What is a Google Place ID?

A Place ID is a unique identifier Google gives every business listing. It starts with ChIJ and you find it with Google’s free Place ID finder tool by searching your business name and address.

Can I create a Google review link without a Place ID?

The most reliable direct link uses your Place ID because it points at your exact listing. Short links built from a business name can break if the name is not unique, so the Place ID method is the one to trust.

Is the generated link safe to share?

Yes. It opens the standard Google write-a-review dialog for your business, so customers write in their own words under their own account.

Does the link work on both mobile and desktop?

Yes. It opens the Google review dialog on phones, tablets and computers. Always test it on your own phone before a print run.

Do you store my Place ID?

No. The link is built entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server.

Free tool

Google review link generator

Turn your Google Place ID into a direct write-a-review link. Free, no signup, built in your browser.

Your Google Place ID

Open the finder

Go to the Google Place ID finder tool.

Search your business

Type your business name and address.

Copy the Place ID

It starts with ChIJ and appears on the map pin.

Paste it here

Your write-a-review link builds instantly.

Your review link

Paste a Place ID to generate your link.

Want the link on a QR code, on your invoices and in your feedback page automatically? That is what Revivanda does, alongside a private feedback form for every customer.

How to find your Google Place ID

Every Google business listing has a Place ID, a unique code that starts with ChIJ. It is the piece the generator needs to build a link that opens the write-a-review box for your exact location, not a search result.

The quickest way to find it is Google’s own free Place ID Finder. Search your business name and address, and the ID appears in the info window on the map pin. Copy the value that begins with ChIJ and paste it into the field above.

Open the Google Place ID Finder tool.
Search your business name and address.
Copy the ID that starts with ChIJ from the map pin.
Paste it above to build your link instantly.

Where to use your Google review link

A direct link only helps if customers actually see it at the right moment. The highest-converting spots are the ones that reach a customer just after a good experience, when the goodwill is fresh.

Turn the link into a QR code for print, add it to your email signature and booking confirmations, and text it after a completed job to customers who agreed to receive messages. Each touchpoint removes a step between the customer and the review box.

On a QR code printed on invoices, counter cards and receipts.
In your email signature and appointment confirmations.
In a follow-up text to customers who opted in.
On a thank-you page after checkout or booking.

Keep the ask policy-safe

A direct link is fine to share, but how you use it matters. Google asks businesses to invite every customer the same way and never to discourage negative reviews or ask only the happy ones. Send the same link to everyone, with no filtering step in front of it.

If you also want to hear about problems privately before they go public, give every customer a private feedback form next to the public link rather than routing unhappy customers away from it. That is the difference between a service channel and review gating, which platforms prohibit.

Questions

Google review links, answered.

Yes. It is completely free, needs no account, and runs entirely in your browser. Paste your Place ID and copy the link.

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