two questions about Google adword Question#1 if some one offer a Google adword voucher and i am not expert in utilizing it or new to them, then is it safe to provide my google adword login pass info so the person can himself activate the google adword? and then i pay by paypal. after activation of adword voucher and change my Google password. Question#2 a friend of me is trapped in a trouble by using Google adword voucher. he being a newbie like me bought a Google adword voucher of 75 us dollars. and successfully redeemed it but it asks to enter credit card info, where he unaware of difference in postpaid and prepaid. selected the option of prepaid and entered his debit card number. Google deducted 11.00 us dollars and still account is giving error. he asked his bank which confirms that Google deducted 12.00 dollars payment. even wondering is that ..the adword account is not yet activated. and two days remaining in expiry of adword voucher. will the voucher expire? and mean all 12.00 dollars deducted by google and money spent on buying the voucher.. will be lost. please some experienced person reply . thanks in advance here is the screen shot. Adword Home screenshot
To question number one - No! Thats truley unsafe to share your password to someone else! Make use of Teamviewer app and make him do the work, on your pc virtually!! Coz, if you share the password, he can change your security question, or change the secondary email, or associated emails etc and pick your acc off later on! Ques no. 2 : Actually, if he is charged, it should be activated. Better is to write to Google or drop a call to adwords department. And, if the voucher is already redeemed and the balance is updated, it wont expire as far as i know! In the end, if you loose something, it would be only $12 plus <$5 spent for buying the voucher! ~ExP~
Actually there is a better way - a manager can make a payment through an MCC. Mind you, you cannot pay via PayPal. I'm not sure what the terms are in your country but it appears you account was activated and activation fee is listed in your account. Most likely an attempt was made to ad funds to your prepaid account via your card and no funds were available. Your voucher balance will still remain valid but you may have to top up first with a minimum amount.