Give me access to your Google Ads account

Updated October 18, 20263 minute read

This page shows how to give me access to your Google Ads account. You send an invite to my Google account from inside your own account. You never send me a password, your business stays the owner, the ads keep billing to your own payment method, and you can remove me at any time.

What to enter

My email

tuckershively@gmail.com

Access level

Admin

Then send me

Your 10-digit customer ID (it looks like 123-456-7890) by text or email, so I accept the right invite.

Before you begin

Sign in with the Google account you use for Google Ads.
You need Admin access yourself, because only an Admin can invite people. If the steps below are missing for you, someone else is the Admin of the account. Forward them this page.

Send me an invite

Open Google Ads
Go to ads.google.com and sign in. If you see more than one account, choose your business's account.
Note your customer ID
Your 10-digit customer ID shows at the top of the screen, next to the account name. Copy it down for the last step.
Open Access and security
Click Admin (the gear icon in the left menu), then click Access and security.
Start an invite
On the Users tab, click the blue + button.
Enter my email and access level
Type tuckershively@gmail.com and choose Admin as the access level.
Click Send invitation
Google emails me the invite. My email shows in your list as pending until I accept, and Google notifies you when I do.
Text or email me your customer ID
Send me the 10-digit number from step 2 at (502) 689-3174 or through my contact form. It lets me match the invite to your business straight away.

Why Admin

Google Ads has five access levels. The difference that matters here is between Standard and Admin. Google's own description of the levels says Standard can edit campaigns, but only Admin can link Google Analytics to import conversions and add or remove product links. Those links are how your ads learn which clicks turned into calls and leads, so they are the first thing I check and fix.

Access level	What Google lets it do
Admin	Everything, including linking Google Analytics, accepting manager links, and giving or removing other people's access.
Standard	Edit campaigns and billing information, but not change who has access or add product links.
Read only	View campaigns and run reports.
Billing	View and manage billing only.
Email only	Receive notification emails and reports.

The bill stays yours. Google keeps charging the payment method already on your account, and I never change it without asking you first. If you would rather not give Admin, choose Standard, and I will set up the tracking links with you on a shared screen.

Verify it works

In Access and security, tuckershively@gmail.com shows with Admin access.
The pending label is gone, which means I accepted the invite.

Troubleshooting

I cannot find Access and security

Either your login is not an Admin on this account, or you are inside a different account from the one your ads run in. Check the account name and customer ID at the top of the screen. If it is the right account, ask its Admin to invite me, or text me and I will help you find out who that is.

My old agency manages the account through their own manager account

That is fine. You can still invite me as a user on the account itself, as above. If the account was created inside their manager account and you cannot find an Admin login of your own, tell me. Getting you ownership of your own ad account comes before anything else.

I do not have a Google Ads account yet

Tell me. I set one up with you, in your business's name and on your payment method, so the account and its history belong to you from day one.

Remove my access later

Go back to Admin, then Access and security, find tuckershively@gmail.com on the Users tab, and remove it using the actions on that row. Your campaigns, history, and billing are not affected.