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NFC World Zapier integrationAutomate NFC World with Zapier.

NFC World Zapier integration: 2 triggers, 0 actions, no search step. NFC World only starts Zaps: each new contact collected through your digital business card can reach a sheet, a CRM or a chat. Here is how often it checks, what it costs and what breaks.

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Overview

What the NFC World Zapier integration does for you

The NFC World Zapier integration takes the contacts gathered by your NFC World digital business cards, shared by NFC tag or QR code, and passes them to your other apps. Zapier offers two triggers, New Contact and New Company Contact, and no action: NFC World starts the Zap, another app does the work.

A contact list that fills itself. New Contact starts the Zap and a row lands in your spreadsheet. The people who saved your card end up in one sheet, without a manual export.

Contacts in the CRM you already use. Same trigger, other destination: a contact created in your CRM, with what the trigger test showed you can map. You build the mapping on a real contact from your account, not on a guess.

A second trigger, for leads. Zapier describes New Company Contact as firing when a new lead is present, and New Contact as firing when a new contact is made. Run the test on both and compare what each brings back before you choose.

Only what is new. Both triggers are polling ones, so Zapier checks NFC World on a timer and keeps only the contacts it has not seen before.

What Zapier does not do here: NFC World has no action and no search step, so no Zap can create, edit or look up anything inside NFC World. If you are still weighing tools for this kind of flow, see our Make vs Zapier comparison.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Eight terms come back on this page. Here they are in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it. NFC World offers two.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something. NFC World has none, so it comes from another app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. The number on your plan is a count of those.
Polling vs instant
Polling: Zapier checks the app on a timer and keeps only what is new. Instant: the app calls Zapier itself. Both NFC World triggers poll.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already in an app so the next steps can use it. NFC World has none on Zapier.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action, a filter or a search makes one, and it needs a paid plan.
Cost

What an NFC World Zap really costs

Short answer: NFC World works on the free plan, and its triggers never cost anything.

  • Triggers (both)0 tasks
  • Each successful action (other app)1 task
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps
  • Reserved for paid plansNo, NFC World works on the free plan

Neither NFC World trigger costs a task, however often Zapier checks. What you pay for is the action that follows in another app: each one that succeeds counts as one task, and one that fails does not. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, each held to two steps. A filter, a search or a second action makes the Zap multi-step, and that needs a paid plan. The grid shows how often Zapier checks both triggers on each plan.

Connect

Connect NFC World to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, open the Apps page and click + Add connection. Have an NFC World account ready, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch.

  2. 02

    Pick NFC World

    In the dialog, type NFC World, select it in the results, then click Add connection. A new tab opens for the sign-in. Pick the entry Zapier names exactly NFC World; the sign-in itself happens in that new tab.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Sign in to NFC World in that tab and grant Zapier access to the account. Both triggers, in every Zap you build later, reuse this one connection, so you set it up once.

First Zap

Your first NFC World Zap, step by step

GoalCreate each new NFC World contact in your CRM, then tell the team in chat.

  1. 01

    Set the trigger

    Create a new Zap, choose NFC World as the app that starts it, then the New Contact event. Select the connection you made earlier.

  2. 02

    Test with real contacts

    Run the trigger test. Zapier brings back the three most recent contacts of the connected account, so you map on a real one and see what NFC World actually sends.

  3. 03

    Add the CRM contact

    Add an action in your CRM and pick its contact-creation event. Map into its fields what the New Contact test returned, and nothing you did not see there.

  4. 04

    Add the team message

    Add a second action in your team chat app and write the message. That second action makes this a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. Drop it to stay on the free one.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each step once and read what came back before moving on. Then publish the Zap to switch it on. Only contacts collected after that will start it.

Triggers

The two NFC World triggers

2 events start a Zap when something happens in NFC World. Zapier checks for them at the interval your plan allows.

1

New Contact

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new contact is made.”

New Contact picks up each new contact made in your NFC World account.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one.
When to use it
when every contact gathered through your card should land in a sheet, a CRM or a mailing list without anyone typing it again.
Watch out
on a paid plan you can change how often it checks, or run a check by hand from the editor to see a new contact sooner.
2

New Company Contact

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new lead is present.”

New Company Contact is the second NFC World trigger; Zapier describes it as firing when a new lead is present.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one.
When to use it
when the Zap should start on new leads rather than on new contacts.
Watch out
its description says nothing more than that; run the test on both triggers and compare what each one brings back.
When it breaks

When an NFC World Zap breaks

Two polling triggers and no action: the limits that matter come from how Zapier itself works.

Zapier attaches no help article of its own to NFC World, so the cases below are the general limits that apply to every Zap. To look into a Zap that stopped, see our Zapier troubleshooting guide.

  • Older contacts are not picked up

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Contacts that already existed stay out, and moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A sudden wave of contacts

    When a trigger suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold that batch back.

  • The same contact twice

    Zapier keeps track of what it has already seen on a polling trigger like New Contact, so one same contact does not start the Zap twice.
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FAQ

NFC World and Zapier: common questions

01Is the NFC World Zapier integration free?
Yes, it works on the free plan. NFC World is not one of the apps Zapier reserves for paid plans, so you can connect it without a subscription. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and an unlimited number of Zaps, each limited to two steps: one trigger and one action. New Contact followed by a row in a spreadsheet fits that frame. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan.
02How many tasks does an NFC World Zap use?
Nothing for NFC World itself, one task per successful action in the next app. Both NFC World triggers are free, however often Zapier checks for new contacts. Each action that succeeds afterwards, a row, a CRM contact or a message, counts as one task. In a Zap with two actions, each one counts on its own, so it uses twice as much as a one-action Zap. An action that fails is not counted. On the free plan, that means 100 successful actions a month.
03Does NFC World send contacts to Zapier in real time?
No. Both triggers are polling triggers: Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan. That is every 15 minutes on Free, 2 minutes on Professional, and 1 minute on Team and Enterprise. The type comes from the app and cannot be changed in the editor. On a paid plan you can change how often the check runs, and you can also run a check by hand from the editor when you want a new contact through right away.
04What do you need to connect NFC World to Zapier?
An NFC World account, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch. Then, in Zapier, open the Apps page, click + Add connection, search for NFC World, click Add connection, sign in in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access to the account. Both triggers share that connection, and so does every Zap you build with NFC World later. You will also connect the app that receives the contacts.
05Why are contacts collected before the Zap missing?
Because a Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Contacts your card gathered before you published the Zap are not sent, even though the trigger test shows the three most recent ones so you can map on a real example. Moving that backlog is a separate job. If you need the older contacts in your CRM too, plan that move apart from the Zap, and let the Zap take care of new ones.
06What if the NFC World operation you need is not offered?
Then this integration cannot do it on Zapier today. NFC World shows two triggers there, New Contact and New Company Contact, with no action and no search, so nothing can be created or changed inside NFC World from a Zap. The NFC World page on Zapier shows the current list, so check it before you plan. What the integration does cover is the outbound direction: contacts leaving NFC World for your other apps.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for NFC World?
It depends on your criteria, not on a winner. On Zapier, NFC World gives you two polling triggers and no action, so the interval of your plan, from 15 minutes on Free down to 1 on Team, decides how soon a contact moves. It works on the free plan for two-step Zaps, and you pay one task per successful action in the next app. If speed or step count matter, weigh that against your plan, and check that NFC World is offered in Make and n8n.
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