Business Card for a Side Hustle: One Card With Your Logo, Pre-Programmed With Your Link, $19 One-Time, No Subscription

Pocket Factory makes one card with your logo, pre-programmed with your link, $19 one-time for one card, no subscription. If you need a business card for a side hustle you're still testing, that's usually the better first buy than a box of 500: one card that opens your booking page, shop, Instagram or contact details when someone taps it with their phone. You show it, they tap it, and you can put it back in your wallet. This guide covers what the card should open for common side gigs, what to do if your link might change, when paper is still cheaper, and how one-card options from other sellers compare.

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Why one card beats a box of 500 for a side hustle

Printers sell business cards in boxes of hundreds because that's what makes the print run cheap per card. That fits an established business that hands out cards all day. It's a strange fit for a side gig you started last month:

• You don't hand out hundreds. A side hustle grows one conversation at a time: a neighbor, a parent at pickup, someone at a market table. Most of a 500-box ends up in a drawer.
• Your details are still settling. The name, the phone number you use for the gig, the services you offer, even your logo can change in the first few months. Every change makes the rest of the box out of date.
• The card needs to do something. A paper card asks someone to type your web address or remember you later. A tap card opens the page now, while you're talking.
• You can keep it. A tap card doesn't have to leave your hand. Hold it out, let them tap, and put it back. One card can work for every conversation.

That's the impulse-buy case for one card: $19 once, your logo on it, and it opens the one page that gets you booked. If the side hustle takes off, a 5-pack is $59 and a 10-pack is $109.

What should the card open? Examples by side hustle

Each Pocket Factory card opens one link, so pick the page that turns a conversation into a booking or a sale. These are the usual picks:

Dog walker or pet sitter. Open your booking page if you use one, or a simple contact page with your service area and rates so neighbors can text you. A booking card or a contact card works; see NFC card that saves your contact to their phone for what happens when someone taps a contact card.

Tutor or music teacher. Parents want to know when you're free and how to reach you. Open your booking page (some booking tools have free plans: Square Appointments offers a free booking site where clients can book 24/7) or a page with your subjects, availability and contact form.

Reseller or Etsy shop. Open your shop. If you sell at markets too, the card on your table or in the bag turns "I'll look you up" into a visit before they walk away. Use a website card and see NFC cards for market and pop-up vendors.

Nail or lash tech working from home. Choose one card linked to a page with booking and portfolio buttons, or two direct-link cards if you want a separate card for each job. Two cards are $29. A social card opens your Instagram profile directly.

Photographer side gig. Open your portfolio, not your Instagram grid, if your best work lives on a site. Our guide to business cards for photographers covers which portfolio link to use.

Odd jobs paid in cash or app. If people ask "how do I pay you?", a pay-link card can open your payment page. Read NFC card that opens your Square, Venmo or Cash App payment link first; the card opens a payment page, it doesn't take card payments itself.

Several things at once? If you can't pick, point the card at one page that lists everything, such as a Linktree or your own site. See tap card that opens your Linktree.

If your link might change, point the card at a page you control

This matters more for a side hustle than for most businesses. The link on a Pocket Factory card is set before the card is printed, and the card ships locked, so it opens that same address for as long as the card exists. That's what makes it reliable, and it's why you should choose the address carefully.

If you're likely to switch booking tools, rename your shop or move platforms, don't put the tool's own link on the card. Put a page you control on it instead, and update that page whenever things change:

• A Linktree or similar link page. Linktree's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 ("free with restrictions", with unlimited basic links) and Starter at $6/month billed annually or $8 monthly, checked October 19, 2026, about 9:00 AM ET (Linktree pricing).
• Your own simple website, even a one-page site with your services and a booking button.
• A page you already own and won't abandon, like your Instagram profile, if that's genuinely where you'll stay.

The card keeps opening the same address; you change what's on the page. That's the honest way to stay flexible with a locked card.

Paper vs one tap card: when each makes sense

Paper business cards are cheaper per piece, often by a lot, and they're the right tool when you need volume: flyers on a community board, door hangers, cards tucked into every order you ship, or a stack left at a coffee shop counter. Nobody needs to tap a flyer.

A tap card is for the conversations you're in yourself: the neighbor who asks what you charge, the parent who wants a tutor, the shopper holding your product at a market table. In those moments the tap opens your page before the conversation ends.

Plenty of side hustles end up with both: one tap card in the wallet, and a cheap batch of paper flyers for the places you can't be. Start with the tap card if most of your business comes from talking to people; start with paper if it comes from being seen around town.

One more honest note: we're not going to promise that a card will grow your side hustle or tell you what it will earn. It's a faster way to get the people you already meet onto your booking page or shop. What happens next depends on your offer.

Where to keep it and when to use it

• In your phone case or wallet, so it's always with you when someone asks what you do.
• At the end of every job, the same way for every client: "If you want to book again, just tap this." After a few jobs, a separate Google review card can ask for a review once you have a Business Profile.
• On your market or pop-up table, next to the products, with the QR code facing out for people standing back.
• When someone says "do you have a card?" Hold it out: "Hold the top of your phone on this." The page opens and you keep the card.

Cards have a QR code backup on the back by default for phones that don't read NFC; tap-test the card with your own phone before you use it.

One-card options compared (checked October 19, 2026, about 9:00 AM ET)

If you just want one card with your logo, these are the options we checked on each seller's own page. Prices change often, so check before you buy.

From each seller's own pages, checked October 19, 2026, about 9:00 AM ET. Shipping and tax not included. Profile cards let you edit what the tap shows in an app; a Pocket Factory card opens one fixed link, so pick a page you control. For a longer list, see who sells tap business cards.

How to get a business card for a side hustle

Step 1: Pick the one page that gets you booked

Choose your booking page, shop, Instagram, contact page or a link page you control, and open it on your phone to check it works.

Step 2: Use a page you control if things may change

If you might switch tools, put a Linktree or your own site on the card and update that page instead.

Step 3: Order one card with your logo

Pick the matching Pocket Factory card, add your logo and the link, and add the QR backup. One card is $19.

Step 4: Tap-test it

Tap it with an iPhone and an Android phone and scan the QR before you use it.

Step 5: Keep it with you and let people tap

Hold it out when someone asks what you do, let them tap, and keep the card.

Pocket Factory in one paragraph: one card with your logo, pre-programmed with your link, $19 one-time for one card, no subscription. Each card has an NTAG215 chip, works with iPhone XS and newer and NFC Android phones (Apple: background tag reading; Android Developers: NFC basics), is checked before it ships and has a printed QR backup. Ships from the USA. U.S. shipping is free. Most standard orders are expected to be produced and shipped within approximately 3–5 business days; delays are possible. See the pre-programmed NFC card with your URL for how pre-programming works.

Pocket Factory prices (one-time, no subscription, from the live pricing page, checked October 19, 2026, about 9:00 AM ET): $19 for 1 card, $29 for 2, $39 for 3, $59 for 5, $109 for 10, $229 for 25 and $399 for 50 (matte). Glossy is $21 for 1, $33 for 2, $45 for 3, $69 for 5, $129 for 10, $279 for 25 and $499 for 50. Free U.S. shipping.

About the link on a Pocket Factory card: Locked so it can't be erased or overwritten. It keeps working for years. Pick a link you'll keep, ideally a page on your own site, before you order.

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