Microsoft Ads: Add Payment Information

This article covers adding a payment method to Microsoft Advertising (formerly known as Bing Ads). As Microsoft Ads is a pay-to-play platform, this is a needed step to get your ads out the door and in front of your prospective customers.

So let’s get started.

  • Login to Microsoft Advertising.
  • Select your email address (top right next to the gear icon).
  • Select Accounts & Billing.
  • Select Payment Method.
  • Select Add card.
  • Update your business address and location if necessary.
  • Select Save.
  • Select your billing country. (If this is your first payment method, it will default to your primary payment method.)
  • Select Save.
  • Enter your card information.
  • Select Save.

Unless you have some free ad credits, adding a payment method will allow your active campaigns to begin displaying ads. Once this occurs, your card on file will be charged no later than every 30 days. 

For first-time campaigns or new campaign types, we recommend to keep your campaign budgets low to test the impact of your ad spend and to manage your costs.