Using the Card Scanner, and how scan credits work
Turn a business card photo into a contact, and what it costs.
Scanning a card
- Open Card Scanner
- Take a photo of a business card, or upload one. It reads the name, phone, email, company and other details off it
- Check what it found and correct anything wrong
- Save it as a contact
Good to know: Always glance over the extracted fields before saving. It is very good, but a smudged or unusual card can be misread — and a wrong phone number means a message that never arrives.
How scan credits work
Paid plans include free scans every month: Starter 50, Growth 200, Business 500. The allowance resets on the 1st. You can see yours, and how many you have used, on the Billing page.
The Free plan has no monthly scan allowance — every scan is charged from credits at Rs 0.10.
Once you pass the free allowance, extra scans cost Rs 0.10 each, taken from your credits balance. If your balance runs low you will see a banner telling you so.
Watch out: Credits are used for card scans only. They are not used for WhatsApp messages. See 'Who charges you for what' — this is the single most misunderstood part of billing.
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