I tried it once. Printed out codes for selling my products but then a little while later got an email that for them to work I need to subscribe. This was very much new information to me. Sure it may have been hidden somewhere on the site but it wasn't exactly clearly projected. I try to run a small business and I lost money because of this deceitful "service".
avoid this scam at all costs. It changes your actual links to a link on qr.link which then will be redirected to your link. This is a trick to later block that url and asking for money. Very nasty trick to rip you off. Suppose you print that qr code in large amounts. then you will have to pay them.
This service is NOT free. It does not clearly indicate that and if you create a QR code on the service they will 'own' the URL as it routes through their domain. AVOID this service. It is not necessary to build a QR code. Find a free generator that goes directly to the URL you want and use standard Google Analytics for tracking. Sad that this service fakes the user out. One of our younger employees fell for it, and we were forced to subscribe.
This is the first time I used the website & also the first time I even used a QR code so I'll admit I didn't read the reviews which I should have. However this website is such a HUGE SCAM. The website description markets it as FREE Unlimited QR codes and they let us scan a couple of times for free to make us believe it works but once I printed my business cards I realized it's not letting me scan anymore without payment. Nowhere did they mention this on the website...if they had then I would not have went ahead since the pricing is also quite expensive. I am a young small business owner and I have already paid to get 1000 business cards printed with this QR code. If I had the option I wouldn't even give this website 1 star. Seriously the worst experience I had. I am really not sure with so many bad reviews how this website still came up on in the top 3 of the google search and it is also sponsored. Google should think about innocent users like us before supporting this company for business & money.
Scam!! It didnβt said it was paid anywhere and after I printed T-shirtβs for the company i work for, I received a email saying that my period trial was over! Iβm now forced to pay a subscription for a unique QR code.
QR.io is a complete SCAM. It makes you think it's free, they strategically wait to allow you to set up the QR code (in my case on printed marketing material/banners), and then they email you that unless you pay a $45/mo fee that your "free" QR code will no longer work. Biggest kicker: they lock you out of your portal after providing your credit card, so you can't cancel your credit card info. I've been trying for 3 mos to stop it.
It's a scam! It said for free but once you use it, you will figure out it forces you to pay for the code in order to use it! and at that moment your QR code is already launched!
I signed up by mistake and got tricked into using their new QR code, and I was obligated to pay for their horrible service at these unreasonable prices. I despise this company with all my might, and I am going to do everything I can to tell everyone just how deceitful their business practices are! I demanded a refund immediately. I was unaware that my QR code was directed to their site, and after I printed it, when I scanned it, it prompted me to pay for their terrible service. It is literally the worst, most deceitful way of operating I have ever seen. The people they are taking advantage of are small businesses that aren't tech-savvy enough to recognize when they're being taken advantage of. They should be ashamed of themselves!
