What is me-qr.com?
A QR code that opens a me-qr.com/… address is a dynamic code made with ME-QR. Every scan passes through ME-QR before it reaches the real page, so the code works only while ME-QR keeps that link switched on. Scan your code below to check it.
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The check reads only what is in the code and never opens the link, so “no warning signs” does not prove a page is safe. Don’t enter passwords or card details on a page you reached through a QR code on a sticker, flyer, letter or email. How QR code scams work
Make a new code that holds the real destination, the address of your own page. We don’t open the short link, so we can’t see where it leads.
Make a permanent codeAlready printed? In the Print dialog, choose “Cover-up sticker” to print the new code a little larger than the old one and stick it over it.
Swiss QR-bill
Opens the QR-bill generator with this bill filled in. The data stays in your browser.
Before you pay, compare the name and account with the invoice or the shop. Scammers sometimes stick their own codes over real ones.
Make your own payment codeCheck the address before you open it. A QR code can point anywhere.
Who runs me-qr.com
me-qr.com is both the website of ME-QR, an online QR code generator, and the address its dynamic codes use: a scan opens me-qr.com first, then the destination. Unit 42 lists me-qr.com among QR code shortener services (Unit 42).
ME-QR’s free plan includes dynamic codes; after a code’s first scans, people who scan it may see an ad before the page (ME-QR pricing).
Codes from ME-QR use these addresses: me-qr.com. Codes that a service serves from a customer’s own domain look like ordinary links, and no checker can recognise them.
Why a me-qr.com code stops working
When a me-qr.com code stops working, the cause is usually the account behind it, not the print. This is what ME-QR says on its own pages:
- Ads: on the free plan “the first 10 scans are ad-free. After that, visitors may see a short advertisement before accessing your content, which they can skip after 5 seconds” (pricing). An ad is not a broken code.
- Cancelling: after a subscription ends, “all your codes will work, just ads will be shown again” (FAQ).
- Unused codes: codes not scanned for 365 days are blocked for a month and then deleted (FAQ). That catches codes printed on something seasonal or stored for a while.
What 15 dynamic QR code services say happens to your codes when you cancel
If it is your code
- Find the accountOnly the ME-QR account that made the code can switch it back on. Find out who set it up and which email and card it uses; many codes die because that person left.
- Decide whether you need itReactivating means paying for as long as the code is printed. If you don’t need scan statistics or a changeable destination, a static code with your real address does the same job and never expires.
- Replace and coverMake a permanent code with the real destination, print it as cover-up stickers a little larger than the old code, and stick one over each printed code. No reprint needed.
Test one printed sticker with a phone before you cover all the old codes. How big should a QR code be?
If you scanned someone else’s code
A me-qr.com code that opens an error or “deactivated” page usually means the owner’s plan ended. Tell the business: they often don’t know. Look for the menu, form or page on their website instead.
Is a me-qr.com link safe?
me-qr.com belongs to a real QR code service, but that tells you little about the page behind it. Anyone with an account can make a me-qr.com code and point it anywhere, including scammers, and the short link hides the destination until you open it.
Judge the page you land on, not the me-qr.com part. If a code on a sticker, flyer, parking meter or letter leads to a page that asks for a password, card details or a payment, don’t enter anything: go to the company’s website or app yourself.
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 named qrco.de, me-qr.com and qrs.ly as the most used QR code shorteners in its February 2026 report on QR code phishing, and describes them as legitimate services that attackers abuse (Unit 42).
Questions
- What is me-qr.com?
- The website of ME-QR, a QR code generator, and the address its dynamic codes go through. A code that opens me-qr.com/… was made there.
- Why does a me-qr.com code show an ad?
- Codes on ME-QR’s free plan show a short, skippable ad after their first 10 scans. The owner can remove it with a paid plan, or with a static code that does not go through ME-QR.
- Why did my me-qr.com code stop working?
- One reason ME-QR names: a code that has not been scanned for 365 days is blocked, then deleted a month later. Check the account that made it, or replace it with a static code.
More QR code services
Checked in November 2026 on ME-QR’s own pages, linked above. Services change their terms; their own pages are the authority. We make free static QR codes, which don’t go through any service, so we have an interest in this topic; that is why every point links to the source.