'Free' Adwords Credit

[Alfie2]

I redeemed my £75 of Adwords credit and a thought occured to me. Do I have to pay this back to AdWords or is it 100% free?

[Elle]

Hey, Alfie!

Elle here from Shopify, hope you had a great week!

You will not have to pay this credit back to AdWords. The way the credit works is that you will need to spend a certain amount first in order to redeem the credit. We have a handy guide here that details this further if you wanted to check it out for clarification!

I hope this helps and feel free to reach out to our support if you have any other questions! We're available 24/7. 

Cheers,

[Alfie2]

Oh okay. Thank you very much, thought I'd have to pay back £75 to Google. That's a huge relief, thank you.

[EmmanuelFlossie]

When the promo is activated you need to spend £25 in the first month to be eligible for the £75 credit.

So if you spend £100, you will only pay £25. I always recommend reading the fine print to avoid any accidental issues or expectations.

More info: 

Terms and conditions for this offer:

• You are eligible for promotional credit if you are new to AdWords and have an AdWords account which is less than 14 days old at the time you enter your promotional code.
• In order to activate this offer, you need to enter the promotional code through the Billing tab in your account
• Promotional codes have no promotional value and entry of the promotional code serves only to begin your qualification for the associated promotional credit.
• To qualify for the promotional credit you must accrue advertising charges in the amount of £25 within 31 days of entering your promotional code.
• Your account must be successfully billed by AdWords and remain in good standing in order to qualify for a promotional credit.
• The promotional credit will be applied within approximately 5 days of your account reaching the threshold for accrued advertising charges specified above, as long as you’ve activated your account using the promotional code and fulfilled all requirements stated in the offer. Once applied, the promotional credit will appear on the Billing summary page in your account.
• For the complete terms and conditions, see: http://www.google.co.uk/adwords/coupons/terms.html