Wouldn’t it be great if you could add gift cards and donation buttons to your business on Google!
Google My Business Support Links have just been releases and are designed to do exactly that. These Covid Business Recovery links are part of the continued updates from Google to help small business survive and get support during the pandemic.
Google have already enabled updates to messaging and hour changes during the pandemic. But this is a whole new feature that you need to get up and running to take advantage of.
This article will take a look at:
- What are Google My Business Support Links
- How can I set up Google My Business Support Links
- A Video on the process of adding Gift Cards and Donation buttons
- What are some of the criteria to qualify?
Before you watch the video, make sure you tell any other businesses you know about these extra benefits as time is precious in saving the local small businesses
What are Google My Business Support Links
The support links are a new function in your dashboard. If you set this up correctly, you can give your customers and local neighbours a chance to help your local businesses by either donating or buying a gift card. To get this functionality on your listing, owners can add a link to their profile on the post area of the dashboard.
How can I set up Google My Business Support Links
Donations: PayPal and GoFundMe
Gift Cards: Square, Toast, Clover and Vagaro.
Ideally if you already have a PayPal or a GoFundMe account you can link to this for donations. For gift cards, merchants can link directly to the relevant page on their website or to their gift card offerings with one of our eligible partners, which includes Square, Toast, Clover and Vagaro.
Video on the process of adding Gift Cards and Donation buttons
Todays video will show you how you can add your Gift Card and Donation button, so you can get some support from loyal customers.
Take a look at the video above and you will see how easy it is to add a link so customers can buy a gift card or donate to your business.
What are some of the criteria to qualify?
The criteria will change no doubt and is still rolling out. According to Google on small-business …
- The Business must be verified before March 1, 2020.
- The Countries include: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
- More are rolling out and it will likely become live in a week or so from now
- Make sure you let everyone know as this is a real benefit for small businesses and a big help to business recovery in this difficult time
- These support links will be visible to consumers later this month.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the next few months are going to be tough. But every little thing helps. So give it a try, you may be suprised how many customers love you out there and it may just be enough to get you through the pandemic
Want to know where to start?
Head over to the popular How to Max Out Google My Business