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title: "Does Praising do review gating? How our review funnel stays compliant"
description: "No. Every customer can leave a public review on your connected sites, whatever rating they give. The optional rating-first mode only adds a star rating before the same choices."
url: https://help.praising.ai/en/articles/53-does-praising-do-review-gating-how-our-review-funnel-stays-compliant
collection: "Collecting reviews"
updated: 2026-10-05
language: en
---

# Does Praising do review gating? How our review funnel stays compliant

No. Every customer can leave a public review on your connected sites, whatever rating they give. The optional rating-first mode only adds a star rating before the same choices.

**Short answer: no. Praising never sorts customers by their rating. Anyone can leave a public review on the sites you connect, and nothing is hidden or suppressed.**

![Praising's review link — every visitor can leave a public review, nothing is hidden](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/xa4bl5OB3SbO1WRS4lVR2wYGcNB6jEMrC4dKD8B5NGzVFgc3lkoAD7npwRyOzeXSdqpEYEFWrq3.png)![The Review Link screen — every visitor is offered "Leave a review" directly, and the Experience Filter can be switched off entirely](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/0lfrujmNePbekZGdyPCjprUrmVWmwu5T4xzVLzNHHhvjbcW6OTcsLdO18W7iA6NPRtHs3aWIRlF.png)

We built Praising to help you collect _more_ genuine reviews and catch unhappy customers early — without ever violating Google's review policies. Here's exactly how the funnel works and where "review gating" fits in.

## The default funnel is compliant

When a customer opens your review link, the public-review option is always right there, one tap away. Every customer — happy or unhappy — can leave a public review on Google (or your other connected platforms) whenever they want.

Alongside that, the funnel offers a private-feedback path so a customer _can choose_ to share something directly with you instead. This gives you an early heads-up about a frustrated customer, while never standing between anyone and the public review button.

This is how every review page works out of the box, and it's the setup we recommend.

## What "review gating" means — and our optional mode

"Review gating" usually means asking for a star rating first and then routing higher ratings toward public review sites while steering lower ratings to a private form. Google's policies discourage this, so Praising doesn't do it, in any setting.

Praising does include an optional switch, **Ask for a rating first**, on the **Review Link** page. When it's on, your review page opens with a star rating. Whatever the rating, the customer then gets the same two choices: post a public review, or send you a private message. It's off by default, and you can turn it off at any time.

The rating never decides where a customer can go. A rating of 1 to 3 stars only swaps the thank-you line for a short apology, and the public review option stays on the page.

## The bottom line

-   **No gating.** Every customer can leave a public review on your connected sites, whatever rating they give.
    
-   **Private feedback** gives you an early signal without suppressing anything.
    
-   **Ask for a rating first is optional and off by default.** It changes what customers see first, never where they can go.
    

Want help setting up your review funnel? Reach out in chat and we'll walk you through it.

[See how the feedback step works](https://app.praising.ai/dashboard/reputation/link)