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Digital business cards and card scanning for manufacturers

ConnectMachine helps manufacturers capture trade show leads by scanning buyer and distributor business cards with AI, including a whole stack at once, and grouping contacts scanned at the same location under that event. Sales reps share branded digital business cards by QR code, link, or wallet pass, and contacts reach Salesforce or HubSpot through Zapier on a paid plan.

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How it works

3 steps, zero friction.

What a working day looks like for manufacturers once the paper cards are gone.

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01

Scan the booth's cards, not type them

Buyers and distributors still hand over paper cards. Reps scan them on the spot, or scan the whole stack after the show, and each one becomes a clean contact.

02

Keep every show separate

Scan more than two contacts in the same location and ConnectMachine offers to group them under that event, so this year's show does not blur into last year's.

03

Send leads where sales works

Add a note on what each buyer asked about, then let Zapier push new contacts to Salesforce, HubSpot, or your other tools on a paid plan.

Built for the job

Why manufacturers choose ConnectMachine.

AI scanning built for volume

Bulk scanning turns a trade show's worth of business cards into contacts in minutes, instead of an evening of manual data entry back at the hotel.

Cards buyers can save without an app

Reps share their card by QR code or link. Buyers save it from the browser or add it to Apple or Google Wallet, whatever phone they carry.

One brand for the sales team

The Team plan gives every rep a seat under centralized billing, with admin branding controls so distributor-facing cards stay consistent.

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Why manufacturers lose trade show leads

For manufacturers, trade shows are where buyers, distributors, and OEM partners still hand over paper business cards. A rep can collect a thick stack over a few days on the show floor, then face an evening of typing them in, or a box of cards that never gets entered at all.

Without a record of which show a contact came from and what they asked about, follow-up turns generic. A business card scanner for manufacturers has to handle that volume: scan a stack at once, keep each show's contacts together, note the product or quote a buyer asked about, and pass leads to the CRM sales already works in.

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How a manufacturer's sales team rolls out ConnectMachine

Set it up before the show, so reps scan on the floor instead of at the hotel afterward. See how to scan business cards at a conference.

  1. 1An admin starts a Team plan and assigns a seat to each rep and sales manager going to the show.
  2. 2Admin branding controls keep distributor-facing cards consistent across the team.
  3. 3Buyers save a rep's card by QR code or link, in the browser or to Apple or Google Wallet, with no app.
  4. 4Reps scan buyer and distributor cards, or the whole stack after the show. Scan more than two contacts in the same location and ConnectMachine offers to group them under that event.
  5. 5Add a note on each buyer, then on a paid plan let Zapier send new contacts to Salesforce, HubSpot, or your other tools.
A manufacturer's sales rep scanning a distributor's business card at a trade show with ConnectMachine
FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Everything people usually ask before switching from paper. Still curious? See the full FAQ.

Yes. ConnectMachine's AI scanner handles bulk scanning, so a rep can digitize a stack of buyer and distributor cards in one sitting.

Related professions

Roles inside manufacturers.

Sales Reps

ConnectMachine gives sales reps a digital business card to share in every meeting, AI scanning that turns collected cards into clean contacts, and a note on each prospect covering what you discussed.

Engineers

ConnectMachine gives engineers a digital business card that shares discipline, title, and technical profile by QR or link, an AI scanner that turns conference and site-visit cards into clean contacts, and a note on each person recording what they build.

Event Planners

ConnectMachine gives event planners a digital business card for every client meeting, an AI scanner that digitizes a whole vendor database, and voice notes rating each vendor's performance.

Founders

ConnectMachine gives founders one digital business card for demo days and pitch events, an AI scanner that turns collected cards into clean contacts, and an AI Concierge that recalls who you met and where.

Use cases

Use cases for manufacturers.

Scan business cards at a conference

Open ConnectMachine, point your camera at each card, and AI OCR turns the stack into clean, deduplicated contacts on your phone. Each contact keeps the original card image plus a note of where you met, so a conference haul takes minutes, not an evening of typing.

Business Card Scanner

Snap a photo of any business card and let AI file it perfectly into your contacts.

Export your contacts to a CRM

ConnectMachine pushes your scanned and saved contacts straight into your CRM, or exports them as a clean CSV. Names, titles, companies, and your own notes land in the right fields, so the people you met are in your pipeline the same day instead of stuck on paper cards or in your phone.

Team Business Cards

Equip your whole team with branded digital business cards and manage them from one place.

Leave the show with leads, not a stack of cards.

Team plan: $5.99 per seat per month for every rep on the show floor. See pricing

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