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Sent to you

That email, on your website

Some of the best testimonials a business has were never public. They can be — with the one step that makes it honest.

How

  1. Ask the person, in writing

    The line in a reply that said the thing you wish your home page said. Paste it with the sender's name. It came to you, not to the world, so the request comes first — one line is enough, and the answer is almost always yes.

  2. Add it with the source set to "Email"

    The words as they were written, the person's name, and a screenshot if you have one. The source is shown beside it on every page it appears on afterward.

  3. Record what they said back

    Their reply is the permission. Keep it — the consent field travels with the testimonial and comes out in your export.

  4. Publish it wherever it belongs

    In a widget, on a wall, as an image for a post. Where they allowed it, and nowhere else.

Also private. Ask in a reply on the same thread, so the request and their answer stay in one place you can find again.

What will not happen to it

The same list is on every page of this site.

  • The words will not be edited. Not tidied, not shortened, not improved — by you, by us, or by a model.
  • The source will not be dropped: every published copy says it came from Email.
  • It will not be shown anywhere its permission does not cover.
  • It will not be fetched for you automatically — you are the one who decides it may be republished.

Then put it on your page

One script tag, wherever your site is built.

WordPressA Custom HTML block, anywhere in the page.ElementorThe HTML widget, dragged where you want it.ShopifyA Custom Liquid section on the page or the product template.WebflowAn Embed element, sized as you like.SquarespaceA Code block, on the plans that allow custom code.WixThe "Embed HTML" element.

Every builder, including the three that cannot run a script

Other private sources

DiscordA message in your server. Copy the text, or take a screenshot, and ask the person before publishing it.SlackA message in a shared channel or a community. Ask the person, then paste it or add the screenshot.WhatsAppThe message itself. A screenshot with the name visible, or the words typed in with the name beside them.Text messageA screenshot of the message, or the words with the person's name.In personSomething somebody said to you. Write it down as they said it, put their name on it, and ask them to confirm it.OtherAnywhere else. Name the place it came from; that name is shown beside the testimonial for the rest of its life.

All 40 sources

Bring that email across

With the source attached, read for risk, and published only where their permission reaches.

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