Alex Vasylenko
Founder at Digital Business Card
Alex Vasylenko is the founder of Digital Business Card (DBC), the app professionals and teams use to share their contact details by link, QR code and Apple or Google Wallet, and of The Frontend Company.
A tech entrepreneur, he began his career as a frontend developer at Deloitte and at Scandinavia's largest banking company. In 2023, Alex was honored as one of the 'Top 10 Emerging Entrepreneurs' by USA Today.
On this blog he writes and edits DBC's guides and comparisons: what each tool costs over a year, what the person you meet goes through, and when DBC is the right card for you.
Recent articles from Alex Vasylenko
How to Make a Digital Business Card in 5 Steps (2026)
To make a digital business card, pick a card platform (not a graphic-design tool), add your name, job title, contact details, and photo, then brand it with your logo and colors. The platform generates a permanent link and QR code that open your card in any browser — share them from your phone, email signature, or wallet pass. The whole process takes about five minutes, and the person receiving your card doesn’t need any app.
That’s the short version. The longer, honest version is that most people stall on this five-minute task twice: once by starting without their assets ready, and once by building the card in a graphic-design tool — ending up with a JPG that can’t save anyone’s contact.
What Is a Digital Business Card? Meaning & How It Works
A digital business card is an online version of a traditional paper business card: a mobile-friendly profile that holds your name, job title, contact details, photo, and links in one place. Instead of handing someone a printed card, you share it through a link, QR code, NFC tap, or wallet pass — and the other person saves your details straight to their phone.
Unlike paper, a digital card never runs out, updates instantly when your details change, and can show you when someone actually opened it. The person receiving it doesn’t need any app — the card opens in their browser.
Popl vs Linq (2026): A Detailed Comparison of Digital Business Card Platforms
Comparing Popl vs Linq before choosing one as your networking partner is absolutely the right business decision. At first glance, it may seem like any solution will work, because these are “just digital business cards.” But that is not how it works, especially when your team grows, your event activity increases, and you start caring about lead capture, onboarding, analytics, and cost.
To choose the right platform, you need to understand its key features, advantages, disadvantages, and, of course, how pricing changes once you go beyond the basic plan. That is exactly what we will do in this article.
Popl vs Mobilo (2026): A Detailed Comparison of Digital Business Card Platforms
When you compare Popl and Mobilo, you probably hesitate about which platform is the better fit for your networking and which one delivers the best value for your money.
That’s the right business thinking, because choosing a digital business card partner affects how your team networks and how your company evolves.