How do I create a Google review link?

Find your business's Place ID with Google's Place ID finder, paste it above, and copy the link. It takes the form search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid= followed by your ID. You can also get a short link from Ask for reviews in your Google Business Profile.

Is this review link free to use?

Yes. It's free, needs no account, and the link is an ordinary Google address, so it keeps working whether or not you ever use Shingle again.

Can I print the QR code?

Yes. Save or screenshot the code and print it on a receipt, a card or a sign at the counter. Test it with your own phone before you print a batch, and keep it at least about an inch wide so a phone can read it.

Am I allowed to ask customers for Google reviews?

Yes. Google allows businesses to ask for reviews. What it forbids is offering money or discounts in exchange, posting fake reviews, and asking only the customers you expect to be happy. Ask everyone the same way.

Google review link generator

One link that opens the review box, plus a QR code for your counter.

Place ID or review link

A Place ID starts with ChIJ. A Business Profile's link starts g.page/r/.

Your business's name

Only used in the message below. Nothing leaves your browser.

Don't know your Place ID? Look your business up in Google's Place ID finder, or copy the link from Ask for reviews in your Business Profile.

This is Google's own sample Place ID, for a business in Sydney. Replace it with yours.

Your review link

https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4

Test it

QR code for counters and receipts

A message to send

Thanks for choosing us. If you have a minute, a Google review helps other people find us: https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJN1t_tDeuEmsRUsoyG83frY4

How to use it

Find your Place ID
Look your business up in Google's Place ID finder, or copy the link from your Business Profile.
Paste it here
Your review link, a QR code and a message to send appear as you paste.
Ask at the right moment
Send it right after a good job, or print the code for your counter or receipts.

Why a direct link helps

Most happy customers mean to leave a review and then don't, because finding the business, opening its listing and pressing the right button is too many steps on a phone. A direct link takes them straight to the box with the stars.

Ask everyone, and don't offer anything in return. Google's rules forbid paying for reviews, offering discounts for them, or only asking the customers you expect to be pleased. A steady trickle of honest reviews is worth more than a burst that looks arranged.

Nothing you type here leaves your browser. The link and the QR code are made on your own device.