Target CPV not applied in Video Responsive ad group (defaults to 0.01)

Aman Ansari

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Jul 30, 2025, 2:19:38 PMJul 30

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Hi,

I’m running a Video Responsive campaign using Google Ads Scripts. Everything is working correctly except for the bid setting at the ad group level.

Problem:
Even though I’m specifying Target CPV as the bid strategy and passing a value (0.50) via bulk upload and .withCpv() in the ad group builder, the final ad group CPV is stuck at 0.01 in the Google Ads UI. This results in no engagement until I manually increase the base bid.

Campaign Setup:
1. In my bulk upload, I’m using:
'Bid Strategy type': 'Target CPV',
'Target CPV': 0.50

2. In the ad group creation script, I use:

var videoAdGroupBuilder = GACampaign.newVideoAdGroupBuilder();
var videoAdGroupOperation = videoAdGroupBuilder
.withName('VIDEO_RESPONSIVE')
.withAdGroupType('VIDEO_RESPONSIVE')
.withCpv(0.32)
.build();

var videoAdGroup = videoAdGroupOperation.getResult();

Despite setting .withCpv(0.32), the ad group gets created with a bid of 0.01.

What I’ve Tried:
1. Confirmed that the campaign is created with ‘Target CPV’ bidding.
2. Tried different CPV values in both CSV and script — still defaults to 0.01.
3. Manually updating the bid after creation works fine, but that defeats the purpose of automation.

My Questions:
1. Is withCpv() ignored for VIDEO_RESPONSIVE ad groups when the campaign is set to Target CPV?
2. Is there a different method or workaround to apply the correct Target CPV on ad group creation?
3. Could this be a limitation or known bug for Video Responsive ad groups via Scripts?

Any guidance or workaround to apply a higher CPV on ad group creation using Scripts would be appreciated. Right now, having to go into the UI to manually change 0.01 to 0.30+ for every ad group is not scalable.

Thanks in advance!

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Jul 30, 2025, 6:18:00 PMJul 30

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Aman Ansari

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Aug 1, 2025, 4:01:57 AMAug 1

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I cant send email using Reply privately, I am using the same account that I used to start this conversation.

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