Use your promotional codes

Google and our partners sometimes distribute promotional codes for Google Ads. These special offers can be used to redeem credit that gets applied to your Google Ads account. This article explains how to redeem your offer and track its status.

Before you begin

• You will need to enter a payment method.
• If you’d like to use monthly invoicing, be sure to set up that setting before entering your code. Otherwise, your offer will be invalidated and the amount lost when you switch to invoicing.

Where to enter your promotional code

1. In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
2. Click Promotions.
3. Click the blue plus button .
4. Enter your promotional code.
5. Click Save.

Visit the Promotions page

Note: Manager account users can’t enter a promotional code from the manager level through the Promotions page. Manager accounts must visit the billing page of the account they’d like to apply a promotion to and follow steps above.

Check your progress

To see how close you are to earning your credit, visit the Promotions page in your account. The page updates every few hours. You'll be able to check your progress, the status of any credit, and see completed or expired promotions. Here's how to get there:

1. In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon
2. Click Promotions.
3. On the "Promotions" page, you'll see all promotional codes added to your Google Ads account and the related amounts and statuses, including the following:
   • Active: Reward associated with coupon has been granted.
   • Redeemed: currently earning: Coupon was successfully redeemed, but the spend requirement (such as “Spend $25 USD, get $50 USD”) hasn't been met yet.
   • Processing: The spend requirement (such as “Spend $25 USD, get $50 USD”) has been met and the reward is being processed.
   • Expired: Coupon expired after redemption and before spend requirement was met.
   • Invalidated: Coupon was invalid/invalidated.

Note: It can take up to 35 days for your reward credit to be processed after meeting the spend requirements. If your credit hasn't appeared after 35 days, contact Google Ads support.

Related links

• Fix a promotional code issue
• About promotional codes (coupons)