QR codes backed by redirects
The code is printed.
The destination is not.
Encode a RedirHub redirect instead of a final web address, and every printed QR code becomes something you can repoint for as long as the print survives.
- The printed code never changes
- Destination updates in seconds
- Every scan is measured
Works with codes you have already printed — if they encode a redirect.
Printed once
redirhub.com/qr
Scan resolves to
Launch weekGET redirhub.com/qr
302 → yourbrand.com/spring-menu
Spring menu
Guests scan the table card and land on tonight's dishes.
Cycling through four destinations — pick one to take over.
A QR code can only be repointed if it encodes a redirect URL.
If the pattern contains the final web address, that address is part of the artwork and nothing can change it — not RedirHub, not anyone. This page is about the other kind: codes that encode a redirect you control.
Compare
Three ways to put a QR code into the world
They look identical on paper. What differs is who owns the destination after printing.
Static QR code
Generated in a design tool or free generator
The final web address is baked into the pattern itself. Whatever it pointed at on print day is what it points at forever.
- Free to generate
- No account or vendor involved
- Destination can never change
- A reprint is the only fix
- No scan data at all
Dynamic QR inside a marketing suite
QR features bundled into a broader platform
The code encodes the vendor's short domain. You can repoint it, as long as you keep the plan that owns it.
- Destination can be changed
- Scan tracking included
- The scan path is the vendor's domain
- Codes stop resolving if the plan lapses
- Redirect rules live outside your stack
Redirect-backed QR with RedirHub
go.yourbrand.com/table-12
The code encodes a redirect URL on a domain you control. The redirect layer is the product, so the destination stays yours to change.
- Repoint any code without reprinting
- Branded redirect paths on your own domain
- Scan analytics per code and per campaign
- REST API and MCP for bulk updates
How it works
Four decisions that keep a printed code alive
The order matters — the first two happen before anything reaches a printer.
Create the redirect first
Set up a redirect like go.yourbrand.com/table-12 before anything goes to print. That URL is what the code will encode.
Encode the redirect, not the page
Generate the QR from the redirect URL. This single choice is what makes the printed code repointable later.
Change the destination anytime
Update where the redirect leads from your dashboard, the REST API, or an MCP-assisted workflow. Scans follow immediately.
Watch what the print is doing
Scan volume, geography, device, and referrer turn a physical asset into a measurable channel.
Why it matters
Print moves slowly. Campaigns do not.
Permanence
Print once
Packaging, signage, and collateral outlive the campaigns they advertise. A redirect-backed code keeps the print asset useful long after the offer behind it expires.
Control
Repoint in seconds
The destination is a setting, not a manufacturing decision. Change it for one code or thousands without touching anything physical.
Visibility
Offline becomes measurable
Every scan carries a place, a device, and a time. The gap between what you printed and what it produced finally closes.
Use cases
Wherever a code outlives the campaign behind it
Packaging, badges, signage, and collateral all get printed long before anyone knows what the destination should be a year from now.
Table cards & menus
Point today's scan at the seasonal menu, tomorrow's at a weekend offer, next month's at a reservation flow.
Product packaging
Boxes ship years before they are opened. Move the code from setup instructions to registration, reorder, or a recall notice.
Business cards
One printed card that follows a new portfolio, a new calendar link, or a new role without another print run.
Badges & signage
The same badge code walks attendees from registration to agenda, to check-in, to the post-event survey.
Manuals & safety labels
Send owners to the current instructions, an updated video, or an urgent safety notice — long after the label was applied.
Flyers & out-of-home
Distribution finishes weeks before a campaign ends. Keep the audience you already reached pointed at what matters now.
Scan analytics
Printed codes should report back
A redirect sits between the scan and the destination, which is exactly where measurement belongs.
48.3K
Scans tracked
Across every printed code in the last 30 days.
37
Countries reached
Resolved to region and city for each scan.
82%
Scans from mobile
Split by device, browser, and operating system.
0
Codes reprinted
Destinations changed four times over the same period.
What you see with a redirect-backed code
redirhub.com/qr
Scan volume over time, per code and per placement
Country, region, and city for every scan
Device, browser, and operating system breakdowns
Which destination a code was pointing at when it was scanned
Campaign parameters preserved through the redirect
Raw scan data you can export or query by API
What you see with a static code
yourbrand.com/spring-menu (baked in)
No record that a scan ever happened
No way to tell which placement performed
No device or geography context
No history of what the code pointed at
Campaign parameters fixed at print time
Nothing to export, because nothing was captured
Over time
One print run, four years of different jobs
A single batch of table cards, followed across four years. The artwork on them never changed once.
Day 1
Codes printed
10,000 table cards ship with go.yourbrand.com/table-12 encoded.
Month 2
Seasonal menu
The destination moves to the spring menu. Nothing is reprinted.
Month 7
Website rebuild
New URL structure lands. Redirects are repointed in one pass.
Year 2
Loyalty program
The same cards start driving signups instead of browsing.
Year 4
Rebrand
New brand, new site, same physical asset still sending traffic.
Why RedirHub
The redirect layer is the product, not a QR feature
Codes on packaging and signage depend on a redirect resolving correctly years from now. That is infrastructure, and it is what this platform is built around.
Branded redirect domains
Scans travel through a domain your customers recognize instead of a third-party shortener.
HTTPS on connected domains
Secure scan paths without certificate work, so the hop stays invisible to the person scanning.
Fast global redirects
The redirect hop is infrastructure, not an afterthought — built to resolve quickly wherever the code is scanned.
Bulk redirect management
Manage large code portfolios across packaging, retail, and events without hand-editing one at a time.
REST API
Create and repoint redirects from the systems that already run your campaigns and product catalog.
MCP support
Let AI-assisted workflows inspect and update redirect infrastructure alongside the rest of your stack.
Customer stories#
What people say about the redirect layer
Reviews of the RedirHub redirect service these codes point through, quoted from Trustpilot.
The UI is really easy to figure out, and it's very reliable. I especially like the easy URL shortener, far better than many of the alternatives. The redirects include SSL. Really generous free plan.
Dax
I enjoy using RedirHub for its useful tools that help with my promotions. Its customer service efficiently helped me with my work.
David Miller
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