Comments on: Four Reasons Why You Should Never Use Google AdWords’ Pre-Pay Option

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:13:16 +0000

Is it possible to go from post pay to prepay? I know it’s not advised :-)

By: Andrew Diamond

Andrew Diamond — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:57:41 +0000

I’m new to advertising myself. I haven’t the first clue about what it entails. I have had my site up for a couple days now, basically as a pet project, but decided it might be nice to cash in on my hosts Google and Yahoo ad credits.

I was curious about the prepay/postpay options so I typed them into Google and this web page was the third or fourth listing. One of the other links that popped up was Google’s own explanation of the difference between the two:

http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/adwords/learningcenter/19264.html

My concern as a beginning advertiser, is that I’m on a limited budget and “pre-pay” is more attractive, as when the funds I submit run out, the ads simply stop; no more charges until I submit additional funds. I know for larger, already established sites, this is not a major concern, but as a fresh face I definitely have my concerns.

All I remember is preset billing amounts of $50, $100… I have no idea if you can turn billing on or off with post-pay. If this is allowed, then this is certainly another option to consider (including the perks you commented on above). These are concerns I have as a “rookie” and thought perhaps my questions might help another novice taking the advertising plunge. These are just some questions I didn’t see answered in the Google facts sheet.

I’d appreciate any comments you might have.

Thanks!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:18:46 +0000

If you set your monthly budget to a certain amount, and you post-pay, you should already know what they’re going to bill you for, right? I understand that timing of the billing cycles may vary, but if I want to spend $100/month, that’s what I’ll get billed for using post-pay, right?

By: MSN hacken

MSN hacken — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:36:36 +0000

I agree full with this opinion of course it is incredible spending money which is nog allowed to increase money circumstances aswell as oppurtunities

By: Hanson So

Hanson So — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:59:44 +0000

I never knew a prepaid option existed. Thanks for letting us know!

By: DaveW

DaveW — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:09:33 +0000

Fantastic article about the payment options provided by Google.i have bookmaek the post so that it can be shared with the masses who are interested in getting this valuable information.

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:24:55 +0000

Yup, I didn’t see it either. I created recently (this year) a new account for another business and did not see it either. It must be fairly new.

Thanks for the screen shots Janet btw.

… and thanks David for the reassurance that I am not crazy. I started to have my doubts. hehe.

By: David

David — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:40:21 +0000

The pre-pay option must be newer because it was not available when I signed up a few years ago.

By: Janet Driscoll Miller

Janet Driscoll Miller — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:26:40 +0000

Oops… the images didn’t show on the comment area. I figured that might happen. Here’s the screenshot of the red box:

http://www.search-mojo.com/images/alert.jpg

And of the prepay option screen:

http://www.search-mojo.com/images/prepay.jpg

By: Janet Driscoll Miller

Janet Driscoll Miller — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:24:27 +0000

Hey there. I’m not sure when they started offering it, but it is an option when you set up your billing information when you set up a new account.

So when you set up a new account, you’ll see the alert at the top of the campaign summary page to set up payment info:

If you click on the link in the red box, you’ll first come to a page where you select your country. Then, on the next page, you select payment options: