About Tap Tag
Our Roots
In early 2020 Tap Tag officially opened its virtual doors. There was very little known about NFC technology being used as a form of networking but the idea was a no brainer. Save trees, reduce covid transmission, save money on paper cards, and introduce a new innovative & memorable way to share a business card.
There were a couple of small companies (just two to be exact) offering baseline tap NFC products with their brand plastered all over them with plenty of "I ordered 3 weeks ago and still have not received it" reviews weighing them down. Additionally, we noticed their prices were astronomical for something that had no personalization, high shipping costs, and long wait times. We saw a vacuum in the market, and capitalized.
That's where Tap Tag comes in. Our mission is to provide sustainable tap solutions to the masses, at an affordable cost, customized to their liking, and shipped domestically in a more-than-reasonable production time of one day.
Right now, our average order-to-ship is just 12 hours! We are confident that we are the ONLY company able to ship an array of fully custom tap products at that speed. Even if you ordered 100 custom cards, or 200 custom tags, guess when they ship? The. Next. Day. Thats a mic-drop and a half.
2020 | Tap Tag Formed
Tap Tag's first product was our black branded sticky phone tag, the original "Tap Tag." The idea came from our founder Tyler who was a smart-home enthusiast since 2014. Tyler used sticky NFC tags around the house to turn lights on and control other smart gadgets just by tapping a smartphone. Friends and family found this fascinating.
Fast forward to 2019, Tyler had the idea to program his LinkedIn onto an NFC tag, stick it to his phone, then tap to share share contact information with clients at his sales job. After a few taps on the job that same fascination was shared by Tyler's coworkers. They all wanted one, so Tyler got to work making the first Tap Tags.
Tyler watched his coworkers networking in a new way with this new idea. They weren't wasting paper cards, the transaction was more memorable with clients, and in COVID times this was a cleaner way to share data.
Feedback from coworkers and clients was off the charts. A figurative smart-home lightbulb lit up in Tyler's head. Tap Tag was formed shortly after with a lineup of sticky phone NFC tags.
2021 | Growth Mode: Activated
In 2021 we really dove into what was possible with NFC (near field communication). We released NFC business cards, bracelets, signs, keychains and more. Customers wanted them customized so we listened. We invested heavily in the machinery needed to be able to customize on site here in New York which allowed us to ship custom tap items at lightning speed.
This type of technology was not popular yet. Some knew about Apple Pay which was just starting to gain some traction in 2020, but sharing with NFC tags was very new. Time to get in front of people...
2022 | Digital Infrastructure
In 2022, we invested again to build our own software from scratch. This service now comes default on every Tap Tag and allows you to create and manage a profile quickly and easily. The dashboard allows you to update your contact information or redirect your tags in real time.
We then brought team management to light, allowing corporations the ability to manage a team of digital business cards from a bird's eye view.
This software was a game changer, bringing tremendous value to our products.
In 2022 we also introduced a plethora of new products, invested in more machinery, and 10x'd our daily output while still guaranteeing that we ship fully custom items in less than 24 hours.
2023 | Let's get competitive
2023 was our biggest year yet. Growing at a humble 2000% from a previous successful year, our products spanned across the globe in almost every country and was being used by 15,000+ companies.
We also introduced a new product lineup for capturing Google Reviews, followed by an extension of our software to help businesses manage the tap review items. This extended our product line to over 40 tap products to choose from.
Our business model changed. We went from helping individual sales people share contact information to becoming a full business solution.
2024 | The age of copy cats
They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
In 2024, we saw a landslide of new businesses offering similar products. We were never worried. Instead, we focused on the traits that make us unique, the parts of our business nobody can compete with...
Industry-leading:
- Production times
- Item selection
- Pricing on products and software
- Response times & support
- Full business solutions
We quickly realized that these pop-up businesses did not carry the infrastructure to provide quality service or products at scale. Customers often came to us when they realized many of the bullet points above were not being met by competition.
Many of those companies realized this as well, so they also came to us to be their supplier. Thus another branch of Tap Tag was born: our white-label drop shipping service.
2025 | Innovation
Another year, another solution. We noticed a small trend. A few customers were customizing our custom Google sticky tag to say things like "tap to connect" or "tap to volunteer." Church websites were being programmed onto the tags.
We decided to build a lineup of tap church signs for seating so churches can better connect with their members. Some adjustments to our software allowed us to easily make a convenient page where members can tap to connect, give, volunteer, see events, and more.
This was an overnight success. By the end of 2025 our products were in churches in every state and across the globe.
So far we help:
- Salespeople, enthusiasts and business professionals share contact information with clients
- Businesses capture reviews to improve their online reputation
- Churches to better connect and share important information with members
- Anyone who wants to share a website, menu, document, or online information with others.
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2026 | Full steam ahead
2026 is the year it all comes together. We don't want to tell you our secret plans yet, but stay tuned and you will see some major changes coming across the board.
One thing is certain: if we continue to treat our customers with respect, ship quickly, and deliver a quality product, we know we will get where we intend to be.
See you soon for another update.
Insane ship times
We mention this over and over again because we are the only tap NFC company, and probably one of the few overall companies, that can turnaround fully-custom products in one business day.
Contact our competition, they will tell you 2-4 weeks for custom items, and likely a minimum order quantity required. Not Tap Tag. You can order one custom card, or 100, both will be shipped out the next business day.
We offer optional 3-day and overnight shipping. You can order today and have your custom tap product in-hand in 48 hours. Beat that.
Lowest Prices
To put into perspective, and you can audit this yourself, our prices are on average 30-60% lower than competitors for customized tap products. Easy, we cut out the middle man and produce all products in-house.
Our software is also the most affordable on the market by a landslide, so affordable that our competitors won't even list their Team prices on their website without putting you through a webinar first. On average our Teams software is 40% less than Popl, Linq, Blinq Mobile, Vice, and Ovou. More about that here.
Tap Tag's Proprietary Software
Our software was built from the ground up to be the best networking tool for yourself and your business. Share your contact, download your QR code, capture leads, and edit at any time. We offer over 30 features to help enhance your networking.
Free and upgraded versions of our system are available.
Our software is completely optional. We can also hard-program any other service or website onto your Tap Tags per request.
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Response Times
Send us an email right now, do it. Our average response time is <12 minutes, or instantly if using the live chat at the bottom corner of the screen, we are available live from 10am to 10pm EST, or will respond via email the same day if we happen to miss you.
If you need a reason to choose Tap Tag, send us an email and send literally any competitor the same email at the same time. I promise we will beat them by hours and sometimes days.
Customization
Mentioned a few times already, Tap Tag fulfills a niche market of custom tap products. There are only a few out there able to customize a card to your liking. We are confident in saying we are the best at it. Our fast response time and fast ship times mean you can have an idea right now for your card and we can communicate, design, produce, and ship by this time tomorrow so you can have in hand by the following day with upgraded shipping, or by this time next week with free shipping.
Tap Tag accepts any file format and can work with you to get your product exactly how you want. We also offer a free live personalizer so you can add a logo and play with text/fonts.
Our NY-based design team will send you proofs to make sure we are rock solid before we continue, followed by a satisfaction guarantee.
Quality Control
We can say that our quality is equal or better than any competitor on the market.
Our humans manually put the products in the machines and manually inspect/clean them upon completion, then package them by hand to ship out.
This all happens at our office here in New York. We care about our products, let us show you.