Manage Ads account billing setup from your manager account (original) (raw)

A billing setup contains information about how you pay and your document delivery addresses, which is used to generate and deliver monthly invoices. This article shows you how to create and manage billing setups for your Google Ads client accounts.

Note that you can use the same billing setup for multiple Google Ads client accounts and receive one consolidated invoice per month. Learn more about consolidated billing.

On this page

• Before you begin
• Create a new billing setup from your manager account
• Add an existing billing setup to a new client account
• Add a new billing setup to a new client account
• Change the billing setup for a client account
• Create a new Google Ads account with automatic or manual payments from your manager account

Before you begin

• To create or manage a billing setup, you need Admin, Standard, or Billing-only access to the paying manager account.
• The paying manager account needs to be linked to the payments profile. Learn more About link-management permission.
• If you’re an invoicing customer in Vietnam, we recommend that you accept a new Master Service Agreement for VND currency sign-ups. To accept this agreement with Google Vietnam Company Limited for your existing payments profile, contact us.

Note: If you’d like additional help with your billing setup, contact us.

Create a new billing setup from your manager account

1. In your Google Ads manager account, select the Billing icon , then select Billing setups.
2. Select the plus button to add a new billing setup.
3. On the next page, select the billing country and currency.
4. Enter the payments profile ID, or search for the payments profile ID you want to use with this new billing setup. With the payments profile, you’re choosing who will be financially responsible for your Google Ads account.
5. Under “How you pay”, enter the desired billing setup details:
   • Invoice name
   • Email address for invoice delivery
   • Mailing address for invoice delivery (optional)
   • Bill-to address
   • Service agreement
6. Select Create billing setup.

The newly created billing setup will appear in your “Billing setups” page under your manager account and can be used after you refresh the page.

Add an existing billing setup to a new client account

If you add a Google Ads account to a billing setup already used by another account, both will appear on one consolidated invoice. To receive separate invoices for each account, you'll need to create a new billing setup and transfer them to their respective new setups. Refer to "Create a new billing setup from your manager account" and "Change the billing setup for a client account" for instructions.

1. In your Google Ads manager account, select Accounts.
2. Select Performance.
3. Select the client account where you want to add a billing setup.
4. Select Billing icon .
5. Select Billing setups.
6. Select the desired billing setup, and select Save and continue.
7. On the “Budget setup” page, enter your budget details.
8. Select Save and finish.

Add a new billing setup to a new client account

When configuring billing for a client or manager account, you can also choose to create a new billing setup to be linked to your client or manager account.

1. In your Google Ads manager account, select Accounts.
2. Select Performance.
3. Select the client account where you want to add a billing setup.
4. Select Billing icon .
5. Select Billing setups.
6. On the “Billing configuration” page, select Create a new billing setup.
7. In the new window, select the manager account you want your setup created under.
8. Select the billing country. Note that the account’s currency was set when the account was created, so the currency can’t be changed.
9. Enter the payments profile ID, or search for the payments profile ID you want to use with this new billing setup. With the payments profile, you’re choosing who'll be financially responsible for your Google Ads account.
10. Enter the desired invoice setup details:

• Invoice name
• Email address invoice delivery
• Mailing address invoice delivery (optional)
• Bill-to address
• Service agreement

1. Select Create and select setup.
2. On the “Budget setup” page, enter your budget details.
3. Select Save and finish.

Change the billing setup for a client account

1. In your Google Ads manager account, select Accounts.
2. Select Budgets.
3. From the “Payments account” column, select the billing setup you want to change.
4. Select Billing transfers from the page menu on the left.
5. Select Change invoice setup.
6. Select a date for the change, or select As soon as possible.
7. Next to “Billing configuration”, choose either Select existing billing setup or Create new billing setup.
8. Select Save and continue.
9. On the “Budget setup” page, enter your budget details.
10. Select Save and finish.

Create a new Google Ads account with automatic or manual payments from your manager account

1. In your Google Ads manager account, select Accounts.
2. Select Sub-account settings at the top of the page.
3. Select the plus button .
4. Select Create new account.
5. Select the account name, type, country, time zone, and currency.
6. Select Save and continue.

After saving, you’ll come to the "Billing configuration" page. Use the following steps to choose automatic or manual payments Google for the new account:

1. Select Create a new setup with a different payment method on the right.
2. Scroll down to your linked payment profiles and select Add new payments profile.
3. Under “How you pay”, select Automatic payments or Manual payments.
4. Include your business name, address, and instrument details.
5. Select Submit.

Related links

• Hide and unhide billing setups
• Transfer your client account to another agency
• Transfer an existing client account to your agency

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