Coming from 42Kites
42Kites became NearField on 1 September 2026. Your Markers keep working, your content came with you, and most of what you knew still applies under a new name. These articles cover the differences.
What changed, and what did not
42Kites became NearField on 1 September 2026. Your cards keep working, your Experiences came with you, and the words changed more than the product did. Here is the whole picture in one page.
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Do my installed cards still work?
Yes. Cards printed with a 42kites.com address keep resolving, and that domain is not being taken down. Nothing has to be reprinted, re-registered or dug out of a wall.
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Signing in for the first time
Your 42Kites account came across. Set a password once and you are in from any device. Here is what to do if the email never arrived, and which sign-in methods exist on which surface.
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Where your Experiences went, and what to check
Your Experiences are in your dashboard with their content and card links intact. Six things are worth a look afterwards: colours, embeds, locks, shared blocks, images and anything pointing at 42kites.com.
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What things are called now
The everyday phrases that changed: the Configuration Wizard, Edit As Admin, View As Guest, Premium, Sort numbers and the module names, each mapped to where the thing now lives.
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What is better now
Reordering by dragging, a much larger block library, one-tap Actions, Experiences that remember a visitor, real analytics, self-serve Marker design and payments into your own Stripe account.
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What is not here yet, or works differently
The AR app, the three named service guarantees, the hand-coded Custom module, the authenticator app and the Spacer have no NearField equivalent. Here is what exists instead, and what does not.
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