Run TikTok Ads

Connect TikTok in Ads > TikTok Ads, ask Buildy in chat for a campaign, then review and publish it. TikTok bills the ad spend.

Buildy builds TikTok ad campaigns in chat and publishes them to your TikTok ad account. TikTok bills the ad spend.

Before you start

Be on a paid plan.
Have an approved TikTok advertiser account with a payment method and balance.
Link a real TikTok account to the ad account in TikTok Ads Manager (Identity > Use TikTok account). Ads post from it.

Steps

Open Ads. In Ad network, choose TikTok.
Click Connect ad accounts (or Manage connections), then choose TikTok Ads in the side panel. Then click Connect, sign in to TikTok and allow access. Then pick your ad account under Advertiser account.
Optional: under Conversion tracking, click Set up tracking so TikTok can count visits to your site.
Click New campaign, then Confirm. Tell Buildy in chat what to promote. Buildy builds the campaign and the ad: a new video, a carousel of 2 to 10 images, or a boost of a TikTok video you posted from Buildy.
Wait for the video to finish, then open the campaign and review each ad. Click Edit to change the name or objective. Click Advanced Editing on an ad group to change the audience and daily budget.
Click Publish. Ads start to run when TikTok approves them.

Use Manage connections and choose the platform to change its account or conversion tracking later. Close the panel to return to your campaigns.

Good to know

Publish turns the campaign on. Manage your TikTok balance in TikTok Ads Manager. Buildy cannot see it.
The minimum daily budget is 20 in your ad account's currency.
After you publish, the campaign is locked in Buildy. Pause, change or stop it in TikTok Ads Manager. Disconnect does not stop it.

Common problems

Create an advertiser account in TikTok Ads Manager with the same login. Then click Disconnect and Connect again.

"This campaign needs website tracking first"

The Website conversions goal needs TikTok to see one sale, form or signup on your site. Ask Buildy in chat to add tracking to your form or checkout and complete one on your live site. Or ask Buildy to switch the goal to Traffic.

"Pick this campaign's conversion event"

Click Edit, choose the Conversion event this campaign is for, and publish again.

"We couldn't publish this yet"

Click Technical details to see the reason. If the video is still rendering, wait and publish again. If no TikTok account is linked, link one in TikTok Ads Manager.