Google Review NFC Cards: How They Work and Which to Buy
How a Google review NFC card opens your review form with a tap, which of the four versions to choose, what it cannot do, and how to order the right link.
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Guides
NFC Review Guides: Getting Google Reviews the Right Way
Practical guides for businesses that want more Google reviews without breaking the rules. Learn how NFC review cards and stands work, how to find and test your review link, and what Google allows. Every guide is written by the NFC Online Editorial Team.
Review products
Which NFC review card, stand, sticker or plaque fits your business, and how each one works.
NFC Review Stand vs Card vs Sticker vs Plaque: Which Fits?
Where an NFC review stand, card, sticker or plaque works best, how customers use each, which have a QR code, and how to combine them across locations.
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Google, Tripadvisor or Trustpilot Review Card: Which One?
Which review platform fits your business — Google, Tripadvisor or Trustpilot — when a multi-review card makes sense, and each platform’s rules on asking.
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Getting reviews
Practical routines for finding your review link, setting up your items and asking every customer.
How to Get More Google Reviews (Without Breaking the Rules)
A repeatable system for more Google reviews: ask every customer, make it one tap or scan, pick the right moment, use neutral scripts, follow up and reply.
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How to Find Your Google Review Link (and Test It)
Find your Google review link in your Business Profile on desktop, in Google Maps or on mobile, test it in a private window, and avoid the common mistakes.
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How to Set Up an NFC Review Card: Order, Test, Place
Order an NFC review card with the right link, test it on iPhone and Android, and place it where every customer sees it — with a troubleshooting table.
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Review rules
What Google’s policy and consumer law allow when you ask for reviews, in plain English.
Google Review Policy for Businesses: What’s Allowed
Google’s review rules in plain English: what businesses may do, what Google bans (incentives, review gating, fake and staff reviews) and what can happen.
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Review Gating Explained: Why Filtering Unhappy Customers Backfires
What review gating is, why Google bans it, how the US FTC rule treats review suppression, and the honest way to ask: one link for every customer.
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Fake Review Laws: UK, US, EU and Australia in Plain English
Fake review laws for small businesses in the UK, US, EU and Australia: what each bans, who enforces it, the key dates, and a plain checklist.
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By industry
Where to place review items and when to ask, for restaurants, salons, shops, hotels, clinics and trades.
NFC Review Cards for Restaurants and Cafés: A Practical Setup
Where to put a Google review card or stand in a restaurant or café, when to ask, what staff say, Google vs Tripadvisor, and handling complaints fairly.
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Google Review Cards for Salons, Barbers and Beauty Studios
Mirror stickers, a reception stand and an aftercare card: how salons and barbers can ask every client for a Google review, fairly and at the right time.
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NFC Review Stands for Retail Shops: Till, Window and Packaging
Where a shop should put an NFC review stand, receipt QR code, packaging card and window sticker, plus how to handle busy tills and click-and-collect.
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Review Cards for Hotels, B&Bs and Holiday Lets
Where to put Tripadvisor and Google review cards in a hotel, B&B or holiday let: check-out desk, room, welcome book and breakfast room — and when to ask.
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Google Reviews for Clinics and Dentists: Asking Patients Properly
How dental practices and clinics can ask every patient for a Google review without pressure, reply without breaching privacy, and avoid incentives.
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Google Reviews for Tradespeople: The Leave-Behind Card Method
How plumbers, electricians, cleaners and landscapers can ask every customer for a Google review: a card at sign-off, a leave-behind and the invoice.
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