Bubbles, sharing and subscription: manage several locations
Who this is for: you manage several locations, you want to give access to a collaborator or an agency, or you want to keep an eye on your subscription and your usage.
What you'll see: the Bubbles category, sharing with a code (create a code, use one, follow the active codes), and the Subscription and quotas category.
Where these settings are
They are on the Settings page, which you open with the gear icon at the top right, in the Sphere group of the left-hand menu. Each of these categories reminds you in its heading: "These settings apply to the whole … sphere, for each of its bubbles."
| Category | Where it is explained |
|---|---|
| General | Getting started, step 6 |
| Bubbles | Below |
| Sharing | Below |
| Store Locator | Store Locator |
| AI connectors | AI connectors |
| Subscription and quotas | Below |
For the difference between Sphere and Bubble, and the categories of the Bubble group, see Getting started.
Bubbles: the list of your locations
Open Settings › Bubbles.
The Your bubbles block gives the number of bubbles in the sphere and how many are active. For each bubble, you see:
- its name (e.g.
Optique Martin Croix-Rousse); - its city, then its connections: number of Google listings and linked networks (e.g.
Lyon · 1 GMB listing · 2 networks); - a gear icon on the right, to open its settings.
The New bubble button, at the top right of the block, opens the same creation window as the Sphere › Bubble selector (see Getting started, step 3).
Delete a bubble
Select the bubble in the selector, open Settings › Information, then click Delete this bubble, at the very bottom of the category. Before clicking, check the name shown under Bubble at the top of the menu: that is the bubble that will be deleted.
Sharing: give access with a code
Sharing no longer goes through an email invitation. You create a code, you pass it on to the person, and they enter it in their own GMB Club account.
Open Settings › Sharing.
Create a code
Click Create code. The Create a share code window opens:
| Setting | The choices |
|---|---|
| What do you want to share? | Entire sphere: all current and future bubbles. Specific bubbles: you choose the bubbles to share. |
| Access level | Member: everything on the location, except the team, billing and deletions. Read-only: sees everything, changes nothing. |
| Expiration | 1 day, 7 days, 30 days or Never: how long the code can be used. |
| Single use | When on, the code can only be used once. Turn it off if several people need to use the same code. |
Click Generate code, then pass the code on to your collaborator.
Advice: for an agency or a contractor who only looks after some of the stores, choose Specific bubbles. For someone who only needs to view the results, choose Read-only.
Use a code you received
The person who receives the code logs in to their own GMB Club account, opens Settings › Sharing and enters the code in Use a code.
Follow the codes
The codes you created appear in Active share codes, on the same page.
Subscription and quotas
Open Settings › Subscription and quotas.
Your subscription
The top of the category shows the Subscription status.
As a reminder, a GMB Club account starts with a trial of up to one week, with all the features. Your bank card is requested at sign-up, with no charge during the trial, and the trial can be cancelled online. After that, the subscription is paid per month and per location, with no commitment, at a price that decreases with the number of locations. Current prices are on the Pricing page.
The bubble's quotas
Further down, the Quotas block shows what the selected bubble has used in the current period. Quotas are counted bubble by bubble: switch bubbles in the selector to see another location's.
Each row shows a bar that fills up over the period, and on the right the usage against the limit (e.g. 16 / 32). For a subscribed bubble, the screen showed in October 2026:
| Quota | Period | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Review requests by SMS | per month | 50 |
| Review requests by email | per month | 200 |
| Reviews Agent replies | per month | Unlimited |
| Visibility analyses | per week | 3 |
| Social posts | per month | 32 |
| Blog articles | per month | 16 |
| Full SEO analyses | per month | 2 |
| Keyword searches | per month | 20 |
What counts are the figures shown in your account. If a limit isn't enough for you, write to us at [email protected], stating the bubble and the row concerned.
Common issues
My collaborator can't use the code → Check that they have their own GMB Club account and that they enter the code in Settings › Sharing, in the Use a code section. Also check that the code has not passed its Expiration, and that, if Single use was on, nobody has already used it. If in doubt, create a new code.
My collaborator can't see the subscription → That is normal with the Member level: they have access to everything on the location, except the team, billing and deletions.
A Read-only collaborator was able to change something → That is not how it is supposed to work. Write to us at [email protected], stating who, what and when.
I want to change the language of all my bubbles → Go to Settings › General (Sphere group) and change the Default language. It applies to all the locations of the sphere, except those that chose another language in their Information category.
Where do I set the tone of replies and posts? → In Settings › Business context, bubble by bubble. That is where the tone, the emojis and the writing instructions of your AI agents live.