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Where to find your Google review link
Google gives every business with a Google Business Profile a short link that opens the “Write a review” form for that business. You need to be signed in to the Google account that manages the profile.
On a computer
- Go to business.google.com and open your Business Profile (or search Google for your business name while signed in: your profile tools appear at the top).
- Click Read reviews, then Get more reviews.
- Click the copy icon next to the link. It looks like
https://g.page/r/…/review. - Paste it into the box above.
On a phone
- Open the Google Maps app and tap your profile picture (top right).
- Tap Your Business Profiles and choose your business.
- Look for Get more reviews (or Ask for reviews) and tap Share or Copy.
Google moves these buttons from time to time. If you can't find them on your phone, use a computer. If you have no Business Profile yet, create one at business.google.com first: Google may ask you to verify the business before reviews appear.
No review link? A Google Maps link to your business also works here: in Google Maps, open your business and tap Share, then Copy link (it looks like https://maps.app.goo.gl/…). It opens your business page, where customers tap Reviews and then “Write a review”: one more step than the review link.
Why a direct review link gets more reviews
Most happy customers mean to leave a review and then don't, because it takes too many steps: search for your business, find the right one, scroll to the reviews, find the button. A direct link (or a QR code of it) skips all of that and opens the review form in one tap. The fewer steps, the more people finish.
- Ask soon: right after the visit or the finished job, while it is fresh.
- Ask in person, then make it easy: “If you have a minute, we'd love an honest review. The code is right here.”
- Answer reviews: reply to good and bad ones, politely. People reading your reviews notice.
Where to put your QR code
- At the counter or front desk, where people pay or wait (the counter card is made for this).
- On tables in a restaurant or café, or at each chair in a salon.
- On receipts and invoices: paste the receipt line, or add the QR code to your invoice template.
- On business cards, flyers and packaging, and on a card you leave behind after a job (contractors, cleaners, repair services).
- In thank-you emails and texts: use the link itself; a QR code is for paper and screens people look at from a distance.
Print the code at least about 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, keep the white border around it, and test it with your own phone before you print a stack.
Google's review rules, in plain words
Breaking these can get reviews removed, and Google can restrict a Business Profile for it.
- No rewards for reviews. Don't offer discounts, free items, gift cards, entries in a prize draw or anything else in exchange for a review. Google says this is strictly prohibited, and it treats it as fake engagement.
- No review gating. Don't ask only the customers you think are happy, and don't send unhappy customers somewhere else first. Ask everyone the same way.
- No fake reviews. Don't write reviews of your own business, don't have staff, friends or family post them, don't buy them, and don't post reviews of competitors.
- Reviews must be about a real experience, written by the customer, in their own words. It is fine to ask; it is not fine to tell them what to write.
In the US, the Federal Trade Commission's rule on fake reviews (in effect since October 2024) also bans fake reviews and paying for positive ones.
What this tool does, and its limits
- Checks that what you pasted is a Google address (google.com, g.page, maps.app.goo.gl or goo.gl/maps) and tells you whether it opens the review form directly or your business page.
- It does not open your link or contact Google, so it can't confirm that the link is for your business: use “Test the link” once.
- Makes the QR code, sign and messages in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us or stored (unless you click the demo button, which carries your website address).
- The QR code holds your link exactly as shown. It does not expire and has no tracking added. It keeps working as long as Google's link does.
- Also free: the Broken Link Checker tests every link on your pages.
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- Also free: the Google Maps Embed Generator makes the code to show your business on a Google map on your website.
- Also free: the WhatsApp Link Generator makes WhatsApp, click-to-call and text links, website buttons and a QR code.
- Also free: the Website Down Checker checks from our server whether a website answers right now, and why not.
- Also free: the Redirect Checker shows every redirect a web address goes through, step by step.
- Also free: the SSL Checker checks that your site opens securely on https and shows its certificate details.
- Also free: the Robots.txt Checker reads your robots.txt and shows whether it blocks Google, AI crawlers or your sitemap.
- Also free: the Robots.txt Generator makes a robots.txt file for your website and checks it as you type.
- Also free: the Website Accessibility Checker scans one page for common accessibility problems, like images without alt text and form fields without labels.
- Also free: the Meta Tag Checker shows the title, description and other tags Google reads on a page, with a search preview.
- Also free: the Open Graph Checker shows how a page will look when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn and X, and checks its og:image.
Questions
Is the Google review link generator free?
Yes. No signup, no email, no card. It is made by FlatRateChat, a website chatbot company.
Does the QR code expire?
No. The code is your Google link written as a pattern of squares, with nothing of ours in between. It works as long as the link works.
My link starts with maps.app.goo.gl. Is that OK?
Yes, it works: it opens your business on Google Maps, and customers tap Reviews, then “Write a review”. The review link from Google Business Profile (g.page/r/…/review) skips that step.
Can I make a review link from my Place ID?
Yes. Paste the Place ID (a long code of letters and numbers, often starting with ChIJ) and the tool makes the review-form link, search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=…. Google's Place ID Finder shows the Place ID of any business on the map.
Can I offer a discount to people who leave a review?
No. Google doesn't allow any reward for reviews, even for honest ones. Ask without offering anything.