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Advertise in ChatGPT.

Buying decisions increasingly start in a conversation, not a search box. OpenAI Ads place your business in those moments — as people explore options, compare choices, and decide (OpenAI). We're running campaigns from day one, with the same discipline we bring to Google and Microsoft: KPIs first, tracking wired in, every dollar visible.

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Early-adopter programPublished pricing100% in-houseNo long-term contracts
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~99%
Client retention rate — no contract makes them stay
Company metric
3.8×
ROAS held at 4× the budget — regional personal injury firm
Client result
How it works

Search intent moved. The ads followed.

Platform mechanics per ads.openai.com — campaigns and ad groups run through OpenAI's Ads Manager. Early advertisers on the platform include Best Buy, Lowe's, and VistaPrint.

Moments of intentAds appear as people explore options, compare choices, and make decisions in conversation — closer to the decision than a keyword search.
Context, not just keywordsTargeting draws on the conversation's context — richer intent signals than a search query alone carries.
Clearly labeledAds are marked as ads and kept separate from ChatGPT's organic answers, with user controls over data. Trust is the platform's constraint — and yours.
Our approach

Early adopter, not early believer.

01

Same KPIs, new surface

Cost per lead, ROAS, revenue — agreed in writing before the first dollar moves. A new platform doesn't get a pass on measurement.

02

Conservative budgets first

It's early. We scope ChatGPT budgets deliberately, prove the unit economics against your other channels, and scale what earns it.

03

Paired with GEO

GEO earns organic citations in AI answers; OpenAI Ads buys placement in the same conversations. Run together, they compound — and we report them side by side.

04

Honest reporting

One dashboard next to your Google and Microsoft campaigns. If ChatGPT doesn't earn a bigger share of budget, we'll tell you — and move the money.

Is it for you?

Who should be in ChatGPT now.

Candidly: not every business should be first. The strongest early fits are brands whose customers research before buying — considered purchases, comparisons, "what should I get for…" questions. If your Google Ads account already converts on non-branded search, you have the intent profile ChatGPT conversations mirror.

If you're not ready to spend, start with GEO — earning organic citations in AI answers costs content effort, not media budget, and it builds the authority signals paid placement sits beside.

  • Considered-purchase retail & eCommerce
  • Home services & local comparisons
  • B2B & SaaS shortlists
  • Travel & experiences
  • Healthcare & professional services
  • Brands already winning non-branded search

// illustrative dashboard — sample data, not client results

Management fee
20% of spend
$500/month minimum · retainer available per client

Same published pricing as every ad channel.

OpenAI Ads management runs on our standard structure: 20% of monthly ad spend with a $500 monthly minimum — reduced rates and flat-rate retainers for larger accounts. Your media budget goes to OpenAI; our fee is itemized in the proposal. New platform, same open books.

  • No setup fees
  • No long-term contracts
  • Reported beside Google & Microsoft
  • Live reporting dashboard
OpenAI Ads questions

Straight answers about a new channel.

What it costs, whether it's too early, and where it fits beside paid search and GEO.

OpenAI Ads place your business inside ChatGPT conversations as people explore options, compare choices, and make decisions. Ads are clearly labeled and kept separate from ChatGPT's answers, and targeting draws on conversation context rather than keywords alone. Campaigns run through OpenAI's Ads Manager.

GEO (generative engine optimization) earns organic citations — structuring your content and authority signals so AI tools name your business in their answers. OpenAI Ads is paid placement in the same conversations. Organic and paid, same surface — exactly the SEO/SEM split, one platform generation later. Most programs should run both.

Two costs: your media budget, paid to OpenAI, and our management fee — 20% of monthly ad spend with a $500 monthly minimum, stepping down at higher spend, with flat-rate retainers for larger accounts. We scope early budgets conservatively and scale what proves its unit economics.

For some businesses, yes — and we'll say so. Early platforms reward advertisers whose customers research before buying and punish everyone else's impatience. Our approach: conservative budgets, the same KPIs as your other channels, and honest monthly reporting on whether ChatGPT earns a bigger share.

Against the KPIs we agree on before launch — cost per lead, ROAS, revenue — in the same live dashboard as your Google and Microsoft campaigns, so the channels compete for budget on equal terms. We don't lead with vanity metrics, on any platform.

Reviewed by
Brad Holly, MBA
Partner · Actuate Media

25+ years in performance-based digital advertising — through every new platform that promised to change everything. Brad reviews every OpenAI Ads engagement and signs off on every claim this page makes.

Last reviewed: July 2026 LinkedIn
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