YouTube Ads

Video Ads on YouTube and YouTube Shorts, Without a Google Ads Account

YouTube Video and Shorts Ads with PPCmate

Bidding

Google Bids for Your Goal

Placement

In-Stream, Feeds & Shorts

Ad Format

16:9 or 9:16 Video

Video Source

Upload MP4 or YouTube Link

Minimum

$5 a Day

Protection

Budget & Policy Guards

Two Video Formats, One Platform

YouTube is where people watch, on the TV, the laptop, and the phone. PPCmate offers two YouTube formats:

  • YouTube Video Ads: a skippable video before and during YouTube videos (in-stream), and in YouTube feeds and search results (in-feed). You can run both or pick one.
  • YouTube Shorts Ads: a vertical 9:16 video between YouTube Shorts.

With PPCmate, YouTube becomes one more channel inside the DSP you already use: same account, same balance, same reports.

How YouTube Ads Work on PPCmate

You create a YouTube Video or YouTube Shorts campaign in PPCmate: add your video, your images and text, and set your locations, audience, goal, and daily budget.

PPCmate builds and runs the campaign on Google for you. You do not need your own Google Ads account, YouTube channel, or billing profile. Upload an MP4 and PPCmate uploads it to YouTube for the ad, or paste the link of a video already on YouTube.

Google bids within your daily budget for the goal you choose, and the spend is charged to your PPCmate balance.

Why Advertise on YouTube with PPCmate

Video tells a story a banner cannot. PPCmate removes the Google Ads setup and the separate billing, so you can test YouTube with a small budget.

Sight, Sound and Motion

Show your product working, with sound, on the world’s largest video platform.

Video and Shorts

Run skippable in-stream and in-feed video, or vertical ads between Shorts.

No Google Ads Account Needed

Launch from your PPCmate account. No Google setup, billing, or YouTube channel.

Upload or Link

Upload your MP4 and we put it on YouTube for the ad, or use a video you already host there.

Budget Stops Daily

We stop the campaign for the day once it reaches your daily budget.

Policy Checked Before Start

Ads are screened for restricted categories before they go to Google.

YouTube Ads Targeting Options

Decide who sees your video, where they are, and on which screens.

Targeting by
Placement

Video Ads: in-stream, in-feed, or both. Shorts Ads: between YouTube Shorts.

Targeting by
Countries

Run in the countries you serve and block the ones you do not.

Targeting by
Regions & Cities

Narrow delivery to specific states, provinces, regions, or cities.

Targeting by
Age & Gender

Reach the age groups and genders that buy from you.

Targeting by
Language

Reach viewers who use YouTube in the languages you choose.

Targeting by
Device

Computers, phones, tablets, and TV screens.

Who YouTube Ads Work For

YouTube works for any offer that is easier to show than to describe.

E-Commerce

Show products in use and send viewers to the product page.

Mobile Apps

Show the app in action to viewers on their phones.

SaaS

Turn a short demo into a video ad that explains the product in seconds.

Education & Courses

Reach learners who already use YouTube to learn.

Local Businesses

Reach viewers in the cities and regions you serve.

Brands & Launches

Build awareness for a new product with sound-on video.

Frequently Asked Questions

Two formats: YouTube Video Ads, a skippable video in-stream (before and during videos) and in-feed (in YouTube feeds and search), and YouTube Shorts Ads, a vertical video between Shorts.

No. PPCmate creates and runs your campaign on Google for you. If you upload an MP4, PPCmate puts it on YouTube for the ad. You pay from your PPCmate balance.

YouTube campaigns on PPCmate run as Google Demand Gen campaigns, which have no fixed price per click. You choose a goal (Maximize clicks, Maximize conversions, or Target CPA) and Google sets each bid within your daily budget.

Campaigns start from $5 a day. We stop the campaign for the day once it reaches your daily budget, and it resumes the next day.

Paste a YouTube link, or upload an MP4 of 5 to 180 seconds, at least 360p, up to 50 MB. Use 16:9 for YouTube Video Ads and vertical 9:16 for Shorts Ads.

The same images and text as a Google Demand Gen ad: a landscape image (1200 × 628), a square image (1200 × 1200), a logo, a headline of up to 30 characters, a long headline and a description of up to 90, and your business name. Google uses them around the video.

Countries (including blocked countries), regions and cities, languages, age groups, gender, and devices including TV screens. On YouTube Video Ads you can also choose in-stream, in-feed, or both.

No. PPCmate runs skippable in-stream, in-feed, and Shorts ads.

PPCmate does not accept Google campaigns for crypto, gambling, adult content, weapons, high-risk finance such as forex, binary options or payday loans, and pharmaceuticals or health products.

Google reviews every new ad, and an uploaded video must finish processing on YouTube first. PPCmate shows each step, and your ad starts once approved.

In PPCmate reports: impressions, clicks, spend, CTR, and average CPC per campaign, next to your other channels.

Start Advertising on YouTube
with PPCmate

1

Create your PPCmate account and add funds.

2

Select YouTube Video or YouTube Shorts.

3

Add your video and images, then launch.

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