Make your own Google review cards
Print your own Google review cards, free: ten business-card-size cards to an A4 sheet, each with your QR code and name. And if you want the tap-to-review kind, how they work and how to set one up yourself.
- 10 cards to an A4 sheet, 85 × 55mm
- Your QR code, business name and heading
- Counter sign and poster in the same click
Paste your Google Maps link, then choose Review cards to print.
What a Google review card is
A Google review card is a small card, usually the size of a business card, that sends a customer to your Google reviews. The printed kind carries a QR code the customer scans with their camera. The plastic "tap" kind also has an NFC chip inside, like a contactless bank card, so the customer can hold their phone against it instead.
Either way, the card does one job: it turns "I must leave them a review" into a ten-second task, done while the customer is still in front of you or still has your work in front of them.
Printed or NFC: which to use
Both work. The right one depends on where the card lives and how many you get through.
Printed QR cards
Free to make here and pennies to print. Hand one over with every job or leave it with the invoice. Every phone camera reads them. Best for trades who visit people at home.
NFC tap cards
A plastic card with a chip, kept on the counter or by the card machine. Customers tap rather than scan. Best where people pay in person: shops, salons, garages, clinics.
Setting up an NFC card yourself
Most of what you pay for in a ready-made NFC review card is the setup, and you can do that yourself. UK shops sell blank or Google-printed NFC cards from well under £1 each; branded sets programmed for you run to £25 to £45 (prices seen on UK sites in October 2026).
To program a blank card: make your review link with the tool above, install a free NFC writing app such as NFC Tools on your phone, choose to write a URL, paste your link, and hold the card to the back of the phone. Test it on an iPhone and an Android before you put it out. Always print the QR code on the card as well, for phones with NFC switched off.
One caution: some cards are sold with a subscription, where the chip points at the seller's server rather than at Google. If the subscription ends, the card stops working. A card written with your own Google link has nothing to cancel.
What to put on the card
Keep it to four things: a heading that asks plainly ("How did we do?"), the words "Leave us a review on Google", the QR code, and your business name. Five stars help people recognise what it is at a glance.
Leave out offers, and leave out anything that suggests only happy customers should scan it. A card that says "Loved our work? Review us!" is borderline; "How did we do?" is not. The headings in the tool are written to stay on the right side of Google's rules.
Print at 100% ("Actual size") on 300gsm card if you have it, and cut along the dashed lines. Then scan one before you hand out the rest.
What you can and cannot do when you ask
Asking for reviews is allowed, and Google encourages it. What gets reviews removed, and in the UK can now get a business fined, is how some people ask. Google's review policy bars a business from offering anything in return for a review, from discouraging bad ones, and from selectively soliciting positive reviews: asking only the customers you think were happy. It also bars setting staff a number of reviews to collect.
UK law went further on 6 April 2025. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 bans fake reviews and incentivised reviews that are not disclosed, and the CMA can fine a business directly. Its short guide for businesses is worth ten minutes.
- Fine: sending your review link to every customer after every job, and reminding them once.
- Fine: a QR code on a card, a sign or an invoice, seen by everyone.
- Not fine: a discount, a prize draw or a free extra for a review, even a "fair" one.
- Not fine: a "were you happy?" step that only sends happy customers to Google. That is review gating.
- Not fine: asking family, friends or staff to review you.
Common questions
Can I make my own Google review card?
Yes. Paste your Google Maps link into the tool on this page, choose Review cards, and print the sheet: ten business-card-size cards with your QR code and name. For a tap card, write the same link to a blank NFC card with a free app.
Do Google review cards work?
They work when they are handed over or placed where customers are at the moment they are pleased, and when the link inside opens the review box directly. A card in a drawer does nothing.
How much do Google review cards cost?
Printed cards from this tool cost only the paper. In UK shops in October 2026, blank NFC cards sold for under £1 each and ready-programmed branded sets for roughly £25 to £45.
Do NFC review cards work with iPhones?
Recent iPhones and most Android phones read NFC cards without an app; on Android, NFC has to be switched on in settings. Always print the QR code on the card too, so every phone has a way in.
Do I need a subscription for an NFC review card?
Not if you program it yourself with your own Google review link. Some sellers' cards point at their own server and stop working when the subscription ends.
Is it allowed to give customers a review card?
Yes, as long as every customer gets one and nothing is offered in return. Google bars incentives and selectively asking happy customers (Google's policy).
Want the reviews to look after themselves?
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