Valtela Get a card

Offer a Google review to everyone who was there

A card on the counter offers every customer a Google review and a message only you see. Everyone gets the same two buttons; that's what Google's own rules require, and most tools quietly break them by filtering out anyone who looks unhappy.

Try the live demo Get a card

It arrives in the mail, already set up. Put it on the counter, and we start reading your listing that night.

What you get

A card goes on the counter and gets tied to your Google listing. After that it runs itself.

Everyone gets asked

A tap opens the Google review box, for every customer, not only the one who got upset.

Complaints come to you

Next to the Google button sits a box the guest can write to you directly. It lands in your email within seconds, not on your public listing.

Your listing, watched nightly

We check your rating, review count and hours against yesterday's. A drop or a vanished review reaches you by email that morning.

A rating is who bothered to write

Usually the angry one. Happy customers rarely bother.

Before

Blue Fern Coffee

4.2 ★★★★☆ 118 reviews

Coffee shop · Open until 6pm · 200 ft

Last review five months ago

After a year

Blue Fern Coffee

4.6 ★★★★★ 207 reviews

Coffee shop · Open until 6pm · 200 ft

Last review two days ago

An illustration of what changes: how many reviews are visible and how recent they are. No specific numbers can be promised.

97%1

of people read reviews before visiting a business

83%1

of customers will leave a review when they are asked

74%1

of people only read reviews from the last three months

+0.12 2

and 12% more reviews at hotels that started replying

One tap, their choice

Two paths, no question about whether they were happy. Praise goes to Google, complaints come to you.

Rate us on Google

Straight to the review form on your listing.

Write to the owner

Never reaches Google. Lands in your email within seconds and waits in your dashboard until you mark it handled.

Leave without rating

Counts too. Taps and Google follow-throughs, side by side in the dashboard.

Same two buttons for everyone, no filtering by how the visit went. A tap is a tap: not a customer, not a visit, not a review.

How it works

Nothing starts by hand and nothing waits for somebody to remember.

The card

White, black print, no ad on it. Sits between the register and the napkins: NFC chip inside, QR code on the face.

The card with its QR code, as it stands on a counter
Size
4.7 × 4.7 in
Works by
Tapping a phone (NFC) or scanning the QR code
Card code
Its own for every card, tracked separately
Upkeep
None. No battery, nothing to charge.

Google, or you

Every customer sees both buttons the same way. No sorting by the answer, no gatekeeping.

  • Both paths, one under the other, with no filter by star count.
  • Where the screen sends a review can be repointed on our side; you never touch the card.
  • Opens in the browser in under a second, even on an older phone.

The private box

A complaint lands with you, not on Google. It often reaches you while the guest is still at the table.

  • The email leaves right away, day or night.
  • It carries the guest's phone or email too, if they left one.
  • It stays in your dashboard until you mark it handled.
  • It never reaches Google and is never published anywhere.
9:41

Friday, July 31

9:14 PM

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New complaint from a guest

“We waited almost twenty minutes for two coffees.” Contact: megan.t@example.com

The nightly read

Rating, review count and six listing facts, saved every day, so the dashboard shows a trend, not just today.

  • Rating and review count, as a snapshot every day.
  • Name, address, phone, website, hours and category.
  • The starting point from the day you were set up, so everything is measured against it.
  • Charts over 30 days, over a year, and over the whole time the card has been on your counter.

The alert

Rating drops, a negative review lands, or one disappears: an email and a dashboard alert both follow.

  • Your rating dropped against yesterday.
  • A review landed, and separately, a negative review landed.
  • A review vanished from your listing, removed by Google or by its author.
  • Your business disappeared from Google, or shows as closed.

The restore pack

If Google stops showing you at all, we catch it that night. A finished document is waiting in your dashboard the same day: how long it's been down, what to do, and what Google usually asks for. Open it in a browser and print it.

  • How long Google has been hiding you, from our own reading of the listing.
  • The steps in order, with links to Google's own forms.
  • The documents Google usually asks a business to provide.
  • The state of the listing from the last day it was fine.
ValtelaBack to the Watch

Evidence for restoring your Google listing

Blue Fern Coffee · compiled Jul 31, 2026 7:04 AM

What happened

As of Jul 31, 2026 your listing has stopped appearing in Google's public results. For a customer that means they cannot find you on Google or in Maps.

We check your listing every day. The public listing does not say why this happened, so this document does not claim to either.

The listing, before this happened

We last saw the listing intact on Jul 30, 2026: a rating of 4.6 from 207 reviews. That is the state you are trying to get back to.

The rest of the document carries the steps for Google, a list of supporting facts, and your listing's own identifiers.

What arrives by email

Most owners open the dashboard once a month and miss nothing by it. What matters reaches your inbox instead.

The alert

Every morning we compare your listing with yesterday's. Rating drop, new negative review, a review vanished: the email goes out the same moment. Not a newsletter, only sent when something happened.

  • A rating drop, a new review, a new negative review.
  • A review vanished from your listing, removed by Google or by its author.
  • Your business disappeared from Google, or shows as closed.
  • The link in the message goes straight to that row in your dashboard.
Rating droppedBlue Fern Coffee
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Rating dropped

Blue Fern Coffee

Your rating dropped from 4.6 to 4.3 stars.

Was4.6 ★
Now4.3 ★
Open the alert

We only send an alert when something actually changed. A quiet week stays quiet.

The monthly report

Taps, Google follow-throughs, new reviews and their stars. Ends with one line on what to do next month.

  • Card taps, and how many of them pressed through to Google.
  • New reviews, and how many were three stars or fewer.
  • Your rating at the start of the month and at the end.
  • Taps by week, so a week that fell off stands out.
Monthly report for July 2026Blue Fern Coffee
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Blue Fern Coffee

Monthly report for July 2026

Card taps495201 of those pressed through to Google
New reviews374 of those at three stars or fewer
Google rating4.6was 4.4 at the start of the month
You are holding above 4.5 stars, past the threshold even the pickiest customer looks for. Source: BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026. 1,002 US respondents.

The rest of the email carries card taps by week and one sentence on what to do about it next month.

The year in numbers

A month before renewal, the whole year: where your rating moved, how many days we watched, what guests wrote. Nothing estimated, all counted from records we already keep.

  • Where your rating moved over the whole period.
  • The number of days we read your listing.
  • How many alerts went out and how many listing changes we saw.
  • Arrives 30 days before your license ends, together with next year's invoice.
Your year in numbersBlue Fern Coffee
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Blue Fern Coffee: your year in numbers

Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026

Your rating rose from 4.2 to 4.6.

Per Google, read every day.

Card taps5,9402,380 of those pressed through to Google
Reviews on the profile207118 at the start of the period
Days watched365every one of them we read your profile
What happened this year
Alerts14
Profile changes3
Listing outages0

The rest of the email carries new reviews and guest messages, both with how many were answered.

When a review is fake

You cannot delete it yourself, but you can prove it happened. A report with no evidence gets refused, and Google decides how fast you have one.

The evidence

Written the moment the incident opens and frozen from then on. The reviews it quotes get blanked from your dashboard later, so it couldn't be made after the fact. Print it for Google or for a lawyer.

  • What happened, what set it off and the numbers behind it.
  • Every review it concerns, with when it was posted and when we first saw it.
  • Your rating and review count the day before the incident and the day after.
  • The starting point from the day you were set up, so it is clear where the count begins.
ValtelaBack to the Watch

A cluster of negative reviews

Evidence for suspicious review activity · Blue Fern Coffee · caught Jul 31, 2026 7:04 AM

What happened

Reviews in the window3
Time window (hours)24
Rating before4.6 ★
Rating after4.3 ★

Reviews involved

★☆☆☆☆ new.account.581

Review left with no text.

Posted Jul 31, 2026 2:41 AM · first caught Jul 31, 2026 7:04 AM

The rest of the document carries a second review and the state of the listing around the incident.

The demand letter

A plain text letter, fill in your details and why the review isn't true. Download it at the review. Not legal advice, a finished skeleton for the reviewer, the platform or a lawyer.

  • The business name, the reviewer, and the date it was posted.
  • A plain statement of what the review claims and why it is not true.
  • A deadline to remove it and a place to sign.
  • Plain text, so you can paste it into whatever you already have open.
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Demand to remove a false review

Text file, downloaded from the dashboard, at the review it names

Subject: Demand to remove a review On [fill in the date], a review was posted on my business's listing that contains false statements.

The rest of the letter downloads from the dashboard. The full text, the removal deadline, and a place to sign are waiting at the review it concerns.

This template is not legal advice or a legal service; consult a lawyer in a serious case.

Themes

Guest messages sorted by theme each month, so you can tell one bad night from a pattern.

Reply templates

Every other customer reads the owner's reply. A ready draft covers what usually gets put off until later.

A bad day, handled

You hear about it that day. The facts are already written up, the evidence document is ready to print, and the demand letter is waiting at the review. That's the one day you can still catch it, and the one day you have no time to dig anything up yourself.

Get in touch

Try the dashboard

A sample coffee shop with two months of data, no sign-up needed.

/dashboard

Overview

Watching Blue Fern Coffee on Google. up to date

Your Google listing

4.6Google rating+0.2 ★ in 30 days
207reviews total+37 in 30 days

Rating

4.7 ★4.5 ★4.2 ★Jun 1Jun 22Jul 13Jul 31

Review count

210180150Jun 1Jun 22Jul 13Jul 31

Cards

495card taps+1% over the previous 30 days
201pressed through to Google+14% over the previous 30 days

Taps over time

25120Jul 2Jul 11Jul 21Jul 31
Counter227 taps · 98 pressed through to Google (43%)
Window table118 taps · 48 pressed through to Google (40%)
Patio94 taps · 36 pressed through to Google (38%)

Reports

Your year in numbersAug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
July 2026Aug 1, 2026
June 2026Jul 1, 2026
/dashboard/messages

What a guest writes here never reaches Google. Messages are deleted after 90 days.

waiting1 day ago

“Could you add a second cream station? The line for milk backs up the whole counter.”

waiting4 days ago

“Loved the new fall menu, the pumpkin cold brew is fantastic.”

waiting1 week ago

“The music was really loud yesterday afternoon, hard to hold a conversation.”

Themes this month

Wait times7 messages
Evening noise4 messages
Billing and the tab3 messages
/dashboard/watch

Watch

We check your profile and your reviews every day. Last checked Jul 31, 2026 7:04 AM.

Google listing

Google is showing your listing normally. all clear

If it disappeared or Google marked you closed, you would hear about it the same day and get the document for restoring it.

NameBlue Fern Coffeechecked Jul 31, 2026
Address128 Depot St, Asheville, NCchecked Jul 31, 2026
Emailhello@bluefern.coffeechecked Jul 31, 2026
Websitebluefern.coffeechecked Jul 31, 2026
HoursMon to Fri 7am to 6pmchecked Jul 31, 2026
CategoryCoffee shopchecked Jul 31, 2026

What we caught

Jul 31, 2026
A cluster of negative reviewssuspicious activity

Several negative reviews landed in a short span.

Reviews in the window
3
Time window (hours)
24
Rating before
4.6 ★
Rating after
4.3 ★
Open
Jul 18, 2026
The listing's email address changed contact@bluefern.coffeehello@bluefern.coffee
Jul 2, 2026
The listing's hours changed Mon to Fri 7am to 6pmMon to Fri 7am to 4pm
/dashboard/cards

Cards

Rename a card for where it sits in your shop. The first card is included in the plan.

227 taps · 98 pressed through to Google (43%)
1580Jul 2Jul 11Jul 21Jul 31
118 taps · 48 pressed through to Google (40%)
630Jul 2Jul 11Jul 21Jul 31
Need another card for another table?

Tell us and we will send one, already set up.

Get in touch
/dashboard/invoices

Invoices

NumberIssuedDueForAmountStatus
2026014Aug 1, 2026Aug 8, 2026Annual plan $599paid Aug 4, 2026
2025207Aug 1, 2025Aug 8, 2025Annual plan $599paid Aug 6, 2025

The invoice number links to a PDF. We also email every invoice.

Payment by transfer

Billed toBlue Fern Coffee
Account number0123456789
Referencethe invoice number above

See the full dashboard

Who it's for

No point-of-sale, no software. Just a place where a customer stands for a moment.

A printed card isn't the same thing

Both sit on the counter. That's where the resemblance ends.

A printed card with a fixed QR code
The QR code is printed. Where it leads was decided at the print shop, and it will not change.
A printed card does not know it was used. It has no way to tell anyone.
Two identically printed cards are indistinguishable, unless somebody printed them differently.
A card pointed at Google offers one path. An unhappy customer walks straight down it.
A printed code cannot see the listing it points to. A change slips right past it.
What is printed on the card was true on the day it was printed. When the listing disappears, it says nothing.
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The QR code points at our screen. Where it sends the customer next, we switch for you.
Every tap is a row. You see how many there were and how many went on to Google.
Each card carries its own code, so the counter, the patio and the window read apart.
Beside the Google button sits a box to write to you. Both are seen by everyone, no questions asked.
We read your listing every night. When a rating drops or a review vanishes, we write to you.
Rules change, and we change the screen with them. A vanished listing has a document to appeal it.

The left column describes a printed object, not any specific vendor or company.

Getting set up

Nobody drives to your counter, nothing is installed, no appointment booked.

Today

You write to us

The form below: your business name, your city and how to reach you.

Within a day or two

We find your listing

You confirm it is the right one before anything is set up.

A few days later

The card arrives in the mail

Already encoded, already pointed at your listing. You set it on the counter.

That night

We read your listing for the first time

And every night after.

Pricing

Paid once a year, up front, by invoice. Nothing renews on its own.

$599a year, per counter

About $50 a month, billed once a year.

Each extra card for the same counter: $79 a year.

A second location: 20% off the plan and every card, for as long as you keep it.

  • The listing checked every night
  • An alert the same day something changes, and the restore pack if it disappears
  • A new or a vanished review, flagged
  • The monthly report and the year summary by email
  • A card with a QR code and NFC for the counter
  • A Google review in one tap
  • Complaints by email within seconds
  • Suspicious reviews and attacks, detected
  • The facts written up for every finding
  • The evidence document, ready to print
  • The reporting steps and the demand letter template
  • The private message box
  • A reply template ready under every review
Get in touch

No contract, cancel any time. The license does not renew on its own: we send next year's invoice 30 days before this one ends.

Sources

Every number on this page cites its study: author, year, who was asked, linked to the original.

  1. BrightLocal, Local Consumer Review Survey 2026. 1,002 US respondents. brightlocal.com
  2. Proserpio and Zervas, Marketing Science 2017. Hotels on TripAdvisor. informs.org

FAQ

Anything else, use the form below.

What arrives in the box?

One NFC card, ready to tap, already pointed at your Google listing. No app, no battery, no wiring: set it on the counter and it works.

How does the card reach the counter?

We mail it to you the day your listing is confirmed. There is no installer visit and nothing on your side to configure beyond telling us which Google listing is yours.

Can a review actually be removed?

Google removes a review that breaks its own rules: false claims, harassment, spam, a competitor, someone who was never a customer. It will not remove a review it simply disagrees with. You report it from your own Google Business Profile; we send you the dated evidence and a ready reporting template the day we catch a cluster.

What happens if the profile is suspended or the listing disappears?

We read your listing every night. If it stops showing publicly, you hear from us that morning with a document showing the last confirmed state of the listing and the steps for restoring it.

What does $599/year cover?

The card, the nightly watch on your Google listing, and an email the day something changes: a rating drop, a cluster of negative reviews, a changed phone number or hours. $599/year covers one card at one counter.

Does an extra location cost extra?

Yes, a second card for a second counter is $79/year, billed alongside the first.

What happens if payment stops?

Thirty days before your year ends we send the numbers for the year and the invoice for the next one. If it goes unpaid the card's page goes dark rather than keep sending customers to a review form nobody is watching.

Does the guest need an app?

No. They tap the card or scan the code, and the screen opens in their own phone's browser in under a second. No install, no account, no cookies.

Contact us

Name your business and its city. Paste the link to its Google listing if you have one; a name and a town can still be the wrong branch.

We reply by email, usually the same day.

We keep what you send for as long as we might reply to it, and no longer. More in our privacy policy.