How-to guide

Add Thanks buttons

Offer useful next steps on the thank-you page, with buttons for the relevant rating and team.

For: All Hively users

What a Thanks button does

A Thanks button is a link shown after a customer submits feedback. It can point to a useful resource, your website or an email address. It does not submit another rating or automatically post a review elsewhere.

Account administrators on paid plans can manage buttons under Configuration → Thanks buttons. There is no fixed button-count limit in the current form, but a small number of relevant choices is easier for customers to use.

Add a button

Select Add Thanks Button and complete the form:

  1. Choose the Action. Use Link to any URL or email address for a general link; branded choices change the button’s presentation.
  2. Enter a short Button label; the form allows up to 30 characters.
  3. Enter the destination in URL or mailto link, such as https://example.com/help or mailto:support@example.com.
  4. Choose Teams, where offered, and Display for: Happy and Wow, Satisfied, or Unhappy.
  5. Select Submit.

Use a destination you control or have checked. A branded action is not an automatic integration with that service; you still need the correct destination link.

Choose useful next steps

Good examples include “Read our help guide”, “Contact our team”, “Visit our website” or a link to an agreed follow-up resource. Match the destination to the label so that customers know what will happen.

Use the rating choice to offer relevant assistance—for example, a support contact after an Unhappy rating. Avoid pressuring customers to change their feedback or offering rewards for a positive public review.

Check, change or remove a button

Return to Thanks buttons to edit or remove a button. Check a test submission for the intended rating and team: a Happy/Wow button will not appear after a Satisfied or Unhappy rating, and a team-specific button will not appear for another team.

For the surrounding message, use rating-page customization. If the controls are unavailable, check that you are signed in as an account administrator on a paid plan.

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