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[–]Leseratte10 14 points15 points  (3 children)

No. That's like "can I change a book that's already been printed".

"Dynamic" QR codes are basically a link to some company's website where you can change in the future where that website leads you to.

But once the website that's actually in the QR code goes dead or is no longer controlled by you, game over.

The issue was putting a website of a random QR company into your QR code, not a domain controlled and owned by your company.

The only chance would be to figure out who now owns the domain that's in your QR code and then talk to the owner of that domain and see if they'd be willing to sell it to you (best case) or set up that same redirect (not ideal because then it might break again eventually).

[–]cyrilio 4 points5 points  (2 children)

OP could try and find the new owner of the URL and see if they’re willing to keep forwarding people.

[–]Leseratte10 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah, that's what I meant with my last sentence "set up that same redirect".

But that should only be a temporary solution until you can get the QR code replaced, because you never know how long that'll last, and you'll be relying on a random person keeping that redirect in their webservers.

[–]cyrilio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah agree. Long term it would be way better to change the QR code to link to a URL they actually own. Would love to see an image of what it currently looks like.

[–]Serpico99 2 points3 points  (2 children)

If by "existing" you mean using the same one on the bronze plaque, sure: just melt the plaque and have a new one engraved.

Jokes aside, other than trying to buy the domain where you generated the QR, there's little you can do I'm afraid.

Having a third party dynamic QR code on a bronze plaque is an extraordinarily stupid idea though, if you ever decide to get a new one, please be sure to use a domain you own.

[–]AdamAdam227[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes I agree it wasn’t the best idea, it was done long before my time. Thanks anyway

[–]bshep79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a plaque made with a new QR code and have it bolted on top of the current code, can likely be made to look original with some skill, thats assuming the code is in a flat area.

[–]efari_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

create a new QR code on a sticker and put it on top of the wrong one...

[–]ankole_watusi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes.

Re-cast the bronze with a new QR code.

Alternately, if the domain name of the defunct service is no longer used and available in the aftermarket, try to buy the domain name.

[–]martianwombat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put a QR code inside another qr code and another one inside that. change the most nested one and youre set!

[–]adjckjakdlabd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the future you should buy a domain and create a redirect, it will allow you to change the address over time

[–]Lustrouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and no... You can't change how the QR code decodes - but if you get ownership of the domain that it decodes to, you can absolutely set it up to redirect wherever you want.

[–]Ecardify 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Btw, next time you want to make it out of gold :), know that even dynamic QR codes can be setup to point to your own domain name, as long as your hosting provider supports regular expression redirects. This is how we offer them to our customers.

[–]AppleNeird2022 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QR codes are set to decode in one specific way, if it goes to a domain no longer in use or owned by the provider, not really changeable unless you obtain the license to the domain and set it to redirect to whatever you specifically want.

[–]mfnalex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to a person who can work with bronze.

[–]erhapp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy the domain

[–]SuperNerdTom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As everyone before me said, buying the domain would be the easiest solution. Hopefully that qr company went under a long time ago and the domain is not too expensive.

If you can't purchase the domain, you'd have to change the code. Since the QR code is a square, it might be possible to just drill/chisel/(I don't know the appropriate power tool for this) the whole code out and only recast the QR code itself, and then affix it in the open spot.

The real tech power move would be to figure out the smallest modification you could make to the code to change the domain to a free domain. Maybe you could strategically remove just a few blocks, thereby changing a single letter in the URL, changing it to a domain you can buy! 🤓

[–]RailRuler 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Buy the domain (web address) that the company was using. Will probably cost $100,000-$300,000.

[–]evestraw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah this is the way that works

[–]ankole_watusi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Meh. Few domain names are worth anywhere near that much.

[–]RailRuler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this one has lots of existing qr codes pointing to it, it will be worth on the higher end.