I have one new account I have been waiting almost 10 DAYS for now! If there is a mistake, it would be nice to know, but the billing info seems to have been accepted.
I had another account take about five days, and got accepted after I wrote support an e-mail.
Not sure if I am being picky here, but in my personal experience it is taking MUCH longer to start new accounts (and I usually start several per month for clients, so it is turning into a hassle).
Does anyone have advice on opening new adwords accounts and how to expediate the process?
I had another account take about five days, and got accepted after I wrote support an e-mail.
We had the same exact issue two weeks ago, and the reply email said something about the account being placed on hold for review.
So, either it was a random thing where this account was delayed by chance ... or it's because it was bidding on a sensitive / competitive keyword (more competitive than we usually bid on for clients). I don't know.
If your new account is not collecting impressions within 1 hour, pick up the phone.
Can someone please pass along contact info for phone support? I guess I have never come across it (...just haven't done any digging for it).
... It's a book about this spanish guy called Manual. You should read it. heh.
Come on man, I'm not going to post a private number in a public forum - that number is only for AdWords subscribers and is only visible while logged in. Look around.