How to Make a QR Code Price List for Your Shop or Salon

A QR code price list is your prices on a web page that customers open by scanning a code with their phone camera. You can make one for free in about 10 minutes: put your prices online, download the QR code, print it and place it on your counter, wall or window.

Why use a QR code price list?

• No more “how much is…?” Customers see your prices without asking, even when you’re busy or closed.
• Change prices without reprinting. Update the list online and every printed code shows the change instantly.
• Always up to date. A paper price board gets crossed out, stained and outdated. A page doesn’t.
• Customers can order, book or ask. With the Starter plan, each item has a WhatsApp button (you choose Order, Book or Ask) that opens a chat with the item and price typed in.
• Reach people away from your shop. Put the same code on flyers, Instagram, your van or your business card.

Who it works for

• Salons, barbershops and beauty studios: haircuts, braids, nails, makeup, treatments.
• Repair shops, car washes and garages: standard jobs with prices.
• Small shops and market stalls: products and prices, with photos on a paid plan.
• Tailors, photographers, cleaners and other services: packages and rates.

Static QR code or editable price page?

There are two ways to put prices behind a QR code, and the difference matters:

• A QR code that points to a photo or PDF of your prices. Quick, but the text is tiny on a phone, and when prices change you have to make a new file and often a new code.
• A QR code that points to a price page you can edit. It fits any phone screen, and you change it any time while the printed code stays the same.

What you need

• Your current prices, in any form: a price board, a photo of it, a PDF, a Word file or an Excel sheet.
• An email address (to log in — no password needed).
• A printer, or a print shop for counter cards and stickers.

How to make your QR code price list, step by step

These steps use TaskingMint QR Price Lists, which has a free plan. You can look at a sample price list first to see what customers will see. The same ideas apply whichever tool you choose.

1. Create your free account Go to QR Price Lists and enter your email. You get a login link by email — no password to remember. New accounts can use every feature free for 7 days, with no card needed.
2. Add your prices (let AI type them for you) Type them in, or take a clear photo of your price board, or upload a PDF, Word or Excel file. AI reads it and fills in your products and prices. Check each line and fix anything it got wrong.
3. Group them the way customers think Use clear sections, such as “Hair”, “Nails” and “Treatments” for a salon, or “Phones”, “Chargers” and “Cases” for a shop. Put your most popular items near the top of each section.
4. Write prices customers can trust Say what the price includes (“Haircut and wash”), use “from” if the price depends on length or size, and add a time or a short note where it helps (“about 1 hour”).
5. Check it on your phone Open your price list on your own phone. Is every price right? Is anything hard to read? Fix it now, before customers scan it.
6. Download and print the QR code Download the QR code image and print it. Add a short line next to it, such as “Scan for our prices”, so customers know what it is for.
7. Put it where customers will see it On the counter, by the mirror or till, at the door, in the window, and on your social media and business card.
8. Keep it up to date When a price changes, change it online. Every printed code shows the new price straight away.

Printing tips so every phone can scan it

• Size: at least 2 cm (about 1 inch) wide on a counter card. On a wall or window, go to 10 cm or more.
• Contrast: a dark code on a light background. Avoid light colours and busy photos behind the code.
• Leave the white border around the code. Scanners need it.
• Protect it: laminate cards or use waterproof stickers, so spills and cleaning don’t ruin them.
• Mind the light: a code behind shiny glass or in a dark corner is hard to scan.
• Test before you print many: scan the first copy with an iPhone and an Android phone.

What to put on your price list

• Clear prices on every item, in the currency your customers pay in.
• Short descriptions for anything customers may not know.
• Your opening hours and address. QR Price Lists shows them under the header with a Directions link, free on every plan.
• Photos of your best products or work, on a paid plan. Photos help first-time customers choose.
• Offers at the top, and anything out of stock clearly marked (Starter and above).

Free or paid: what you get

You can run a QR code price list for free. Paid plans add the things that help you sell more:

Yearly plans cost the same as 10 months. See all QR Price Lists plans.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Linking to a photo or PDF. Tiny on a phone and hard to update. Use a proper price page.
• Printing the code too small or on a dark, glossy background.
• Forgetting to update the page after a price change. Customers trust the price they see.
• Prices with no context. “Braids — 3,000” means little. Say what is included and how long it takes.
• No words next to the code. A code on its own looks like decoration. “Scan for prices” tells people what to do.

Questions people ask

Related tools

• QR Price Lists — your prices on a QR code, with a free plan.
• QR Menus — the same idea for restaurants, cafés and bars.
• WhatsApp QR code — customers scan to start a chat with you.
• Invoice generator — bill customers with a PDF in a minute.