This article will show you how to choose the correct pass design for your digital business card.
Terminology
Pass Design:
The common theme design for for the business card.
Digital Business Card:
A virtual representation of a traditional business card, often used to share contact information and other relevant details.
Membership Card Pass Type:
A specific type of digital pass used to represent membership in an organization or program.
Pre-designed Business Card:
A template for a digital business card that can be customized with specific information.
Basic Membership:
A starting point for creating a digital pass from scratch.
Program Name:
The name of the project/program set by you.
Project:
A project refers to the either a Program (Membership/Loyalty), Campaign (Coupons) or Production (Event Tickets).
Project Overview:
The project overview provides a summary of your digital pass project in PassKit. This is the first page you see when clicking into the project.
What Kind of Pass Would You Like to Create?
Choose the pass type
From the project overview click on the "Create New" button.
Now shown is a selection of pre-designed options for you to choose from. We will be creating a Digital Business Card which uses the Membership Card pass type.
I can either choose the Basic Membership option if I want to start from the beginning, or choose a pre-designed Business Card that we have already created.
I'm going to choose the Business Card option.
Name the Program
The next step is to rename the program to something more relatable to you.
Test
You can issue yourself a card to install into your Apple or Google Wallet and follow the progress of your card, and see how each change affects the card in your wallet.
Issue a business card
Navigate to the Members list and click on "Add"
Add the details to the form and click "Add" when done.
Add your test pass to your Wallet
When looking at the member list identify your test business card, scroll right and click on "Other Actions"
Click on "Pass URL"
Scan the QR code or use the Add to Wallet buttons to add the test pass to your wallet.
View the test pass in your wallet
