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Google Vehicle Ads

Your live inventory, matched to active vehicle shoppers.

Vehicle ads turn Merchant Center vehicle data into visual listings that can show an image, make, model, price, mileage, and dealership name. The click lands on the matching vehicle detail page. Feed accuracy, policy compliance, inventory freshness, and conversion tracking do the real work behind the format.

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A Google Premier Partner, with the claim linked to Google.

Actuate Media is a Google Ads Premier Partner — a status reserved for the top 3% of participating partners in a country each year. That is evidence of Google Ads capability, not a promise that every dealership campaign will hit the same result.

  • Top 3%Google Ads Premier Partner status nationwideGoogle Partners directory
  • 20%standard ad-management fee as a share of monthly spend, with a $500 monthly minimumActuate Media brand profile
  • 0long-term contracts or setup feesActuate Media brand profile

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The feed is the showroom Google reads.

Vehicle ads are not text ads with a photo added. Merchant Center vehicle data determines what inventory is eligible and what shoppers see before they click.

  • Merchant Center vehicle data

    Year, make, model, price, mileage, image, availability, dealership details, and required identifiers have to match the vehicle and its landing page. Missing or conflicting data can limit serving or trigger disapproval.

    Merchant Center vehicle data

  • Activation, eligibility, and policy

    The account, inventory, and destination must meet Google's vehicle-ad requirements before spend can scale. We review program eligibility and disapprovals first instead of assuming every listing can run.

    Activation, eligibility, and policy

  • Vehicle detail pages

    Each ad should land on the corresponding vehicle detail page, where price, availability, specifications, and dealership information agree with the feed. A generic inventory page weakens the handoff.

    Vehicle detail pages

  • Performance Max or Standard Shopping

    Google supports vehicle inventory through Performance Max or Standard Shopping campaign structures. The choice depends on the control, reach, and reporting the account needs; neither repairs bad vehicle data.

    Performance Max or Standard Shopping

  • Inventory and conversion signals

    Sold vehicles need to stop advertising, new inventory needs to enter promptly, and useful actions need tracking: lead forms and qualified offline outcomes such as store visits or imported sales, when configured as primary conversions. Those outcomes give bidding better information than traffic alone.

    Inventory and conversion signals

Approve the inventory before buying the click.

  1. 01

    Check program fit

    We review dealership eligibility, account access, inventory sources, policy requirements, target markets, and the conversion actions that matter.

  2. 02

    Audit the vehicle feed

    Required attributes, images, prices, availability, identifiers, and dealership data are checked against the matching vehicle detail pages.

  3. 03

    Choose campaign control

    Performance Max, Standard Shopping, or a measured combination is selected around inventory scale, reporting needs, and the account's usable conversion history.

  4. 04

    Watch freshness and outcomes

    Feed errors, disapprovals, sold inventory, spend, and tracked actions are reviewed on a working cadence. A live dashboard shows what changed and why.

A fit for dealerships with reliable inventory data.

Vehicle ads cannot compensate for stale inventory, incomplete pricing, mismatched vehicle detail pages, or missing conversion tracking. If the feed and site disagree, the first job is repair — not more media spend.

  • Eligible new or used vehicle inventory

  • A maintained Merchant Center vehicle-data source

  • One accurate vehicle detail page per advertised vehicle

  • A process for removing sold inventory promptly

  • Calls, forms, or other dealership conversions ready to track

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Vehicle Ads questions, without the showroom pitch.

What are Google Vehicle Ads?

They are visual inventory ads generated from vehicle data in Merchant Center. A listing can show an image and vehicle details before the click, then send the shopper to the matching vehicle detail page.

What data does the vehicle feed need?

Google's specification governs the required fields. In practice, core data includes the vehicle identity and specifications, price, mileage, image, availability, dealership information, and a matching landing page. The feed and page need to agree.

Do Vehicle Ads use Performance Max?

They can run through Performance Max or Standard Shopping structures. Performance Max offers broader automation and reach; Standard Shopping offers more direct campaign control. We choose from the account's data and reporting needs, not a default.

How often should inventory update?

Often enough that shoppers are not sent to sold or incorrectly priced vehicles. The operating rule is simple: dealership inventory, Merchant Center data, and vehicle detail pages should stay aligned.

Do Vehicle Ads guarantee more dealership sales?

No. The format can put specific inventory in front of active shoppers, but sales still depend on eligibility, inventory, price, merchandising, market demand, the vehicle detail page, follow-up, and measurement.

Start with the feed, inventory, and tracking.

We will review what Google can use, what needs repair, and which campaign structure fits before recommending spend.

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