Some of you may have seen the fantastic £400 credit offer from Google AdWords. It says you have 60 days to claim the offer or spend it ( well so I thought ).
I originally signed up thinking the credit would be applied at the start. I was bitterly disappointed to find out it is applied AFTER SPENDING £400!
So do be careful, I obviously missed it when signing up. In the meantime, you will be charged for the spend, on the 1st of every month or when it reaches £200. I had to pay £178.03 so I could carry on with my ads, as they are automatically stopped if a payment fails! I won’t go as far as to say it’s a scam but I’m a bit gutted about it! I think Google needs to work on this, even after speaking to them they said there was nothing they could do. This would not be a great start for someone new to Google Adwords!
This could leave you stuck unable to reach the £400 limit and therefore not being able to claim the credit. I will update you on what happens and if the credit does ever gets applied.
Hope this helps some of you!
UPDATE 10th NOV
So after speaking to support staff in India, I was told there was nothing they could do. No gesture of goodwill etc. I managed to get my ads running again and ran the campaign until I hit the £400 limit! I then paused the ads, there was a delay and I went over by 4 pounds so then I hit the £200 auto billing limit and was charged again. The credit has still not been applied!
I will update you when this happens but I have to say this has been such a farce by Google AdWords!