How do I get more Google reviews with a tap or scan card?
You get more Google reviews by asking at the right moment and removing every step between "yes" and the review box. A smart review card does that: the customer taps it with their phone or scans the QR and lands directly on your Google review page, no searching, no typing. With Piqlo you make one, edit the destination any time, and see how many people actually tapped through.
Why most review asks fail
Most customers are happy to leave a review and simply never do. The ask comes too late (an email the next day, when the moment has passed), or it asks for too much: open Maps, search the business name, scroll, find the right listing, tap through to the review box. Every extra step loses people. By the time they get home, they have forgotten. Friction and bad timing, not unwillingness, are what kill your review count.
How a tap-or-scan review card works
A review card is one editable link that points straight at your Google review page. The customer taps the card with their phone (NFC) or scans the printed QR with the camera, and they land on the review box in a single action. There is nothing to search and nothing to type. Because the link is editable, you can update where it points whenever your listing changes, and every card you ever handed out keeps working. See the review card for the full setup.
Where to put it
Put the card where the good feeling happens and where a phone is already out. The counter by the till, a table tent or table card, the back of the receipt, the payment terminal, a sticker by the exit. The same link works as a printed QR you can stick anywhere and as an NFC tag the customer taps, so you can place several and run them all from one destination.
Ask at the peak moment
The single biggest lever is timing. Ask right after the good experience, the coffee they loved, the haircut they are happy with, the checkup that went well, while the feeling is fresh. A quick line from a staff member ("if you have ten seconds, a review really helps us") plus the card in hand beats any automated message a day later. The card just makes saying yes a one-tap action.
Measure what works
Piqlo shows you taps and scans and how many people clicked through to your review page, not just a raw scan number, so you can tell which placement and which moment actually drives reviews. On the free plan analytics are country-level; the breakdown of QR scans versus NFC taps is a Pro feature. Either way you can see whether the counter card or the receipt card is doing the work.
Stay within Google's rules
A review card is fully within Google's policy when you use it fairly: ask every customer the same way, never gate the ask by how happy someone seems, and never buy or incentivize reviews. The card only makes leaving an honest review faster; it does not choose who gets asked. Ask broadly, ask honestly, and let the reviews be what they are.
FAQ
How do I get customers to leave a Google review?
Ask in person right after a good experience and make it one step. A tap-or-scan review card sends the customer straight to your Google review page, so there is nothing to search or type. Removing that friction is what lifts review counts.
Is it against Google's policy to use a review card?
No, as long as you ask every customer and do not filter by how happy they are or pay for reviews. A review card just makes leaving an honest review faster; it does not select who gets asked.
Can I change where the review card points later?
Yes. With Piqlo the card is an editable link, so you can update the destination any time and every printed card and NFC tag you handed out updates instantly, no reprinting.
See it in context for a specific trade, like a dental practice, or compare it with a printed Amazon review card.