functional, if you turn it off the link goes to a access restricted page
Did some more digging, and playing with the real popl, and the real popl gets you in always, even when the profile isn’t public
You just need to add “/r” to the end of your public url
Write that to your chip and your golden
Some cool features I like,
There is a “direct” mode,
If you have 15 of your accounts linked to your popl, but only want, say your YouTube because you’re at a YouTuber convention (I assume that’s a thing)
You simply drag whatever the only account you want your chip to link to, hit the direct switch, and now the same url written to your chip will take them straight to your YouTube channel
(I usually set my contact card in direct mode, so it’s quicker to download to their phone)
Second, it lets you download the actually contact card straight to the phone… tappy would merely show you but you couldn’t save… stupid
This even gives them pretty hard to mess up instructions “tap and hold on picture to save to phone”
I created a dummy account for you guys to check out
but still useful. Thanks.