Billing and Invoicing in Ads Manager
Ads Manager lets you choose how to pay for your advertising and promotions. If you choose invoicing, you can also select which party receives the invoice. You can set a default payment method and invoicing destination, then select different options for individual campaigns.
How billing works in Ads Manager
Billing in Ads Manager includes your payment method and, if you choose invoicing, your invoicing destination.
Your payment method, or billing profile, determines the payment source used for a campaign. You can select a payment method at the product or campaign level. A campaign-level selection overrides the product-level default.
If you choose invoicing, your invoicing destination determines which party receives the invoice for a campaign. You can set an invoicing destination at the account level or select a different destination for an individual campaign.
Understanding payment methods: Invoicing and withholding
Details | Invoicing | Withholding |
How it works | You receive your payouts, followed by a separate monthly invoice for advertising and promotion costs. | Your advertising and promotion costs are deducted from your weekly merchant payout. |
How net payout is calculated | Subtotal + taxes - commission | Subtotal + taxes - marketing fees (including Sponsored Listings CPA) - commission - customer discounts + credits |
Cash flow impact to merchant | Your advertising and promotion costs are not deducted from your weekly payout; you pay them later when invoiced. | Immediate. Promotion costs reduce the payouts received each week. |
Payout impact | Advertising and promotion costs included on your invoice are not deducted from your weekly payout. | Your weekly payout reflects the deduction of applicable advertising and promotion costs. |
May be useful if you prefer… | Consolidated monthly billing for advertising and promotion costs. | Having advertising and promotion costs deducted from your payouts. |
Payment method settings
You can choose your payment method at the product level and at the campaign level. A payment method you choose for a specific campaign overrides the product-level default.
Each campaign uses one billing profile (payment source). You can choose a different billing profile for each campaign, but you can't use more than one payment source within a single campaign.
To use a different billing profile, create a separate campaign and choose that billing profile for it.
Choose an invoicing destination
If you choose invoicing, you can select which party is invoiced for your campaigns, such as an agency or your corporate team.
To set the invoicing destination for your account:
Go to Global Settings
Select a destination from the dropdown
To invoice a different party for a single campaign:
Open Campaign Settings
Select an invoicing destination from the dropdown
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