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Google Reviews & Referral Program

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This page covers two ways to grow your reputation and save money: pulling your Google reviews onto your BreederBuddy website, and sharing your referral link so other breeders join BreederBuddy — and you both save on your subscription.

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What You Can Do Here

  • Pull up to 5 of your most recent Google reviews into your website’s testimonials
  • Preview your reviews before connecting, and refresh them any time
  • Share your personal referral link with other breeders
  • Save $5/month for each breeder you refer who subscribes, up to 6 referrals
  • Track your referrals and your current discount

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How It Works

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Importing Your Google Reviews

This works with a BreederBuddy website and is included on the Pro and Signature plans (and during your trial). On the Standard plan, you’ll see an Upgrade to Pro button in its place.
  1. Open Google Maps, search for your kennel, and click your business so its info panel opens.
  2. Click Share, then Copy link.
  3. In BreederBuddy, click My Website in the left menu (or go straight to My Website → About).
  4. Under Sections, click About, then scroll to the Testimonials group.
  5. In the Import reviews from Google box, paste your Google Maps link. You can also type your business name instead.
  6. Click Test connection. Your business name, star rating, and recent reviews appear below so you can check it’s the right listing.
  7. Click Save & sync. A Connected badge appears, and your Google reviews now show in your website’s testimonials alongside the ones you added yourself, with each reviewer’s name, star rating, and a link back to your Google listing.
To pull in your newest reviews, click Refresh. To stop showing Google reviews, click Disconnect. You can also connect Google reviews while you build your website, in the testimonials step of the website builder.
  1. Go to Settings → Subscription.
  2. Scroll down to Referral Program.
  3. Under Your Referral Link, click Copy Link. You’ll see a “Referral link copied!” message. Your short referral code is printed just below the link, after Referral code:.
  4. Send the link to a breeder friend. When they sign up through it and start a paid subscription, the referral becomes active and both of your discounts start.
Your referral link is also on Settings → Co-owners. When you invite a co-owner who doesn’t use BreederBuddy yet and they join, that counts as a referral too — the Referral ($5/mo) column shows where each invite stands.

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How the Discount Works

  • You get $5/month off** for each active referral, up to **6** — so 6 referrals means **$30/month off.
  • The breeder you referred also gets $5/month off their own plan.
  • On an annual plan, each referral is worth $60/year, applied at each renewal.
  • A referral counts only while that breeder keeps a paid subscription. If they cancel, that $5 comes off your discount; if they resubscribe, it comes back automatically.
The Referral Program section shows your Active Referrals, Your Discount, and a list of everyone you’ve referred with their status.

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Key Terms

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Tips & Common Questions

No — BreederBuddy shows up to 5 of your most recent Google reviews, as Google provides them. Testimonials you add yourself show alongside them.
Make sure you’re pasting the link from your business’s own Google Maps listing (Share → Copy link), not a search results page. If it still won’t connect, reach out through the chat and we’ll help.
Referral rewards aren’t paid out as cash. They come off your BreederBuddy subscription bill as a discount, so there’s no income to record. Your discounted charges show on your invoices in the Stripe billing portal → on Settings → Subscription.
No — you can’t use your own referral link, and each breeder account can only be referred once.
No — the discount tops out at 6 × $5 ($30/month, or 6 × $60 a year on annual), including the $5 you get for being referred.
Now and then, a small bar at the bottom of the app may ask long-time customers to leave a review of BreederBuddy. It’s optional and never blocks anything. Close it with the X and it won’t keep coming back.

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Still Have Questions?

We’re here to help. If something isn’t working the way you expect, or you’d like to have a discussion around a certain topic, please reach out to us anytime through the chat in the bottom right corner of your screen. Thank you.