How to setup Billing via the Java API client

[Robert Purdy]

Hi there, 

I am hoping someone can advise how to properly setup billing on a new account via the Java API client. 

I have an account hierarchy of MCC with sub-manager accounts. 

I am creating a new account under a sub manager account. 

On this new account I am trying to associate an existing payment profile id to the account as shown on this page (https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/billing/billing-setups) and I am getting a billing_setup_error: NO_SIGNUP_PERMISSION error.

Is the normal credentials that I use to create accounts, campaigns, ads etc.. not sufficient? Or is does the billing profile have to be at a certain level in the account hierarchy to be used? 

Thanks Robert.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API Support.

Kindly note that billing setups can only be created by customers who have permission to setup billings. For this you have to reach-out to the Google Representative for help in setting up permissions. They will grant you necessary permissions for setting up billing. If you don’t have one, then that means you were not assigned one. You could then reach out to the Google Ads Team to consult if you are qualified to have one via this link.

Once your Google Ads account has the necessary permissions, you can then authenticate as the user associated to the said account when performing billing setup related requests via the API.

Let us know if you have any additional questions.

Regards,

Robert Google Ads API Team

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