Tap & QR tools
Cards, stickers and signs that open your Google review page or your contact details with a tap. Part of Local Visibility, passed through at my cost. Not a store, and not sold on their own.
The hardware itself is simple and cheap. What actually matters is what it opens, whether it works on every phone, and whether your crew uses it in a way that's allowed. That's the part I do.
What I actually do here
A card that opens the wrong page, or that half your customers' phones can't read, is worthless. Here's the setup work that makes it land:
Where they go, and where they don't
This is the part that decides whether the whole thing is compliant, and it's invisible until something goes wrong. Trades work is naturally favourable here — there's no checkout counter, so the obvious way to use these is already the allowed way.
| How it's used | Allowed? | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Tag on the card you hand over at job completion | Yes | Customer decides later, on their own phone |
| Sticker on the invoice or work order | Yes | Goes home in the paperwork |
| Door hanger or fridge magnet | Yes | No pressure, no audience |
| Decal on the truck or a job-site sign | Yes | Passive, anyone can ignore it |
| Tag in a follow-up mailer | Yes | Off the premises entirely |
| Tech watching while the customer taps | No | Pressuring somebody to review on the spot |
| Tag on a tech's phone or a company tablet | No | Shared devices are banned, and they trip spam filters anyway |
| Staff prompting customers at the counter | No | Same problem as the driveway, indoors |
| A plate or stand on your counter pointed at reviews | No | That's a review station on your premises. I point counter hardware at your contact details instead |
| A tag on a wristband, keychain or badge pointed at reviews | No | If it's worn by your crew, your crew is standing there. Contact details only |
The tag isn't the violation — standing there is. That distinction is the whole thing. A card in somebody's hand as they leave is facilitation. The same card with your tech waiting for them to finish typing is pressure, and Google names that exact scenario.
Where an item lives decides what it's allowed to open.
Every one of these taps or scans, needs no app on anybody's phone, and can be pointed somewhere new later without replacing it. What changes is the destination — and that isn't a style choice.
Anything that stays with you or sits on your counter opens your contact details. Never your review page. If a tag is on your wrist, your keys, your badge or your front desk, then somebody from your business is standing there when the customer taps it — and being present while a customer reviews you is the part Google objects to.
Anything that leaves with the customer opens your review page. They take it home and decide on their own time, on their own phone. Same tag, same technology, completely different situation.
Stays with you → opens your contact details
Share your business in a tap, save somebody the trouble of typing your number, and never run out of cards. Useful at the counter, at a trade show, or halfway up a ladder.
Black steel card
Engraved anodized steel. The one you hand over when the impression matters.
White steel card
Same steel, bright finish. Stands out in a stack of paper cards.
Brass card
Gold engraving on black brass.
Gold-plated card
Gold-plated stainless. Top of the range.
Cherry wood card
Real wood with burned-in engraving, no ink.
Printed card
Full-colour plastic with your artwork. The sensible pick for kitting out a whole crew.
Phone tag
Sticks to the back of your phone. Your details go onto theirs without either of you carrying a card.
Badge lanyard
For trade shows and job sites where your hands are full.
Contact bracelet
Waterproof silicone for crews who are hands-on all day.
Tap keychain
Clips to your keys or a bag, so your details are on you even when the cards are in the other truck.
Tap wristband
Waterproof silicone, worn on the wrist. Same job as the bracelet in a different shape.
Counter stand
Sits on a front counter or a truck dash. A customer taps it and your contact details save straight to their phone. Two sizes, black or white.
Counter plate
The adhesive version of the stand. Sticks flat to a counter, door frame or dash and won't get knocked over.
Window sticker
Printed both sides so it reads from inside and out. Put your hours, services and phone number on the glass.
Leaves with the customer → opens your review page
A short list on purpose. These are the shapes that go home in somebody's hand or in their paperwork, which is what makes them the compliant ones.
Review card
Pocket-sized, handed over with the invoice at the end of the job. The one I start most clients on.
Printed review cards
The cheap version for handing out in volume. Same destination, paper instead of steel.
Invoice tags
Small round tags that go on the invoice, the work order, or the folder it all lives in. Travels home in the paperwork.
Not sure which fits? Tell me how you work — counter, truck, job site — and I'll pick the items, point them at the right place, and get them to you ready to use.
How the hardware works. Tap and QR tools are part of Local Visibility, not a separate purchase and not sold on their own. They come through at my cost plus shipping, as one flat line on your setup invoice. No markup. Vendor pricing and shipping can change, in which case the flat rate gets updated — not marked up. I'm not a reseller, partner, distributor or white-label provider for any tag vendor, and the vendor is swappable without anything breaking, because the tags point at a plain Google link.
Every tag gets tapped before it ships. I program each one and test it on a real phone to confirm it opens your Google review page directly — not a survey, not a landing page, not a "how did we do?" screen that decides where to send people next.
How they get used matters. Every customer gets the same review link, whatever they thought of the job. Tags go on the customer's own phone, never a tech's phone or a shared tablet, and never with somebody standing over them. Those aren't my preferences, they're Google's rules, and breaking them gets reviews deleted from your profile.
Tap and QR tools make it easier for a customer to act. They don't guarantee reviews, rankings, calls or revenue.
Let me show you where you stand. Then you decide.
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