You can choose to pay for conversions, rather than clicks when using a Smart Display campaign or a standard display campaign. Paying for conversions means you only pay when customers convert on your website or app.

The option to pay for conversions is only available when you use Target CPA with Display campaigns. We now also have an option to use Smart Display campaigns with Pay for conversions. Read more here.

This article explains how to pay for conversions.

Instructions

1. Sign in to your Google Ads account.
2. On the page menu on the left, click Campaigns.
3. Click the plus button , then select New campaign.
4. Select Display Network.
5. Choose Drive action goals.
6. Select Create a Smart display campaign.
7. Click Continue.
8. In the “Bidding” section, find the header “Pay for”, and select Conversions.
9. Click Save and continue.

How it works

Pay for conversions uses the same bidding algorithm as when you pay for clicks.

If you choose to pay for conversions, you still use the Target CPA bidding strategy, but you pay for conversions instead of clicks. You will only be billed for conversions received at the Target CPA that you set. For example, if you set your Target CPA to $10 and you get 10 conversions during a month, you would be billed $100. You will not be charged for clicks or impressions leading to the conversions.

Also, pay for conversions doesn’t work with shared budgets.

Remember that although your Google Ads experience may show you pay for conversions as an option, your account may not meet the eligibility requirements. You can make sure your account is eligible to pay for conversions in a few ways. The following sections contain common reasons why your account may be ineligible, and the steps that can ensure your eligibility to pay for conversions.

Remove offline conversion tracking

Advertisers cannot use pay for conversion and bid towards offline conversion types. Offline conversion types include ”Import from clicks” and “Store visits.” If you want to be eligible for pay for conversions, make sure these conversion types are not included.

Follow these steps to check if you account has offline conversions, and to remove them:

1. Sign in to your Google Ads account.
2. Click the tools icon, then click Conversions under “Measurement.”
3. Check for conversion source in the “Source” column.
4. Check the box next to the name of the conversion action, and from the Edit drop-down, click Remove.

Conversion delays

Advertisers cannot use Pay for Conversion unless the CID has a conversion delay (aka conversion lag, time between click and conversion) of fewer than 7 days.

If you have set up conversion tracking, you can use conversion delay reports to understand how long it takes customers who see your ads to complete a conversion. Use the following steps to access Conversion delay reports:

1. Sign in to your Google Ads account.
2. Click Campaigns, Ad groups, or Keywords in the left page menu.
3. Check that the date range for your report ends at least 30 days ago (or longer if you have a longer conversion window) to make sure the report has complete conversion data. To change the date range, use the date range selector in the upper right corner of the page.
4. Click the segment icon, select Conversions, then select Conversions > Days to conversion. This segments the conversion columns in your report into up to 19 rows.

Ineligible for undisclosed reasons

It is possible that your account can be ineligible for Pay for conversions due to undisclosed reasons in Google Ads. In this case, you will receive an error message in the UI that reads, “Your account is ineligible to pay for conversions.” If you receive this message, it means that you will be ineligible to opt in campaigns at this time, although eligibility is refreshed daily. 

Set up pay for conversions

1. Sign in to your Google Ads account.
2. On the page menu on the left, click Campaigns.
3. Click the plus button , then select New campaign.
4. Choose from the Leads, Sales, or Website Traffic goals (If the information in this article doesn't reflect what you're seeing, you may have a different version of goals. For information on your version, please see this article).
5. Select the Display campaign type.
6. Select Standard display campaign.
7. Click Continue. 
8. In the “Bidding” section, under "Select your bid strategy," select Target CPA. Find the header “Pay for”, and select Conversions.
9. Click Save and continue.

Conversion requirements

Your account must have more than 100 conversions in the last 30 days to use pay for conversions. You’ll also need 90% of your conversions to occur within less than 7 days after someone clicks your ad. If it often takes customers more than a week to convert after clicking your ad, then you won’t be able to pay for conversions.

Keep in mind, you may see a slight delay between when conversions are reported and when you’re charged. Learn more about conversion delay and conversion windows.

Limit on CPA

You can set a Target CPA less than $200 USD (or equivalent in local currency) for your campaigns and ad groups to use pay for conversions. If you set a CPA higher than $200 (or equivalent in local currency), you will see a warning message in the UI and charged the higher CPA amount that you set in your settings. To avoid being overcharged, please reduce the Target CPA below $200 (or equivalent in local currency) for your campaigns and ad groups or switch to pay for clicks.

Budget

Pay for conversions uses more flexible budgeting rules because the number of conversions in a given day varies more than the number of clicks. As a result, if you pay for conversions your daily spend may exceed your daily budget by more than 2 times. This gives Smart Bidding room to optimize better across your campaigns.

Within a calendar month, you won’t spend more than your daily budget multiplied by the number of days in a month (30.4). If you changed your daily budget during the month, you won't be charged more than 30.4 times your highest daily budget during the month.

Learn more about Why costs might exceed your average daily budget.

* Nguồn: Google