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ChatGPT Ads for B2B SaaS, run as a structured pilot.

Reach B2B buyers while they ask ChatGPT for answers. As one of the first agencies in the OpenAI Partner Network, we already run live campaigns and start every account with a structured pilot.

At a glance
Markets covered
All EU countries, Switzerland, the UK and the US. Our live campaigns run in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and we have run campaigns in the Netherlands.
Test budget, your ad spend
From about €1,000. Based on a minimum of 500 clicks at the €1.38 to €1.67 per click our European clients paid in September 2026.
Duration
Between 1 and 3 months, with no fixed four-week window.
Tracking
ChatGPT Ads pixel and Conversions API, the native HubSpot integration, or Google Analytics with UTM to your CRM if you would rather not install a new pixel for the first test.
Our setup and management · example
15 hours total at €150/hr. 10 hours setup, 5 hours management across the test. €2,250 for the standard setup, scoped up or down to fit your account.
Reporting
Checkpoint calls during the pilot, final written diagnostic.

First results from a client account.

A DACH manufacturing software company, in its first 12 days on ChatGPT Ads (9 to 20 September 2026).

€115.56

Per demo start from the same company's non-brand Google search, 1 to 20 September

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How ChatGPT Ads work, in 90 seconds.

ChatGPT Ads shows a sponsored card directly below ChatGPT's answer when the conversation matches what you offer. It is clearly labelled and kept separate from the answer itself. The auction runs on context hints: short paragraphs that describe the person your ad is for. Whoever sees the ad is in the middle of researching a problem.

ChatGPT Ads now serves across the EU and in Switzerland, the UK and the US. European companies open their own account, and we set it up and run it with you.

A real ChatGPT Ads placement: a StubHub sponsored card inside a ChatGPT answer, showing the advertiser name, a Sponsored label, a headline, one line of description and a small image tile, with a disclosure that ads do not influence answers.
A live ChatGPT Ads placement. Advertiser name, Sponsored label, one headline, one description line, one small tile. Note how little space the visual gets.

Four things we have learned building for this channel.

01

Context hints beat keywords.

Single-keyword hints under-deliver. Vague category hints burn budget. The winning format is a persona-shaped paragraph that names the role, the company shape, the specific problem, and the moment of intent. Seven paragraphs per ad group is our current default.

02

Clicks objective outperforms Reach.

In the early auctions, the Clicks objective reached more people than the Reach objective did. That is odd and will probably change, but for now we build on Clicks.

03

Daily caps on every campaign.

Campaign-total budgets have been observed burning an entire test in 24 hours. We build every campaign on a daily budget with no total, so spend stays paced across the whole test.

04

Keep the small tile simple and bold.

The ad tile renders small inside the ChatGPT card. Fine detail is wasted. In one client account, a plain brand-mark tile got nearly twice the click rate of photography: 1.48% against 0.80%. We use a single tile per ad group, wordmark plus label, no busy background.

Where the channel is thin.

The Demandgap method for this channel.

Step 01
Access and setup
Week 1
  • We set up the account under your company and check that your landing pages and tracking work.
  • We create everything paused and switch nothing on until one of us has reviewed it.
Step 02
Context hints and creative
Week 1 to 2
  • We write the context hints and ads for each persona, with one simple image tile per ad group.
Step 03
Live and daily read
From week 2
  • Daily budget, no total budget. €30 to €100 per day per pilot, matched to volume. The stop rule is agreed before launch: the most the test may spend, how much data a verdict needs, and the cost per qualified lead that counts as a pass.
  • Day 3: delivery check. Under 5 clicks means we rewrite the context hints, because raising bids wouldn't help.
  • Day 10: landing-page fit check. Clicks flowing but no submissions means the offer or the page needs a rethink.
  • Day 16 to 20: cost per lead or demo request, judged against what the same step costs you on Google and LinkedIn.
Step 04
Post-pilot decision
End of pilot
  • At the end of the pilot we decide whether to scale, change or stop, and write the decision down in your workspace.
  • If scaling, we install the pixel and Conversions API and split into per-service campaigns for per-service budget control.

What it costs.

Fixed-price audit

ChatGPT Ads audit.

Fixed price
€1,200
  • Account setup review, if you already have access
  • Context-hint audit against the seven-hint structure
  • Landing-page alignment check
  • Competitive scan of the placement in your category
  • 60-minute live review call
  • Written diagnostic with specific rewrites and next steps
  • Delivered in 5 to 7 business days
Best fit: you already run ChatGPT Ads and want a second opinion, or you are about to start and want a structured plan.
Why no monthly retainer

LinkedIn and Google run on monthly retainers. ChatGPT Ads doesn't have one yet: we'll price a retainer once we have enough volume data across enough clients to justify it. Until then we sell audits and time-based pilots.

What people ask us about ChatGPT Ads.

Have you run ChatGPT Ads for a company like ours?

Yes. We run live ChatGPT Ads campaigns for a B2B software company in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and have run them for a client in the Netherlands. Demandgap is one of the first agencies in the OpenAI Partner Network.

Should we even be running ChatGPT Ads yet?

Probably not, if you have not fixed LinkedIn and Google first. ChatGPT Ads is worth a pilot for teams that already have LinkedIn and Google running well and want early access to a new placement. If your LinkedIn CPL is climbing and your Google Ads are leaking spend, fix those first. We will tell you if that is where you are.

Can we run ChatGPT Ads in German?

Yes. Our DACH campaigns run in German. If you need German and English, we scope both in the pilot quote.

Do we need a US entity?

No. Companies registered in the EU, Switzerland, the UK or the US can open their own account. We set it up with you at signup, because the account country cannot be changed later.

How do we track ChatGPT Ads conversions?

Three options. ChatGPT Ads supports its own pixel and Conversions API, so full server-side attribution is available from day one if you want it. If you run HubSpot, ChatGPT Ads connects to it natively: new leads go straight into your CRM, and HubSpot reports contacts, customers and cost per campaign next to your other channels. For a first pilot we often start lighter: Google Analytics or your CRM with UTM tagging, so you get a clean read on clicks and form submissions without a fresh pixel install. When the channel proves itself and you scale, we install the pixel and switch to a Conversions objective.

What does a demo start from ChatGPT Ads cost?

In our first DACH client account, a demo start or contact request cost €28.88 in the first 12 days, a quarter of what the same step cost on its non-brand Google search. Your pilot produces your own number, and we judge it against what a lead costs you on Google and LinkedIn.

30-min intro call

Want to try ChatGPT Ads early?

Book a 30-minute call. We will tell you whether a pilot fits your stage, or whether LinkedIn and Google should come first.