Dynamic QR codes · Autessa QR Codes
Change the destination after printing
Yes, you can change where an Autessa QR code points after it is printed. Edit the destination on the code’s page and save: the printed code keeps working and the very next scan lands on the new page, with no reprint and no new artwork.
The problem
Reprinting is the expensive part of a QR code
Menus change with the season, events move, links break and campaigns end. With a static code, each of those means new stickers, new packaging and new signs. With an editable QR code, the print stays put and only the destination moves, so the same table tent can carry the winter menu, the spring menu and the summer menu.
FROM THE PRINT SHOP
Before an event ends, point the code at a thank-you or “see you next year” page instead of letting it go to an empty agenda.
What you get
- The destination is a single field on the code’s page, under Destination and tracking.
- Saving takes effect on the next scan: there is no propagation delay to wait for.
- The encoded short link never changes, so every copy already printed keeps working.
- If campaign tracking is on, the “Scanners land on” line shows the exact final URL, tags included, before you save.
- Scan history stays with the code across destination changes, so you keep one continuous record.
- Editors, Managers, Admins, the owner and company admins can change a destination; Viewers cannot.
How it works
How does change the destination after printing work?
Open the code
Pick it from your QR Codes list. Shared codes are under Shared with me.
Edit Destination and tracking
Replace the destination. The hint reads: change this anytime; the printed code keeps working; scans just start landing here.
Check where scanners will land
With campaign tracking on, the preview shows the destination with utm_source, utm_medium and utm_campaign added.
Save
The next scan of any printed copy opens the new page and is counted on the same code.
Every option
Destination options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Destination | Any web address. https:// is added if you leave the scheme off. |
| Campaign tracking (UTM) | Optional tags appended to the destination on every scan; edited in the same panel. |
| Scanners land on | A live preview of the final URL: the destination plus any enabled tags. |
| Where it is changed | The code’s page in the web app, or autessa qr-codes update with a new destinationUrl. |
Permissions
Who can do what?
QR codes are private by default. Access comes from ownership, the company admin role, or a share at a chosen level.
| Who | Can |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything: edit, rename, pause, activate, share and delete. The person who created the code owns it. |
| Company admin | Full control of every QR code in the company, the same as the owner. |
| Admin (shared) | Full control, including sharing and deleting. |
| Manager (shared) | Everything an Editor can do, plus rename, pause and reactivate the code. |
| Editor (shared) | View the code and its analytics, and edit the destination, design and campaign tracking. |
| Viewer (shared) | View the code, download it and read its scan analytics. |
Try it on your phone
This is a real code, drawn with the same encoder Autessa QR Codes uses. Point your camera at it and it opens the QR Codes overview.
Connected
How it connects to the rest of QR Codes
QR CODES FEATURE
UTM campaign tracking
Tag each destination so your web analytics credit the campaign.
QR CODES FEATURE
Pause instead
When there is no right destination, pause the code rather than leaving it on an old page.
QR CODES FEATURE
Scan log
One continuous history across every destination the code has had.
AUTESSA PRODUCT
Autessa Content Studio
Build the landing page your code points to.
FAQ
Questions about change the destination after printing
How quickly does a destination change take effect?
Immediately. The redirect reads the current destination on every scan, so the next scan after you save goes to the new page.
Will my old scan data be lost when I change the destination?
No. Scans belong to the code, not the destination, so totals, the daily chart and the scan log carry on uninterrupted.
Can I change the destination from a script?
Yes. autessa qr-codes update with a new destinationUrl does exactly what saving in the web app does.
Can a teammate change the destination without being able to delete the code?
Yes. Share the code with them as Editor or Manager. Editors can change the destination, design and tracking; only Admins, the owner and company admins can delete it.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa QR Codes fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
Start free and make it yours