How to Get Your Google Review Link and QR Code (Step by Step)
Updated October 25, 2026
If you want reviews, you first have to make leaving one effortless. Customers will not go hunting for your listing in Google. It is on you to hand them a link, or a QR code, that opens the review form directly.
This guide puts both in one place: where to find your official link, how to share it everywhere, and how to turn it into a QR code that actually scans. No jargon, just the steps.
Finding your Google review link
The easiest route is through your Business Profile. On a computer, sign in to the business Google account, open your profile, and look for the "Get more reviews" or "Ask for reviews" button. Google gives you a short link, usually a g.page address, ready to copy.
On mobile, open your business in the Google Maps or Google Business app, go to the reviews area, and use the same "Ask for reviews" share. The link you get is the right one: it opens the rating window, not just your listing.
If you cannot see the button, you can rebuild the link from your listing identifier (the Place ID). Our free link generator does that for you from the name or address of the listing.
Sharing the link everywhere
A link does nothing while it sits in a folder. Put it in your thank-you emails, in a text after a job, in your email signature, on your website, and on your social pages. Every touchpoint is a chance.
The raw link is long and dull. Always wrap it in a short, human sentence, and send it right after the moment the customer is happy, not weeks later.
A text message sent the same evening, after a job well done.
Raw link
https://g.page/r/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/review
An ask people act on
Thanks for coming in today! If you have two minutes, a quick review really helps us: [link]. See you soon, the team.
Turning the link into a QR code
A QR code is simply your review link as a scannable image. The customer points their phone, the form opens, they rate. It is ideal in person, where nobody is going to type an address by hand.
You can create that QR for free: our QR code generator makes an image that points straight to your Google listing, ready to print. Always check that the QR lands on the review form, not on your website.
Where to place the QR, by type of business
The right spot is wherever the customer has finished and feels good. On the counter or at the till for a shop, on the table or the bill for a restaurant, on the invoice or the quote for a tradesperson, inside the vehicle for a driver, on the desk or nightstand for a hotel.
The principle never changes: the QR has to land in front of them at the moment of satisfaction. A QR forgotten in a drawer earns nothing; a well-placed QR works for you all day.
Printing it right, and testing it
For a counter or a table, a small card or a tent sign is enough. For a window or a wall, think bigger. Around the QR, add a clear line ("Leave us a Google review") and keep a white margin: a QR crammed against other elements scans poorly.
Before you print a batch, test with two or three different phones in the real lighting of the place. If the QR will not open, it is usually too small, too tight, printed too faint, or pointing at the wrong address. A scannable QR is at least the size of a coin.
How Otiview handles this for you
Otiview brings the link and the QR together. You generate print-ready QR posters, from a large A0 wall format down to a small A8 label, as a PDF at the exact physical size or a PNG, with no design software.
The same review link also goes out in your automated email and SMS campaigns, for the customers you never meet in person. Online link and printed QR, you cover both, from one dashboard.
Do
- Use the "Ask for reviews" link that opens the form
- Wrap the link in a short, human sentence
- Place the QR where the customer is happy
- Test the QR on several phones before printing
Avoid
- Sharing your listing link instead of the review form
- Printing a tiny QR crammed against other elements
- Hiding the QR where nobody looks
- Promising a reward in exchange for a review
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between my listing link and my review link?+
Your listing link shows your business. Your review link opens the Google rating window directly. To collect reviews, always use the second one.
Is the QR code free?+
Yes. Our QR code generator is free and makes an image that points straight to your Google listing, ready to print.
Does my QR code expire?+
No. A QR code simply encodes your link: as long as your Google listing exists, it stays valid. Only reprint it if your link changes.
What print size should I choose?+
A small card for a counter or a table, a large poster for a window or a wall. What matters is that the QR stays at least coin-sized and has a little white space around it.
Can I track how many people scan it?+
With Otiview, each named QR poster reports its opens and the reviews it collects, so you can see what works best. A QR that points straight to Google cannot be measured.
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