Connect your app to Google Ads
You can connect your Lovable app to Google Ads to create, manage, and report on advertising campaigns directly from your project chat. This allows you to set up ads across Google, track how well they work, and show results inside your app.
Anyone who wants to advertise their app or business on Google and manage those ads using Lovable's chat interface.
Do this, in order
- 1
Go to the 'Connectors' section in your Lovable dashboard and select 'Google Ads'.
This is where you start the process of linking your Lovable workspace to Google Ads.
- 2
Click 'Add connection' and give your connection a name that helps you identify it, like 'My Business Ads'.
This creates a new connection entry and helps you keep track of different Google Ads accounts if you have more than one.
- 3
Choose who in your Lovable workspace can use this connection (e.g., 'Only you', 'Invite specific people', or 'Invite entire workspace').
This controls access to the Google Ads connection and the data it can manage.
- 4
Click 'Connect', then sign in with the Google account you want to use for advertising and grant all requested permissions.
This authorizes Lovable to access your Google Ads account. Make sure to allow all permissions, otherwise the connection won't work.
- 5
In your Lovable project chat, ask Lovable to set up ads for your project.
This will open an account setup card where you can either create a new Google Ads account or link an existing one to your project.
- 6
If creating a new account, pick your preferred currency and time zone, then click 'Create account' and accept the invitation email from Google. If connecting an existing account, select it from the list.
This links a specific Google Ads account to your Lovable project, allowing Lovable to manage campaigns within it.
- 7
In your Google Ads account (outside of Lovable), add a payment method and complete any required identity verification.
Your ads will not run until Google's billing and verification requirements are met. Lovable cannot do this for you.
Paste this into your project
Connect my app to Google Ads.
Words decoded
- App + chat connector
- A single connection that works both when you're building your app by chatting with Lovable and when your app is published and being used by others.
- Conversion actions
- Specific actions you want people to take on your app or website, like making a purchase or signing up, that Google Ads tracks to measure the success of your ads.
- Search campaign
- Ads that appear on Google search results when people type in specific words or phrases related to your business.
- Performance Max campaign
- A type of Google Ads campaign that uses automation to show your ads across all of Google's advertising channels (like Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps, and display websites) to find the best performing placements.
- Demand Gen campaign
- Ads designed to create interest in your product or service before people are actively searching for it, often appearing in visual feeds like YouTube, Discover, and Gmail.
- Tracking tag
- A small piece of code installed on your app or website that helps Google Ads measure what happens after someone clicks on your ad, like a purchase or a sign-up.
Where people get stuck
- Not granting all requested permissions during the Google authorization step will prevent the connection from working.
- Forgetting to add a payment method or complete identity verification in your Google Ads account will prevent your ads from running, even if campaigns are set up.
- Trying to disconnect an ad account from a project if you weren't the one who originally connected it to that project.
The short version, steps, decoder and prompt on this page are written automatically from Lovable's own documentation and can lag or misread it. The official page is always the authority.