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Ask customers for reviews

Send review requests by text or email and set up automatic sends after a sale.

Updated October 5, 2026

Review requests help you get more feedback from happy customers. You can send them manually or let the app handle it automatically.

Review request dashboard showing sent and clicked stats
Review request dashboard showing sent and clicked stats

Steps

  1. Click Contacts in the left icon rail.
  2. Open the contact you want to ask.
  3. Click Review at the top of the record.
  4. Choose Email or Text message as the channel.
  5. Click Send.
  6. To send requests automatically, click More, then Reputation.
  7. Select the Requests tab.
  8. Open Request settings.
  9. Turn on Send automatically.
  10. Under Pick a trigger, choose Auto-send after a win (a deal marked won).
  11. Save your changes.

Good to know

  • Turn on Resend if no answer and set Max resends to follow up once or twice.
  • The app tracks how many requests were sent, clicked, and resulted in a review.
  • You can customize the text and email templates in the settings.
  • Automatic requests only send when the specific trigger event happens.
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