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AR Smart Card — Hybrid Marketing. Print Meets Digital.

AR Smart Card / Questions & answers

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Understand the printed card, prepared avatar videos, creative process, pricing, and hosting before you start.

Initially serving Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and the Cedar Valley—including Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Last reviewed November 13, 2026.

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What is an AR Smart Card?

An AR Smart Card combines a custom-designed printed business card with a QR-linked web experience. Visitors can watch your prepared avatar introduction and topic videos, explore galleries, save contact details, and ask a separate automated assistant questions about your business.

How does someone use the card?

They scan the QR code with their phone and open the link in their browser. From there, they choose a video, explore the service buttons or galleries, or start a text conversation. No special app installation is required.

Does the avatar answer questions in live video?

The avatar welcome and service-topic videos are prepared in advance. A separate automated assistant answers in text using your approved business information. On supported browsers, visitors can dictate a question, review the transcription, and send it. The experience does not render a new talking-avatar video for each answer.

Who handles the creative development?

We do. We use your website and the business information you supply to prepare scripts, service topics, the digital experience, and your printed card artwork. You review and approve the content and design before production. If you do not have a website, we work from the information you provide.

Do you use card-design templates?

No. Your printed card is custom-designed for your business. The industry cards on this site are fictional design examples, not templates you must choose from.

Does my photo have to appear on the printed card?

No. Choose a printed card with or without a photo. Visitors scan its QR code to open your digital experience.

What do I need to provide?

A suitable clear photo, a voice sample recorded with our supplied script, your website if you have one, and accurate business information. We also need approved branding, contact details, and any gallery material you want to use. You must have the rights and authorization to provide these materials.

Do I need to film myself?

No. Our team prepares the avatar videos using your supplied production materials. You provide a suitable photo and voice sample, review the scripts and experience, and approve the result.

What do the packages cost?

500 cards cost $300, or 1,000 cards cost $350, in US dollars. Both packages include avatar and voice preparation, a welcome and four prepared service-topic videos, a service gallery, contact card, business-knowledge text assistant, custom card artwork, a digital proof, and the first 365 days of hosting. Tax and shipping will be shown before payment. Extra creative work and reprints are quoted separately.

What are the printing specifications?

The finished size is 3½ × 2 inches. Cards are digitally printed in-house in full color on both sides, on 130 lb gloss white cover stock with 92 brightness. You approve your digital proof before production.

Does every printed card get a different QR code?

For a business-card order, all 500 or 1,000 cards share one QR destination and the same experience. Personalized direct-mail campaigns are a separate project with their own scope.

Can I update the experience without reprinting the cards?

We can update digital content at the existing QR destination while hosting and the destination remain active. Additional video or creative work and printed reorders are quoted separately.

What happens after the first year?

The first 365 days of hosting are included in the initial purchase. After that, hosting is $60 per year, billed annually—the equivalent of $5 per month. Renewal and cancellation terms will be shown before checkout.

Which Iowa areas are you focusing on?

Our initial regional focus is Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and the Cedar Valley, including Waterloo and Cedar Falls. These are the markets we are serving and introducing the offer to; we are not claiming an office in each city. Contact Steve to discuss your business and delivery requirements.

Can the same idea work with direct mail or brochures?

Yes. A QR-linked experience can be developed for direct mail, brochures, and other printed pieces. Creative, quantities, mailing lists, personalization, postage, and campaign requirements are scoped separately from the business-card packages.

When will my cards be ready?

We confirm timing after reviewing your materials and project requirements. Printing begins after your proof approval. Contact Steve about a deadline; we do not promise a production or delivery date before reviewing the project.

Can I place and pay for an order online now?

The storefront is currently a preview. You can explore the demos, card examples, prices, and setup steps. Customer accounts, uploads, checkout, and final order terms are still being connected. No payment is collected here yet. Contact Steve to discuss a project.

Are the people and projects in the three industry demos real?

Alex Morgan, Ben Carter, and Jordan Reed are fictional demonstration personas. Their images and illustrative scenes are AI-generated. They are not customer testimonials, completed client projects, or promised business results. Steve’s own card is a separate working example for AR Smart Marketing.

SEE THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF

Three industries. Three working demos.

Have a different question?

Steve can help you discuss the creative, print requirements, or a project deadline.

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319-281-0346

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