Every five-star review you've earned on Google or Yelp belongs to the salon's address. When you leave, it stays behind. On Polish Perfect, the client reviews you. The review is tied to your name and to the salon where you did the work. Here's how the QR code works, what the client does, when a review goes up, where it shows, and what it's good for.
Why your reviews don't follow you anywhere else
Google and Yelp review businesses. When a client writes a glowing paragraph about the set you did, it goes on the salon's listing, under the salon's name. The salon keeps it after you've moved on. You could have 30 reviews that are really about your work, and they'd prove nothing about you to the next owner. All that owner sees is a resume and a promise.
A review on Polish Perfect belongs to two people: the tech who did the work and the salon where it happened. It shows on your profile and on the salon's page, with your name on it in both places. And it goes with you when you leave. Nothing carries over from Google or Yelp, because those sites don't let reviews leave. Your reviews here start with your next happy client.
The QR code at your station
Your profile comes with its own code. You'll find it on the Reviews page of your dashboard, as an image you can download or print. It stays the same code for as long as you have your profile. Put it on your table, tape it to the mirror, or keep it on your phone and show it to a client who just said they love their set. Here's what a review looks like once it's on your page.
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The salon can have a code too. A client who scans the salon's code picks the tech who did their nails from the salon's list of confirmed techs, or searches by name. The review lands on that tech the same way. Here's where to find your own code and how to print it.
What the client does
Scanning the code opens a few quick steps on the client's phone. No account, no app, about a minute.
- 01Take a photo of the set. Every review has one. It's what makes the review worth something.
- 02Pick the salon where the work was done, by searching its name. If the client scanned your code and you've already confirmed your current salon, they skip this step.
- 03Rate it, 1 to 5 stars.
- 04Write a line if they want to, up to 1,000 characters, and send.
The client doesn't have to sign in or give an email address. And nobody can leave a review without the photo. That keeps your page honest. Every rating on it is a set someone photographed at the chair.
When a review goes up
A review goes up when two things are true: the client named a salon, and you've confirmed you work there. The first review from a new salon waits on the Reviews page of your dashboard until you confirm. You only confirm a salon once. When you do, that review and any others waiting for that salon go up together, the photos join your portfolio, and your rating updates. After that, every review at the same salon goes up the moment the client sends it.
Only salons you've confirmed
A review for a salon you haven't confirmed never goes up. So nobody can pin a stranger's review, good or bad, on your name. Work at two salons at once? Confirm both.
Start with the profile. The reviews follow
It's free, it takes a few minutes on your phone, and owners see it when you apply for jobs.
Where it shows, and what can't be changed
On your profile, each review shows the client's photo, their stars, their words, the salon's name, and when they left it. The rating at the top of your page is the simple average of every review on it. On the salon's page, the same photo shows in the salon's gallery with your name on it, and it links back to your profile. The salon's owner can post a reply to the review, up to 500 characters.
Neither you nor the salon can remove a review once it's up. And nothing gets left out because of where you work now. There's one exception: a review that's abusive or clearly not from a real client. Contact us and we'll look into it. We also tell search engines your page is about a person with a rating, so a search for your name can show your stars.
What reviews in your own name are good for
- Applying. When you apply for a job, the owner gets a link to your profile. A rating built from 30 clients at two salons says more than any note you could write. How applying works.
- Negotiating. Asking for a better split or a private room is a different conversation when the reviews are in your name, not the salon's.
- Going out on your own, or moving to a new salon. Your reviews are the track record you take with you.
- Clients finding you again. Your profile shows where you work now. A client who loved their last set can find you by name and follow you, not the address.
Changing salons
Keep your code. It's tied to your profile, not to the salon, so the one you printed still works at your new chair. When the first review at the new salon comes in, confirm the salon on your Reviews page. From then on, reviews from both places sit on the same profile, each with its salon's name on it.
- 01Create your profile: a username, your city, a few photos.
- 02Download or print your QR code from the Reviews page of your dashboard.
- 03Show it to the next client who's happy with their set.
- 04Confirm the salon when your first review comes in.
It's free, and your next happy client is the first review in your name. Create your profile.