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ChatGPT Adsin the conversation.

Your customers now describe their problem to ChatGPT in full sentences: what broke, where they live, what they've tried and what they can spend. Since April 2026, ChatGPT shows sponsored placements to users in Canada, right below the answer. We plan, build and measure ChatGPT ad campaigns next to your Google and Meta ads, so you can test the channel early without betting your budget on it.

  • Live in Canada since April 2026
  • Conversation-based targeting
  • OpenAI pixel + Conversions API
  • Tested next to Google & Meta
  • Landing pages built in-house
  • Your account, your data
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Illustration · Ads sit below the answer, labelled Sponsored
2026
Ads live in Canada
Since April · Free & Go plans
CPC
Pay per click or per 1,000 views
Plus conversion-optimised
Topics
Not keywords
Matched to the conversation
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Chats shared with advertisers
Aggregate reporting only
The shift · 01

Search gets three words. ChatGPT gets the whole story.

A ChatGPT conversation carries what a search never does: the age of the furnace, the noise it's making, the neighbourhood, the budget and the real question behind it. That context is what ChatGPT ads are matched on.

There are no keywords to bid on. You describe the kinds of conversations you want to appear next to, write the ad, point it at a page, and OpenAI matches it to relevant chats. It rewards the things we already obsess over on Google: a sharp offer, a landing page that answers the exact question, and tracking you can trust.

We run ChatGPT ads as an addition to channels that already work, not a replacement: a controlled test budget, clean tracking from day one, and a straight answer on whether it earns more budget. And because we also do SEO & AIEO, we work on getting you recommended in ChatGPT's answers for free, not just next to them.

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Campaign goals: views, clicks, conversions
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Team running it beside Google & Meta
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Conversations advertisers can read
✕ ChatGPT ads aren't right for you yet if —
  • You're in finance, health or legal. These categories are restricted to approved advertisers, and mostly not open in Canada yet.
  • You need guaranteed leads in month one. It's a new channel, and the first months are for learning.
  • You need ads in one neighbourhood only. Location targeting is still far more limited than on Google.
  • You have no budget left after the channels that already work. Fund those first.

We'll tell you if that's you, and point you to the channel that will actually pay off. We'd rather pass than run a test we expect to fail.

What we do · 06 Disciplines

The whole system,
not just the ad.

The ad is the smallest part of a ChatGPT campaign. What decides whether it pays off is the research behind it, the page it sends people to and the tracking that proves what happened next.

01Strategy

Conversation research

We map the questions your buyers ask ChatGPT before they hire someone like you, then turn them into focused ad groups and the topic descriptions OpenAI matches ads on.

  • ✓ Buyer-question mapping
  • ✓ Topic descriptions by theme
  • ✓ One intent per ad group
  • ✓ Category and competitor check
Output: a campaign plan you sign off
02Setup

Campaign build

Ads Manager set up in your business's name, business verification handled, then ad groups, ad titles, copy variants and bids chosen for the goal: views, clicks or conversions.

  • ✓ Account in your name
  • ✓ Business verification
  • ✓ Copy variants per ad group
  • ✓ CPC or CPM bidding by goal
Launch-ready in your account
03Conversion

Landing pages

A ChatGPT click arrives mid-research with one specific question. The page has to answer it before it sells. Our in-house web team designs and builds a page for each theme.

  • ✓ A page per conversation theme
  • ✓ Answers the question first
  • ✓ Fast on mobile
  • ✓ Calls and forms tracked
KPI: conversion rate
04Data

Tracking & measurement

OpenAI's pixel and Conversions API, GA4, Tag Manager and call tracking, set up and checked before a dollar is spent, so every lead is counted once and in the right place.

  • ✓ OpenAI pixel + Conversions API
  • ✓ GA4 + Tag Manager
  • ✓ Call and form tracking
  • ✓ Readable UTM naming
Built once, monitored always
05Iteration

Testing & optimisation

Every week: new copy variants, sharper topic descriptions, bid changes, and cutting the ad groups that don't convert so the budget moves to the ones that do.

  • ✓ Weekly copy tests
  • ✓ Topic refinement
  • ✓ Bid and budget shifts
  • ✓ Fast cuts on losers
KPI: cost per lead
06Reporting

One report, every channel

ChatGPT results sit in the same report as your Google and Meta ads, so you see what it adds, what each lead costs and whether it deserves more budget, less, or none.

  • ✓ Blended cost per lead
  • ✓ ChatGPT's share of leads
  • ✓ Lead quality, not just volume
  • ✓ Scale / adjust / stop call
KPI: blended cost per lead
Where the decision starts

People tell ChatGPT what they'd never type into a search bar. That's where your ad can show up.

Common misconceptions · 06

What people get wrong
about ChatGPT ads.

A new ad platform comes with a lot of guessing. Here's what's actually true about how ChatGPT ads work.

01
Claim

"Advertisers pay to change ChatGPT's answers."

Reality

They don't. OpenAI keeps ads separate from the answer: the ad shows below it, labelled Sponsored, and OpenAI says ads don't influence what ChatGPT says. You're buying a placement next to the conversation, not a recommendation inside it.

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Claim

"Advertisers can read people's chats."

Reality

No. Reporting is aggregate: impressions, clicks, spend and conversions. We never see a conversation, and neither does any other advertiser.

03
Claim

"It's just Google Ads inside a chatbot."

Reality

There are no keywords to bid on. Ads are matched on the topic of the conversation, and people arrive further into their thinking. The playbook overlaps with Google's, but copying a Search campaign across won't work.

04
Claim

"It's too early to bother."

Reality

Early is when a channel is cheapest to learn. Fewer advertisers are competing, and the lessons carry forward as the platform grows. The key is testing with a slice of budget, not betting the whole thing.

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Claim

"It will replace Google Ads."

Reality

Not for most businesses, and not soon. Google still catches people at the moment they search for a provider. We add ChatGPT to the mix and let the numbers decide how much budget it earns.

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Claim

"Being in ChatGPT means buying ads."

Reality

Ads are one way in. The other is being the business ChatGPT recommends in its answers, which comes from your website, reviews and reputation online. We work on both through paid ads and AIEO.

FAQ · The honest answers

What people ask about
ChatGPT ads.

ChatGPT ads are sponsored placements OpenAI shows inside ChatGPT. When an ad is relevant to the conversation, it can appear below ChatGPT's answer, clearly labelled Sponsored. Ads are shown to people on the Free and Go plans.

Let's get rocking

Your business deserves attention.
We're here to demand it.

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