How to find your Google review link yourself
The tool above does this for you, but if you’d rather do it by hand, there are three ways.
On Google Search, signed in as the owner
- Sign in to the Google account that manages your Business Profile.
- Search Google for your shop’s name, or for “my business”. Your profile’s owner panel appears above the results.
- Tap Ask for reviews (on some screens it says Get more reviews).
- Google shows a short link to your review box. Copy it, or share it straight to WhatsApp.
In the Google Maps app
- Open Google Maps, signed in as the owner, and tap your profile picture at the top right.
- Tap Your Business Profile and choose your shop if you have more than one.
- Look for Ask for reviews or Get more reviews, then Share or Copy.
With your place ID (works for any shop)
- Open Google’s Place ID Finder and search for your shop.
- Copy the place ID it shows. It usually starts with
ChIJ. - Put it on the end of this address:
https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=. That is your review link, and it is exactly what our QR codes contain.
Where to put your review QR
Put it where customers are happy and have a free hand, and where you or your staff can point to it.
- On the counter, by the till. The moment someone pays is the best moment to ask. An A5 standee at eye level, angled toward the customer, works better than one lying flat.
- On every table. In a café or restaurant, a folded table tent gets scanned while people wait for food or the bill.
- On the bill. Print the QR, or the short review link, at the bottom of printed bills and receipts.
- On packaging. A sticker on takeaway bags, sweet boxes and parcels reaches people at home, when they have time.
- On WhatsApp. After a home delivery or an appointment, send the link with a thank-you. The message is ready above in English and Hinglish.
Print the code at least 3 cm across, keep it out of glare (a glossy sheet under a tube light can stop it scanning), and test it with your own phone before you put it out.
What to say to customers
Short, the same for everyone, and never only to the happy ones. Say it while pointing at the standee.
“If you have a minute, could you scan this and tell us on Google how it was? It really helps a small shop like ours.”
“We’re always trying to do better. An honest review on Google, good or bad, helps us a lot.”
“अगर एक मिनट हो, तो ये कोड स्कैन करके Google पर बताइए कि आपको कैसा लगा। हमारी छोटी दुकान की बहुत मदद होती है।”
“आपकी सच्ची राय हमारे लिए ज़रूरी है। अच्छा लगा हो या नहीं, Google पर ज़रूर लिखिए।”
Don’t say “please give us five stars”, and don’t offer a discount for a review. Both are against Google’s rules, and customers can tell.
Google’s review rules, in plain words
Allowed
- Asking every customer for a review, in person, on WhatsApp, on the bill or with a QR code.
- Making it easy: a direct link to your review box, like the one above.
- Replying to reviews, good and bad, from your Business Profile.
Gets reviews removed, or worse
- Offering anything for a review: discounts, cashback, freebies, lucky draws.
- Asking only happy customers, or steering unhappy ones away from Google (“review gating”).
- Buying reviews, swapping reviews with other shops, or posting reviews yourself.
- Staff or family reviewing the shop.
- Keeping a phone or tablet at the counter for customers to post reviews on (a “review station”).
Google removes reviews that break these rules. It can also block new reviews on a profile for a while and show customers a notice that fake reviews were removed. The rules are in Google’s policy on fake engagement.
Google review QR code kaise banaye?
- Upar wale box mein apni dukaan ka naam aur area likhiye, jaise “Gupta General Store, Pitampura”.
- List mein se apni dukaan chuniye aur check kariye ki address sahi hai.
- “Yes, make my QR” dabaiye. Aapka review link aur QR code turant ban jayega.
- Apne phone ke camera se QR scan karke check kariye: Google ka review box khulna chahiye.
- Neeche se koi design chuniye, Hindi, Hinglish ya English mein, aur PDF download kariye.
- PDF ko kisi bhi print shop pe le jaiye: A4 pe 100% size mein print karwa ke corner marks pe kaatna hai.
Har customer se ek jaisa poochiye, chahe unhe achha laga ho ya nahi. Review ke badle discount ya gift dena Google ke rules ke khilaaf hai.
Questions
Is it really free?
Does the QR code expire?
I have more than one branch. Do I need more than one QR?
Why doesn’t the review box open for some customers?
Can I put a discount or a free gift on the standee for reviews?
Will a QR code get me more reviews by itself?
Want help with more than the QR?
Findable is a Delhi business that helps local shops get more genuine Google reviews. We can set up your QR and your Google profile with you, at your counter in North-West Delhi or over a call anywhere in India.