You’ve signed up for Shopify, built your store, and now you want to generate traffic and increase sales. One of the best ways to attract qualified visitors to your website is by using Google AdWords. AdWords allows your online store to show up on Google when people search for your products.
Shopify has partnered with Google to provide all new shops with $100 in Google Adwords credits. This means you can test out AdWords risk-free to see if it works for your business.
How to Sign Up
- Sign in to Shopify and find your AdWords coupon code under the Promotions tab. Copy the coupon code.
- Click the AdWords link to sign up and verify your email address.
- After your email address is verified, create your first campaign. Here are some tips:
Where to Start
- Start with a small budget like $10-$20 per day.
- Focus on one or two products or collections in your store.
- Don't use advanced options just yet.
- Create a text ad. They are the easiest to create and test.
- Use action words in your description. Words that you think potential customers would click on, like "Save 50% off retail. Buy today!"
- Make sure the "Destination URL" brings you to the product or collection you are advertising, not just your store homepage.
- Enter lots of keywords that potential customers would search for. If you sell widgets, enter "Widget", "Blue Widget", "Buy Widget", "Cheap Widgets", and so on.
- Finally enter your billing information. Remember to enter the Promotion Code that Shopify provided so that you get $100 in credit and can test out AdWords risk free.
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21 comments
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April 03 2012, 03:17PMI would recommend a larger daily budget.
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December 07 2013, 01:05PMI can’t find it either. Is it still available?
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January 26 2014, 08:07PMI can’t find the promotions tab either.
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March 27 2014, 04:46PMThe promotions tab no longer exists, but you can find it under the ‘Discounts’ link from your Admin menu.
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May 21 2014, 04:55AMHi there,
Are you fed up of Google for Adwords coupon code. Then FreeVouch.com have lots of new country specific Adwords coupon code.
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June 13 2014, 04:07AMI get “not available in your region”
im in Australia -
June 20 2014, 09:53AMIt says $100 free when you spend $25. That is not the offer that is presented on this page. I didn’t find that out until I claimed my code, which will now probably expire before I use it.
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July 02 2014, 04:37PMMine doesn’t even come up with anything.
I am also in Australia -
July 07 2014, 01:27AMI have signed up with SHOPIFY Starter and got my AdWord credit but when i am trying to set it up with Google I am getting an error message:
“We’re sorry, you’re not eligible for this promotional code for the following reason: Your billing address doesn’t match the country or region specified in the offer details.”I can’t seem to find any details about the restriction on my region (Australia)
Help
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July 21 2014, 11:13PMHi guys,
Also in Oz and had the same problem, it seems the code that gets auto-spat out is region specific to the US, but if you just email shopify they can give you the correct code for your region in no time at all. Hope that helps :)
Cheers,
Eleanor
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October 06 2014, 06:00AMI cant find anything like this in the discounts tab…
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November 03 2014, 09:18AMI am searching for the 100$ adword credit cannot find one..I am based in India and there is no promotions tab or discount
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November 09 2014, 08:17PMI can not find my promotion for adwords. Thank you!
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November 19 2014, 06:00AMCan anyone reply, where can I find the SEO/ adwords credit on my page? Location : India
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October 29 2015, 10:49AMA great post for all noobs like me.
I found a site(< a href=http://freeadwordscredit.blogspot.in/>THIS) which also states that they are offering free adwords credit of 100$ to everyone. -
December 10 2015, 04:07PMcan someone help to find the SEO/adwords credits on my store page? Location: INDIA
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June 20 2016, 03:04PMShopify lets you sell your products, and accept cash and anywhere.
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June 20 2016, 03:06PM
We are service provider for trade product from across the world.
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November 16 2016, 06:32AMHi guys!:
We are an app that makes and runs Adwords campaigns for your store, we also create banners and Remarketing campaigns. All for free!
Check our free app: https://apps.shopify.com/cleverppc -
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Hi, sounds like something I would like to do. ed mizzi