This article is a step-by-step guide how you can create and send digital certificates with a QR code validation. As always in our articles we are taking a look at a free hack solution, how you can accomplish your goal without any budget at all. In the second part we are presenting a more sophisticated and professional solution.

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1) Send certificates that can be validated with a QR-Code for free:

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At first create a certificate that you want to validate with a QR code. You can use various tools for your certificate design. We recommend our free and no sign-up solution that you can access here.

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Use any free QR code generator on the web. For this article we chose qr-code-generator.com — but like for step one, any tool will do the trick.

Follow these steps:

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Et voila! Your certificate is now ready to be validated via a QR-code! Entirely for free with some easy tricks and hacks. In small quantities you will face no problems with this process at all.

If you want to send and verifiy multiple certificates and it becomes a standard process for you, you should consider our next presented alternative.

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2) [Alternative] Design, send and manage certificates with a professional tool:

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The second solution that we present for you is a professional tool to create and send digital certificates which can be validated.

Virtualbadge.io allows you to not only validate your created digital certificates, but also to store and to manage them according to CPE regulations in a central certificate management system.

The process for you is simple, intuitive and fast to manage for you or/and your team.

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Conclusion: Choose your solution according to your need

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We recommend all educational providers to choose their method of creating and sending digital certificates always according to different factors.

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Depending on the amount of certificates, your recipients (casual, professional, high-end education, etc.) and your legal obligations regarding regulations you can take a good decision on the optimal certification process for your business.

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If you need a second opinion or if you want a free tour through the application Virtualbadge.io we invite you to book an appointment with our team via the following link: https://calendly.com/virtualbadge-demo/15-minutes