Google review cards, stands, plaques and stickers

If you run a café in Fitzroy, a tradie business out of Parramatta, a real-estate agency on the Gold Coast or a salon in Subiaco, you already know the Google reviews story Down Under: customers swear they'll leave a five-star review, then the school run, the Coles shop and a Friday-night beer get in the way and you never see it. Aussie open rates on automated review-chase emails have dropped below 19% since the iOS 17 inbox cleanup, and the Spam Act 2003 turns any kind of automated SMS chase into a compliance headache. An NFC Google Review Card replaces both, sitting on the EFTPOS terminal, the bill folder or reception desk, and captures the review while the customer is still in front of you.

Each card is printed on premium 600gsm PVC, programmed with your Australian Google Business Profile link, and dispatched with tracked delivery by our fulfilment partner. You pay once in Australian dollars — no SaaS subscription, no per-tap fee, no annual contract — and the card keeps working for the life of the business. Customers tap with any iPhone XR or newer (iOS 14+) or any Android phone of the last six years from Telstra, Optus, Vodafone or Boost, and the printed QR code on the reverse covers older handsets. There's nothing for them to download and nothing for you to log in to.

On the compliance side it's deliberately boring: the card sends customers straight to your unfiltered Google review page — no star-rating gating, no 'happy path / sad path' funnel, no incentives. That keeps you safely inside Google's review policy, the ACCC's 2024 guidance on misleading online reviews and the Australian Consumer Law provisions on false or misleading conduct.

What you should expect in plain English: most Aussie businesses we ship to land a new five-star review on the same trading day the cards arrive. A typical site steadily growing its review count and average rating can see a measurable lift in 'near me' / Google Maps local-pack rankings over time. The cards are a legitimate marketing expense — your bookkeeper books them under print/marketing in Xero or MYOB, claims the 10% GST input credit, and you get an ATO-compliant tax invoice in your inbox within minutes of checkout.