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Google review link generator: how to get more Google reviews from the customers you already have
Paste your Place ID. You get the link that opens your review box, a QR code for the counter and a message to send.
How to get your Google review link from your Place ID
Your Place ID is the code Google gives your business on Maps. Google's own Place ID finder shows it.
- 01Open Google's Place ID finder and type your business name in the search box on the map.
- 02Pick your business from the list, and copy the Place ID that shows on the map.
- 03Paste it above, open the link once to check it's your business, then copy it or download the QR code.
Losing reviews from customers who meant to leave one?
Tell someone to look you up on Google and they have to search, find your profile and find the button. Plenty stop partway. The link opens the review box without any of that.
- The link opens the review box for your business, with the stars ready to tap
- They sign in to Google if they aren't already, then the box opens
- The QR code holds Google's own link, so there's no other website in between to stop working
- Test it on your own phone before you print it
Ask the day you finish the job
Send the message the same day, or put the QR code where people already look.
- 01In the thank-you message after the job
- 02On the receipt
- 03By the till, where people pay
- 04On your name card or in your email signature
What Google allows when you ask
Google's help page puts it plainly: "Offering incentives, like free or discounted goods or services, to customers in exchange for reviews is considered fake engagement and is strictly prohibited."
- Ask every customer. Google's rules say not to "selectively solicit positive reviews from customers".
- No discount, gift or free service in return for a review
- Don't tell anyone what to write, or ask them to name a staff member
- Don't pressure anyone to review while they're still at your shop
Ask every customer, the day after the job
Palby CRM, which we make, doesn't collect or answer reviews. It keeps the ask on the customer's record so it goes out.
- A follow-up date on every customer, and today's list of everyone due
- Notes and WhatsApp chats on their record, so you can see what you've already sent
- Your stages on a board, so every finished job is in one column to ask
- Consent and Do not contact on each customer, honoured when you message them
Questions
A link that opens the box for writing a review of your business on Google, so your customer doesn't have to search for you first.
Use Google's Place ID finder. Search for your business on its map, pick it, and copy the ID it shows.
Yes, if you manage the Business Profile. On a computer, open the profile, pick Read reviews, then Get more reviews, and copy the link. This generator needs just the Place ID, and works on a phone.
No. Google's rules say not to selectively ask for positive reviews, so send the same link to every customer and let each one say what they think.
No. Google's rules don't allow payment, discounts, free goods or free services in return for a review.
Yes. Google asks them to sign in before the review box opens.
First check the Place ID belongs to your business and isn't the address next door. Some people on Google's help forum report the link opening a search page instead, so test it on your phone before you print it.
Yes, the tool is free. There's no account, and the Copy page link button saves what you typed in the link.
Give every customer the link, the day you finish
See how the ask sits on each customer's record, in a 30-minute walkthrough.
30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.