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Hi every one!
I'm trying to find a suitable place to put the questions and look forward to receiving the solution of all
My boss has two hundreds of business cards and want to find the best method to store them
Simple way search on google, there are some methods. However they seem complicated
I would be very happy if someone share the experience to keep business contacts. Welcome the simple and convenient method!

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A simple, low‑friction plan works best for ~200 cards: decide whether to keep the paper (organized in labeled sleeves) or fully digitize. Several replies already point toward scanning hardware or phone capture (, ) and cloud capture (). Digitizing is usually the most useful long‑term because it makes contacts searchable, shareable, and importable into CRMs — but keep one backup and do a short manual review after OCR.

Practical capture workflow: flatten and group cards, pick one capture method (phone camera for small batches; a duplex feeder scanner for big batches), use steady lighting and avoid flash, shoot at sensible resolution (300–600 dpi), and let the app create a vCard/CSV. Always do a quick manual quality‑check to fix OCR mistakes (names, emails, company names) and add tags or notes while the context is fresh. ABBYY’s capture guidelines are a good reference for photo/scan settings and common OCR pitfalls. (support.abbyy.com)

Export and import: most capture apps can export vCard (.vcf) or CSV. Import vCards to Apple/iCloud or Outlook, or map CSV columns into a CRM. Read the platform import docs before you export so your column headers match expected fields; many CRMs use Email (or a Record ID) as the unique identifier to avoid duplicates. See Apple iCloud import, Outlook vCard/CSV notes, and a CRM import guide for mapping and limits. (support.apple.com)

After import: keep a timestamped export (.vcf/.csv) as a backup, attach the scanned image to the contact for verification, and use your contact system’s dedupe tools (for example, Google Contacts’ Merge & Fix) to clean imported duplicates. Be cautious about uploading sensitive cards to third‑party clouds; for high privacy needs, keep scans on encrypted local storage. ()

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There are plenty of business card scanners on the market. A popular scanner is the scanner from Neat.

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If your Boss has an Android phone there are numerous app's that will scan the card details onto his phone.

Have a look at these options.

It she/he has an iPhone, then I wonder if Michael or happygeek would be able to advise you on app's for that platform as they are both Apple people. :)

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So easy and simple. You can visit for more information. When You get Business Card from partners, no need to keep the hardcopy ... Just Capture by CardFila and the store on Cloud server forever.
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