Max Campaign Level Reached

[webbloom]

Has anybody had success in increasing their campaign limit beyond 25?

I use the campaigns to distinguish between different product lines with multiple Ad Groups within each campaign and multiple keywords within each Ad Group. This is how Google recommends setting up an account but, now I am told that I can't exceed 25 active campaigns.

I have been told that the alternative is to combine Ad Groups from two separate campaigns to free up a new campaign. Beyond being very time consuming, this process also erases the last 1,000 impressions of history for all the Ad Groups that are moved.

If AWA or any other members can recommend a solution, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

David

[AdWordsAdvisor]

If AWA or any other members can recommend a solution, it would be greatly appreciated.

webbloom, just a quick note before I head out for the evening:

My best advice is to write AdWords support using the 'Contact Us' link in your account, and ask if there are any options available to you.

I wish you the best of success!

AWA

[your_store]

When I inquired about this problem Adwords support had me create another account under a different email address. They somehow linked the two accounts so that only one ad can show for any kw. However, my stats are still broken into two seperate accounts. It's a painful solution, but at least now I have 50 campaigns.

I would imagine AW support could implement the same solution for you.

[kmander]

As I understand it, your billing details forms the link between multiple AdWords accounts. This is an automated process and is in place to prevent fraud.

Multiple accounts is technically against the TOC, but an email to Adwords Support should give you the thumbs up to do this.

[webbloom]

Thanks for the advice. I was actually considering this option but, I thought by keeping all of my ad spend under one account I would have a better chance of becoming one of Adwords larger advertisers and get better support.

AWA, I did contact Adwords Support multiple times regarding this issue before posting here. As I said, their only recommendation was to combine Ad Groups from multiple campaigns into one campaign. All of my experiences with Adwords Support has shown them to be very unhelpful and offer only canned responses.

[irish_john]

If you have reached the 25 campaign limit, and you have deleted campaigns, you can undelete them, to bring yourself past the 25 campaign limit.

However if you have more tan 25 campaigns, and it screws up your account, don't blame me!

[kmander]

AWA: Is allowed to bid on the same keyword from multiple accounts, providing they promote different merchants (thus destination URLs)? i.e. bid on "flights", promoting both Virgin, BA and AA?

[graeme]

i've found that even just pausing campaigns and then resuming them later can get you over the 25 campaign limit, but like irish_john i don't know what the eventual effect of that will be.

i've asked Google about the 25 limit too and they've given me the same answer: combine ads into single campaigns, which is no good as we have over 25 businesses to promote, each with it's own budget, target countries, etc. I've asked if I can have a second account, but haven't heard back from them yet.

Graeme

[eWhisper]

which is no good as we have over 25 businesses to promote

It sounds like you need to be asking them about agency logins instead of expanding your max campaigns.

[webbloom]

eWhisper,

From what I have heard, creating a new account with the same billing information, automatically links the two accounts. Wouldn't this be an agency account? Or, is this something completely different?

I'm still shocked that this is such a problem. I can understand limiting the campaign number to prevent excessive use of their system resources. However, if the Advertiser's spending exceeds a certian threshold, they should be able to increase this limit on an individual basis.

[eWhisper]

Agency account is different.

Basically, you can have a drop down box at the top of the page that switches between client accounts. Each client account can have 25 campaigns, etc like a full account.

Talk to your G rep, it's pretty quick and easy for them to set up.

[webbloom]

eWhisper,

Thanks for the clarification on this. An agency account sounds like exactly what I'm looking for.

However, I contacted Google and they have told me that such an account doesn't exist. Are you sure that you where able to get this setup? Is anybody aware of a change in policies?

[eWhisper]

I'm quite sure this has been setup, I log into a few everyday. Not sure why you would have received such an answer, unless they think it's all personal accounts you're trying to link and not seperate advertisers.