LinkedIn ads billing: payment methods, invoices and the billing center

This guide is built from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Help, mainly Billing page in Campaign Manager, Billing frequency and thresholds for LinkedIn Ads credit card payments and LinkedIn Ads monthly invoicing payment FAQs, plus the pages linked below. What you pay per click or impression is set by the auction, covered in our LinkedIn ads bidding guide; who may change billing is in our Campaign Manager roles guide.

The Billing page in Campaign Manager

Billing for an ad account lives on its Billing page: go to the ad account in Campaign Manager and click Billing in the left menu. For credit card accounts it has three tabs:

• Billing setup: payment method, business information, tax details, receipt emails, and the current balance and billing frequency.
• Payment activity: charges and receipts, filterable by date and status.
• Credits and promotions: ad credits and promotional balances.

For accounts on monthly invoicing, the Billing page only shows a summary; invoices and invoice setup are managed in Ads Billing Center in Business Manager.

Two payment methods

Self-service LinkedIn ads are paid in one of two ways:

• Credit card: charges are taken automatically as you spend, based on the billing threshold.
• Monthly invoicing: for eligible businesses that manage their ad accounts in Business Manager. You pay each month for accrued ad costs.

The choice is made per ad account and has one firm rule: according to LinkedIn's invoicing FAQ, once an account is on monthly invoicing "you can't change the payment method to credit card". If you need to pay by card again, you create a new ad account with card as its payment method.

Adding a credit card

LinkedIn's card page is plain: "Only the ad account billing admin can add or update credit card information." The steps:

1. Go to the ad account in Campaign Manager and click Billing.
2. On the Billing setup tab, click Update credit card in the How you'll pay section, or Add payment details if this is the first card.
3. Enter the card and click Save and continue.
4. Optionally add a tax ID and click Save.

You may see a small amount on the card straight away. LinkedIn may place a temporary hold to check the card is valid, and says "this hold will automatically clear within 5–7 business days"; if it stays longer than a week, contact your bank. If the billing admin changes, the new billing admin has to add the card again; how to change billing admin is in our roles guide.

The billing threshold: when you are charged

Card accounts aren't charged on a fixed date. LinkedIn uses a payment threshold, the amount of spend you can build up before your card is charged. LinkedIn's billing frequency page says: "When you first start advertising on LinkedIn, your payment threshold is automatically set to $100." Accounts in other currencies may have a different threshold based on regional currency values.

• If spend passes the threshold, "you'll be charged the next day". You may be charged several times a day if spend passes the threshold several times.
• If spend stays below it, the remaining balance is charged on the first day of the following month.

As you keep paying successfully, the threshold may be raised, so you are charged less often. You can see your current threshold on the Billing setup tab, under Billing frequency in the Current balance section. Each charge produces a receipt.

The threshold decides when you pay, not how much you spend: that is set by campaign budgets, covered in the budgets section of our bidding guide.

Monthly invoicing and Ads Billing Center

Monthly invoicing reduces the number of card transactions. To qualify, your ad accounts must be in Business Manager and LinkedIn's rule is that the business's ad accounts "have spent at least $3,000 on LinkedIn Ads in two consecutive months during the last year", or the Business Manager already has accounts on monthly invoicing.

1. Create a Business Manager for your organisation and add your ad accounts.
2. If you are new to invoicing, contact LinkedIn support or your LinkedIn sales representative to get access to the application.
3. In Ads Billing Center (Business Manager, then Ads Billing Center from the menu in the top left), click Payment methods and then Apply for monthly invoicing.
4. After approval, add new or existing ad accounts to the invoice setup.

Invoices are paid by wire transfer, ACH payment or check, with instructions on the invoice. The billing frequency for invoices is set automatically and can't be changed. The amount in Campaign Manager is an estimate; LinkedIn says differences from the invoice "are small, less than $1". Agencies can, where local laws allow, set up billing for sequential liability, applying for invoicing for the client's business as well as their own.

Currency, business details and VAT

The currency you pick when creating an ad account is the currency you are billed in, and the one you set bids and budgets and see reports in. LinkedIn says: "Once you've set the currency for your ad account, it can't be changed." For another currency you create another ad account.

Either the billing admin or an account manager must add business information (name and address) to meet ads transparency obligations. It appears on receipts and in LinkedIn's ads transparency disclosures.

Customers outside the US with a VAT, GST or similar number can add it on the Billing setup tab, under Manage, Add Tax ID. Three rules from LinkedIn:

• It applies to future charges only, not past receipts.
• EU numbers need the two-letter country code first, such as "AT" for Austria.
• A billing admin can have only one VAT number, so "only one VAT number can be applied across all your ad accounts". Different numbers need different billing admins.

Receipts and invoices

For card accounts, the billing admin or an account manager can download receipts on the Payment activity tab "within 24 to 48 hours of a processed charge", as individual PDFs or a CSV of the selected receipts. You can add details such as a purchase order number before downloading (Edit receipt details, then refresh the page). The billing admin can also have receipts emailed to other people, under Billing notifications on the Billing setup tab. Some receipts for online purchases from before March 4, 2025 can no longer be downloaded as PDFs; LinkedIn says to get them through the data download in your Settings, as a CSV file.

On monthly invoicing, Business Manager admins view and download invoices in Ads Billing Center, and invoices are emailed to the invoice recipients set in the invoice setup.

Coupon codes and ad credits

LinkedIn sometimes offers coupon codes by email or on its marketing pages, some for new advertisers and some for existing ones; eligible accounts may also see a tracker for earning credits based on spend. Only the billing admin can redeem a code, on the Billing page or when first adding a card.

Once applied, "advertising charges are first deducted from the coupon value", and the card is charged after the credit is used up or expires. To keep a campaign within the credit, set a budget and end date. The Credits and promotions tab shows each credit's status, the qualify-by date, the remaining amount and the expiry date.

Declined payments and account holds

If a charge fails, the account can go on hold. LinkedIn says ads won't run "while the account is on hold but will resume once the hold is removed", and a red banner in Campaign Manager gives the reason. Common hold reasons:

• A new account with no card yet.
• A new billing admin, who must add a card.
• A declined or expired card.
• An unpaid balance on another ad account with the same billing admin.
• Other reasons, such as a user profile flagged as possibly spam or fake, or an Enterprise account reaching its budget or end date.

For a declined payment, the billing admin re-adds or updates the card on the Billing page to try the payment again. LinkedIn lists common reasons for declines: insufficient funds, an invalid or expired card, a charge blocked by the bank, a billing zip code that doesn't match the bank's, and cards that don't allow recurring transactions. LinkedIn can't see your bank details, so the bank is the place to ask why. LinkedIn notes "Your transaction will be processed again within 48 hours."

For a charge you don't recognise or a question about a charge, LinkedIn's help pages point you to its support team; we found no help page describing a self-serve refund option.

How we set up billing

This is our own practice, not LinkedIn's guidance:

• The billing admin is someone at the client's business, with a company card, so billing never depends on the agency.
• We add the business information and VAT number before the first campaign, so every receipt is right from the start.
• We add the finance team as receipt email recipients rather than forwarding receipts by hand.
• Before a launch we check the card's spend limit, since a limit reached is one of the common reasons for a decline and a hold stops all ads.

If you want help setting up or running LinkedIn ads, see our services.

Frequently asked questions

When does LinkedIn charge my credit card for ads?

When your spend passes your billing threshold, which starts at $100, you are charged the next day. If spend stays below the threshold, the balance is charged on the first day of the following month.

How do I get monthly invoicing for LinkedIn ads?

Your ad accounts must be in Business Manager and have spent at least $3,000 in two consecutive months in the past year. Contact LinkedIn support or your sales representative for access, then apply in Ads Billing Center.

Who can change the credit card on a LinkedIn ad account?

Only the ad account's billing admin. If the billing admin changes, the new one has to add the card again.

Can I change my LinkedIn ad account currency?

No. The currency can't be changed once set. Create a new ad account in the currency you need.

Why is my LinkedIn ad account on hold?

Most often because of a billing issue: no card on file, a new billing admin, or a declined or expired card. The red banner in Campaign Manager gives the reason; the billing admin usually removes the hold by updating the card.

For billing on other ad platforms, see our guides to TikTok ads billing and Pinterest ads cost.