Auto repair shops · Google Ads
Google Ads for auto repair shops for shops, run for you.
Auto repair Google Ads put your shop in front of the driver at the moment she types brakes or check engine light. We set the ads up and run them in an account in your name, and nothing begins until you say yes.
In short. Auto repair Google Ads are paid ads that show when someone searches for brakes, a warning light, an A/C fix or an oil change. We set them up and run them for you. The account is yours, the budget goes to Google on your card, and nobody can promise results.
A stand-in repair bay for this page. The ads aim at the driver searching for a shop.
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Five pieces of a repair campaign, each aimed at a real search.
A driver with a grinding brake and a driver comparing oil changes are two different people. The ads treat them that way.
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The brake and warning-light searches
Someone typing brake repair near me, or check engine light on, needs a shop soon. We write ads for those searches, with a number she can tap, and keep them apart from the ads for drivers who are only comparing.
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A/C when the weather turns hot
Air conditioning searches arrive in waves with the heat. We prepare ads you can switch on when the weather turns, with wording you approved ahead of time, and pause them when the season ends.
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Oil and maintenance, written calmly
A driver weighing where to take a routine service is not in a hurry, so her ad reads differently. It names the work you really do, your hours and your town, then sends her to a page about maintenance.
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Only the towns you serve
The ads show where drivers can really reach you and stay out of the places they cannot. Searches that have nothing to do with a repair shop, such as car sales or parts to buy, go on a list to skip.
Written into your website
A page to land on, and hours that match
Each ad opens a page about that repair, with your hours, your phone number and the chat. Ads can run when someone is there to answer, and the chat takes the evening requests for a person to read.
Questions repair shop owners ask about Google Ads.
How much should a repair shop spend on Google Ads?
It depends on your town and on how many shops pay for the same searches, so we do not invent a number. The budget is paid to Google by you, on your own card, and you can change it. Setup is $299 once and management is $249 a month.
Are Google Ads worth it for an auto repair shop?
Nobody can say before looking at your area. In some towns many shops pay for brake searches; in others there is room. We set the ads up, you see the spend and the keywords every day, and you decide whether to keep going. We promise no customers.
What is the difference between Google Ads and auto repair SEO?
Google Ads, formerly AdWords, is paid: your ad shows while the budget lasts and stops when it ends. SEO is the slower work of making your site and profile easy for Google to read. Both answer the same searches, in different ways.
Four steps, and you see each one.
Nothing here happens behind your back. This is the order, from the first conversation to the daily view of what the ads are doing.
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We set it up with you
We learn your repairs, your towns and the hours you answer. We open or connect the account in your name, write the ads and choose the searches. Setup is a one-time fee of $299.
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You say yes
You read every ad and the daily budget. You add your own card to Google yourself. Until you say yes, nothing runs and nothing is spent.
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It runs, and we tend it
The ads start running. We watch which searches bring clicks, keep the ones that fit a repair shop, block the ones that do not, and change the wording as the seasons change.
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You see it every day
The dashboard shows your spend, your clicks and your keywords each day, or across any dates you choose. It is your account, so you can pause the ads whenever you like.
What nobody can promise, and what we do.
Google Ads are sold with loud promises. Here is what we will not say about repair shop ads, and what we do instead.
No promised customers
We cannot promise phone calls, repair orders, a position or a return, and nobody honest can. A click is not a customer. We set the ads up, tend them and show you what happened.
The budget goes to Google
Your ad budget is paid to Google directly, on your own card. Our monthly fee covers managing the ads only, and we never hold the money you give Google.
The account is yours
The account stays in your name, with you as the owner. If you ever stop working with us, the account, its history and its keywords stay with you.
Nothing starts without your yes
You approve the ads and the budget first, and you can pause or stop whenever you say. We do not turn on a campaign, raise a budget or add a town on our own.
See your own business's home page before you pay anything.
- Tell us the business nameAnd a way to reach you. No card, no password.
- We hand-build itIn 12 to 48 hours, with the check-engine question chat on it.
- You look at it, then decideIf you want the rest, we build it. If not, you owe nothing.
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Straight answers.
What are Google Ads for a repair shop?
They are paid ads that appear with the search results when someone looks for something like brake repair near me. You pay Google when a person clicks. We set up the ads, the searches and the page they open, and we run the account for you.
Will the ads run in my own Google account?
Yes. The account is opened in your name or connected to the one you have, and you are the owner. We work inside it with the access you give us. If you stop working with us, the account stays with you.
Who pays Google for the clicks?
You do, directly, on your own card. That budget never passes through us. Our monthly fee is only for managing the ads, and the amount you spend with Google is yours to set and to change.
Can I see what the ads are doing?
Yes. The dashboard shows your spend, your clicks and your keywords each day, or across any range of dates you pick. It arrives daily, and it comes from your own account, not from a report we write for you.
Which repair searches can the ads aim at?
Brakes, warning lights, A/C, oil and maintenance and suspension, in the towns you serve. We leave out searches that are not about getting a car repaired. You approve the list before any ad is switched on.
Is Google Ads required with my plan?
No. It is an optional add-on. Your website and the rest of your plan work without it, and you can add the ads later, or never. Nothing is turned on, and no money is spent, until you say yes.
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