Guide
A Google review QR code you can fix without reprinting
A small card by the register, a sign on the table, a line on the receipt: scan it and the phone opens the page where people leave a Google review of your business. No searching for the listing, no typing the name. That is the whole job of a Google review code, and the only hard part is keeping it working after it is printed.
What the code opens
One of the eighteen kinds of code we make is the Google review kind. You paste your review link or your Place ID: on your Google Business Profile, choose Ask for reviews and copy the link, or use the Place ID instead. Scanning opens Google's own page for writing a review of your business, signed in as whoever scanned it. We never see the review, and Google does not tell us whether one was left: what we count is the scan.
Why "fix without reprinting" matters here
A review link is Google's, not yours. It can change: a listing gets merged, a second location gets its own, a business is renamed, or you decide the sign should point at something else for a season. A code with the link printed straight into its squares is stuck with it.
Ours is a dynamic code: the squares hold a short address on helmqr.com, and scanning goes there first and is sent on to your review page. So when the link changes, you open your edit link, paste the new one, and every card and sign you already printed opens the new page. Change it whenever you like. No extra charge while HelmQR operates the service.
The one exception, on any code: a WiFi code that joins automatically, or an email/SMS code that opens directly, has its details printed inside the squares, so changing those means new files and a reprint. A review code opens a web page, so you can repoint it.
Putting it on the counter or the table
The files are emailed when your code goes live: a PNG, a vector SVG and a print-ready PDF. Print a card yourself, or take the file to any print shop.
Or have us print one: tick an acrylic table sign with your code on it as you order your code, or order one later from My codes or your code's edit page. 7 x 5 in or 10 x 8 in, shipped to a US address with shipping included.
There is also a Review sign kit: one $19 code, set up as a Google review code, and a 7 x 5 in acrylic table sign in the review layout, which prints five stars, "Enjoyed your visit? Leave us a review" and your business name under the code. The kit is $39 in one payment.
A plain code with no words next to it confuses people. "Scan to leave us a review" is enough, and the review layout says it for you.
What the sign can and can't ask
Google's rules do not allow offering anything in return for a review, and they do not allow asking only the customers you expect to be happy. So the sign just asks. The code does the rest: it takes a customer who is willing straight to the box, instead of leaving them to find your listing on their own.
Knowing it works
Your scan report shows when the code was scanned, which city (never closer than a city), and whether it was a phone, a tablet or a desktop. Turn on the weekly scan email and last week's scans arrive every Monday morning, compared with the week before. A code that is never scanned is a sign in the wrong place, and you will know.
One payment
A Google review code is $19, once. One payment. No monthly fee from us. It keeps working while we operate the service. Not a promise the service runs indefinitely. There is no plan to cancel and no card on file, so there is no payment that can stop and take the code with it.
Get your QR code for $19 · See the Review sign kit → · See the packs →
Questions
Can one code serve two locations?
Each location has its own review link, so each gets its own code. Make them one at a time at $19 each, or pick a pack on the way to the maker.
What if Google changes my review link?
Open your edit link, paste the new link or Place ID, and the printed code opens the new page from then on. Nothing to reprint.
Do you see my reviews?
No. The code opens Google's page, and the review is written there. We count the scan, the city and the kind of device, and nothing about the person.
Can I point the code somewhere else later?
Yes. You can repoint it from the same edit link: a menu, a booking page, a different review site, with nothing to reprint and nothing extra to pay.
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