Google Reviews QR Code Generator

Q: How do I find my Google Place ID?

Use Google's Place ID Finder, a free page in the Maps Platform documentation: search for your business name and it returns the ID beneath the map marker. It is a long string beginning with ChI. Your Business Profile dashboard also exposes a review link under the 'Ask for reviews' option, and you can paste that here instead — this tool will pull the ID out of it.

Q: Why not just link to my Google Maps listing?

Because of what happens after the scan. A listing link opens your business page, where the review button sits below photos, hours and directions — the customer has to scroll and find it, and many abandon at that point. The writereview link opens the star selector immediately, which is the whole reason to have a code rather than an ask.

Q: Does the customer need a Google account to leave a review?

Yes, Google requires a signed-in account to post a review. Most people on Android are already signed in and go straight through; iPhone users may hit a sign-in prompt first. There is no way around this and no tool can remove it — it is what stops review spam.

Q: Can I use this code to filter out bad reviews?

No, and you should not try. Routing customers to a private feedback form first and only sending happy ones to Google is called review gating, and it violates Google's policies — listings caught doing it can have reviews removed. This code opens the public review box for everyone who scans it.

Create a QR code that opens the Google review box for your business directly, star rating and all.

Google Place ID or review link

Find yours with Google's Place ID Finder, or paste a review link you already have.

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What It Does

This tool builds a link to Google's writereview endpoint for your Place ID, so scanning it opens the star-rating dialog straight away. That distinction matters more than it sounds: a code pointing at your ordinary Maps listing drops the customer on a page where they have to scroll, find 'Write a review' and tap it — and a large share of them simply do not.

When to Use It

You want a code on the counter, the receipt or the table so happy customers can leave a review before they have left.
You run a service business and want a review code on the invoice or the completion card left behind after a job.
You are a hotel or rental host and want a review prompt in the room or the checkout email.
Your business is new and every early review matters, so removing friction from the ask is worth doing properly.

Worked Examples

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A Place ID from Google's Place ID Finder. This is the form that opens the star rating directly, which is the entire reason to use a code rather than an ask.

A pasted write-review link

The Place ID is pulled back out rather than the link being nested. You get the same code either way, so whichever you have to hand works.

A Google Maps listing link

Encodes fine, but the analysis warns you: this opens the listing, where the review button sits below photos and hours. A large share of customers never scroll to it.

Common Mistakes

Linking to your Maps listing rather than the review box. The listing link is easy to copy and costs you reviews — the customer lands on a page of photos and opening hours and has to hunt for the review button. This tool warns when the link you paste is a listing link.
Guessing the Place ID. Place IDs are long opaque strings starting with ChI, and a wrong one either fails or points at a different business entirely. Get yours from Google's Place ID Finder rather than from a URL you half-recognise.
Asking every customer indiscriminately. Putting the code where unhappy customers meet it first is how you collect one-star reviews efficiently. Most businesses do better asking at the point where the customer has just had a good experience.
Offering an incentive for reviews. Google's policies prohibit it, and reviews obtained that way get removed — sometimes along with others, and occasionally with a warning on the listing.

Features

Opens Google's write-a-review dialog directly

not the listing

Accepts a Place ID or an existing review URL

Warns when a link would land on the listing instead

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How to Use

1. Find your Place ID using Google's Place ID Finder, or paste a review link you already have. 2. Paste it here and check the analysis raises no warnings. 3. Download as PDF or SVG if you are printing counter cards or table tents. 4. Test the code on a phone before printing — it should open the star rating immediately.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find my Google Place ID?

Why not just link to my Google Maps listing?

Does the customer need a Google account to leave a review?

Can I use this code to filter out bad reviews?

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