Link your manager account to a Payments profile on monthly invoicing

Linking your manager account to a Payments profile allows you to perform certain billing and payment actions. It also prevents any unauthorized billing changes in your account.

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Before you begin
Request linking of your manager account to a Payments profile
Send an invitation to a manager account to link to your Payments profile
Unlink a manager account from your Payments profile

Before you begin

If you have a manager account and one of your client accounts applies for monthly invoicing, you’re required to link your manager account to the Payments profile.

There are 2 ways to link your manager account to a Payments profile. One is to request linking of your manager account to a Payments profile. The other is, if your manager account has a link-management permission for a Payments profile, you can send an invitation to another manager account to link to the Payments profile that you manage.

Request linking of your manager account to a Payments profile

How to request linking of your manager account to a Payments profile

Note: You must have admin or billing-only access to your manager account in order to make a linking request.

Sign in to your Google Ads Manager account.
Select Billing icon and then select Payments profile.
Select the blue plus button.
Enter the 12-digit Payments profile ID you wish to link to and select Send Request.
- You can enter the Payments profile ID without dashes
- Make sure to enter a valid Payments profile ID

Your linking request will be sent to the admins of the manager account with link-management permission for that Payments profile. They'll review your request and approve or reject it accordingly.

If you, as the requester, are also the admin of the manager account with link-management permission for the profile you requested for linking, the link will automatically be approved.

You'll receive an email notification when your linking request has been approved or rejected. If the linking request is approved, it may take 24 hours for the Payments profile to show up in your manager account.

Note: We currently only allow a linking request to the Payments profiles that have a manager account with link-management permission. To link your manager account to the following types of Payments profile, contact us.

Payments profiles without a manager account with link-management permission
Payments profiles on Loi Sapin

View your pending linking request

Sign in to your Google Ads Manager account.
Select Billing icon and then select Payments profile.
Go to the "Sent requests" tab to view the list of your manager account’s pending linking requests.

Note:

If your request has been approved, rejected, or expired, you'll no longer find your pending or expired request in the "Sent requests" tab.
If the approver does not take any action, up to 2 reminders will automatically be sent to them to review your request before it expires. The number of times reminders were sent is displayed in the "Reminders sent" column.
Your request will expire 7 days after it was made. The date it will expire is displayed in the "Request expiration date" column. After your request expires, it will be automatically rejected, and you can resend the linking request.
Alternatively, you can withdraw your request if it has not yet been approved or rejected. Select Withdraw under the "Actions" column if you no longer wish to link your manager account.

Potential errors

There could be a number of reasons why you receive an error message and aren’t able to submit a request to link your manager account to a Payments profile. Refer below for the list of potential errors you may receive.

Error message #1: The Payments profile xxxx-xxxx-xxxx doesn’t have an assigned manager account with link-management permission.

What it means: The Payments profile you wish to link to doesn’t have a manager account with link-management permission (the owner of the Payments profile) who can approve or reject your linking request.

Recommended action: Contact customer support for assistance to link your manager account to the Payments profile. And, claim ownership of the Payments profile for your manager account by opting in to link-management permission. This permission will allow your manager account, as the Payments profile owner, to approve or reject linking requests that come from other manager accounts in the future without contacting customer support.

Error message #2: The Payments profile ID you entered is invalid.

What it means: You’ve input an incorrect Payments profile ID. Common mistakes include typos or some digits were switched in position.

Recommended action: Ensure that you input the correct Payments profile ID, which is typically a 12-digit number, before submitting your linking request.

Error message #3: The Payments profile xxxx-xxxx-xxxx isn’t eligible for external linking.

What it means: The Payments profile you wish to link to falls under one of the following criteria.

It’s not a monthly invoicing Payments profile, but rather a profile that is on manual payment or automatic payment option.
It’s not on standard liability, but rather on a Sequential Liability (for US agencies), or Loi Sapin (for French agencies), or Mexican Liability (for customers in Mexico).
The Payments profile does not pass our risk check.

Recommended action: If your Payments profile is on manual or automatic payment option, it’s not supported for linking with a manager account. For example, paying by credit or debit card, e-wallet, or virtual account number bank transfer. Otherwise, contact customer support for assistance to link your manager account to the Payments profile.

Error message #4: You already requested to link to Payments profile xxxx-xxxx-xxxx.

What it means: You or another eligible user in your manager account has previously made a request to link your manager account to the Payments profile. And, the request is pending approval by the manager account with link-management permission (the owner of the Payments profile).

Recommended action: Wait for 3-5 business days for your request to be reviewed and processed. If you still don’t get any notification about your pending request after 3-5 business days, contact customer support for assistance to link your manager account to the Payments profile.

Error message #5: Payments profile already linked.

What it means: Your manager account is already linked to the Payments profile.

Recommended action: No further action required.

Send an invitation to a manager account to link to your Payments profile

Note: To perform this action, your manager account needs link-management permission for the Payments profile.

Sign in as an admin user to Google Ads manager account with link-management permission.
Select Billing icon .
Select Payments profile.
Select the Payments profile which your manager account has link-management permission to, which is indicated by a “Yes” in the “Link-management permission” column of the Payments profile table.
Select the Link account button, enter the 10-digit manager account ID you want to link, and click Send invite.
- For security purposes, the admin user who sends the invitation must have at least read-only access to the invited manager account or the parent manager account of the invited manager account.
- If the admin user who sends the invitation is also an admin user of the invited manager account, the link will be automatically approved and become active.
- If the admin user who sent the invitation has access but is not an admin user of the invited manager account, an admin user of the invited manager account must access the Payments profile table. And, accept the link invitation within 30 days to activate it.

Unlink a manager account from your Payments profile