01
Gather their story privately
Every memorial starts as a private draft. Add the biography, birth and passing dates, obituary and service details at your own pace. Nothing is visible to anyone until you choose to publish.
How it works
Scan. Remember. Connect.
Afterword turns a small engraved square into a doorway — one that opens a whole life on the phone already in your hand.
Four unhurried steps
Built for families, not for technology.
02
Add photos, video and memories
Upload a cover image and portrait, build the photo and video galleries, record important life milestones, and invite family to add their messages.
03
Connect physical keepsakes
Afterword creates a separate QR record for every product — a cemetery plaque, funeral programs, memorial cards, a keychain, a pendant, apparel. Each record knows exactly which memorial it belongs to.
04
Publish, scan and share
Publishing gives the memorial a permanent address like afterwordlegacy.com/memorial/john-smith. Guests scan the QR or tap a share link and arrive instantly on their phone.
How the QR architecture works
One memorial, many keepsakes.
The memorial
One permanent page and URL per person
The QR records
A separate record per product, with its own ID and status
The scan
Routes to the right memorial, and logs the visit
Destinations can change; the keepsake never has to
Because every QR code points through Afterword rather than at a fixed page, a memorial can be moved, renamed or re-linked without replacing a plaque you already engraved.
Private until you say otherwise
Draft memorials, uploaded media and unapproved tributes stay invisible to the public. The family owner decides what appears and when.
Also supported
A general Afterword marketing QR code — used on brochures, partner displays and signage — routes visitors to the Afterword homepage rather than an individual memorial.