Why I Built It — and How It Solves a Real Problem for Founders, Sales Teams & Event Professionals

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If you’ve ever attended a business event, startup meetup, expo, or corporate networking session, you already know the story:
You meet dozens of people. You exchange dozens of physical visiting cards.
And then… nothing happens.

Those cards end up in your wallet, on your desk, or inside your bag — untouched.
Because the real work starts the moment the event ends: manually entering names, emails, and phone numbers into your Excel sheet or CRM before you can send that follow-up email.

It’s slow, boring, error-prone, and honestly — a complete productivity killer.

This is exactly the problem I wanted to solve.
And that’s how CardThrift was born.

💡 The Problem: Networking Is Easy. Follow-Up Isn’t.

We don’t lack networking opportunities.
We lack systems to convert networking into business conversations.

Professionals today still:

• Collect 20–200 cards at events

• Spend hours typing contact details

• Delay follow-ups

• Lose cards or skip some conversations entirely

• Miss potential clients simply because the workflow is broken

In a world where everything is digital, the visiting card follow-up process hasn’t evolved — until now.

✨ Introducing CardThrift

Upload Visiting Cards → Extract Key Details → Export

That’s it. That simple. That fast.

CardThrift is an AI-powered tool that turns physical visiting cards into clean, ready-to-use contact data within seconds.

You can upload cards in JPG, PNG, JPEG, HEIC, or other image formats, and CardThrift instantly extracts:

✔ Entity / Business Name
✔ Email Address
✔ Phone Number

No manual entry.
No typos.
No delays.

Just clean data ready for follow-ups.

🔍 How CardThrift Works (In 15 Seconds)

1️⃣ Upload

Drop your visiting card images — one or many at a time.

2️⃣ Extract

AI + OCR reads the card and pulls out the essentials.

3️⃣ Export

Get a clean list you can download, use, and act on.

That’s all you need to jump from “I met someone” → “I can follow up.”

🎯 Who Should Use CardThrift?

Founders & Entrepreneurs

Close more leads after networking events.

Sales Teams

Stop wasting hours typing data and focus on revenue.

Freelancers & Agencies

Follow up instantly after meeting clients.

HR & Recruiters

Digitize candidate cards collected during job fairs.

Event Exhibitors

Turn booth visitors into qualified leads instantly.

If you talk to people and collect their cards, CardThrift saves you time — period.

🔥 Why CardThrift Stands Out

There are apps that scan cards.
There are tools that help with CRM.
But CardThrift focuses on exactly what matters most:

• Fast OCR

• Essential data only

• Minimal workflow

• Zero bloat, zero confusion

It’s built specifically for India’s massive physical visiting-card culture — something most global solutions ignore.

🤝 Why I Built CardThrift

Because I’ve seen this pain in real life:
Entrepreneurs delaying conversations because they’re stuck in Excel.

Sales teams misplacing cards.
Opportunities lost simply because follow-up takes too much effort.

I wanted to build a tool that removes the boring part and leaves the meaningful part — the actual conversation.

CardThrift is not just a tool.
It’s a productivity booster, a lead generator, and a small step toward smarter professional relationships.

~ Developed by Dev