can I verify billing without setting up an ad campaign?

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I have a message saying to complete my google set up I have to verify my billing. When I click the link it asks me to start an ad campaign. I don’t really want to commit to this right now. If I don’t commit, will it be seen by google as a negative and penalise me

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Hey, @Sandra_Mitchell .

Thanks for bringing your question here to us, in the Community forum. I understand that you’re hoping to update your Google Ads billing information, without starting a campaign right away. Not to worry, this is definitely possible.

Once you set up your Google Ads account, you can enter your billing by following these steps (highlighting step #6):

  1. In your Google Ads account, select the tool icon and then under “Billing,” select Settings.
  2. Choose the country or territory of your business address. Select Continue.
  3. Enter your business address. Select Continue.
  4. Make your billing selections and enter your billing information. The options you see will depend on the country of your billing address, the currency you’ve picked, and whether any payment methods are temporarily unavailable for your account.
  5. Review and accept the Google Ads Terms and Conditions.
  6. Select Submit and Activate.
  • If your payment setting is automatic payments: Once your account is activated and your billing information has been processed, any new ads and campaigns you create can begin running on Google. If you don’t want them to run immediately, be sure to pause your campaigns.
  • If your payment setting is manual payments: Your ads will run once you have funds in your account. Select the tool icon and choose Billing, then select Make a payment to add funds.

If you choose automatic payments, you can completely pause all ads until you are ready to run them. This means you will not be charged until you activate the ad. There will be no penalty for doing so. This route will allow you to complete the setup of your Google Ads account without actually running a paid ad.

Please let me know if that is helpful. If you have any questions, I’m more than happy to help. It sounds like you are starting a new business venture! Congrats. What type of products will you be selling?

Talk soon,

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Hey, @Sandra_Mitchell .

I’m really glad to see that my response was helpful. If you have any questions throughout the process, don’t hesitate to reach back out.

All the best,

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