Before you start
For a new Replit-managed Google Ads account, you need:- A Replit Pro plan and a personal Workspace.
- Auto-reload enabled and available Replit credits.
- A live website or published app to advertise.
Connect or create an account
Tell Replit whether you already have a Google Ads account.
Connecting an account does not approve campaign spending.
Prepare your campaign
Replit supports Performance Max campaigns. Google combines your headlines, descriptions, and images into ads across Search, YouTube, Display, Discover, and other Google channels. Google chooses which combinations to show and where, based on your campaign goal. Replit helps you work through:- Goal: What should customers do—sign up, become a lead, or make a purchase?
- Destination: Which live page should the ads promote?
- Audience: Which locations and languages should the campaign reach?
- Creative: Which headlines, descriptions, and images should the ads use?
- Budget: Control your ad spend by choosing an average daily budget.
Set up measurement
Ask Replit to help set up conversion tracking in your app so you can measure useful actions, not just clicks. A conversion is an action you want a customer to take, such as completing a signup or purchase. Replit guides you through identifying actions that create business value, such as signups or purchases, and assigning values to them. Tracking these conversions helps you evaluate the return on your ad spend.Review and launch
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Review the campaign
Check the account, destination, creative, targeting, conversion goal, and average daily budget before approving activation.
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Approve activation
Campaigns can be created in a paused state. A paused campaign does not serve ads. Approve activation when you are ready for it to run and spend.
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Check the status
Replit reports the campaign’s saved status. Enabled does not mean ads are already serving: Google’s review, account eligibility, and other requirements can affect when ads start.
Understand your budget and billing
Campaign creation through Replit requires an average daily budget of at least $15 USD, within the limit shown during setup. For Replit-managed accounts, keep these billing details in mind:- Ads use the same Replit credit balance as your other usage. Auto-reload can charge your payment method to replenish that balance. See Managing spend to review usage and billing controls.
- Google’s reporting is delayed. Usage and charges may appear after the activity occurred, including after you pause a campaign.
- Replit usage for preparing and managing ads is separate from the advertising spend itself.
Check results and make changes
Ask Replit for performance over a specific period: You can also ask Replit to pause or resume a campaign, or change its budget. Review any spending approval requested for activation or a budget increase. For regular updates, ask Replit to set up a reporting routine: Reporting and scheduled actions require setup; they are not enabled automatically when a campaign launches. Allow time for Google’s review, learning, and reporting before judging performance. Running ads does not guarantee leads, sales, or a return on your spend.Launch limitations
- Performance Max is the supported campaign type for this launch.
- Replit-created accounts can run one campaign at a time.
- The Replit-managed launch is for personal Workspaces, not Enterprise Workspaces.
- Google promotional credits are not included in this release.
- A Mission budget is not an advertising spending cap.