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How to create Google ads conversion action in Ad Manager

Ad Manager allows you to create, manage, and edit Google Ads offline conversion actions directly from within the platform. This ensures that your offline sales, leads, and actions are properly tracked in Google Ads for better optimisation and reporting.

In this article, we’ll cover how to use the Google Ads Conversion Action Flow inside Ad Manager.

Where to find the Conversion Actions section

Navigate to Marketing → Ad Manager

Click on Settings (gear icon)

Select Google Ads under Platform Settings

Click on the Conversions tab

This will open the Conversion Actions table view.

View existing Google Ads conversions

In the Conversions tab, you will see:

A list of all existing conversion actions from your connected Google Ads account

Any new conversions you create via Ad Manager

The table includes columns:

Conversion Name

All Conversion Value

All Conversions

Conversion Source

You can use:

Search to filter conversions by name

Date Range filter to view conversions created or updated within a specific time frame

Create a new conversion action

To create a new conversion action:

Click “Create a new conversion”

Fill out the form in the Create Conversion modal:

FieldDescription
Conversion NameA unique name to identify this conversion
Conversion SourceChoose the type of offline action (Converted Lead, Purchase, Signup, Add to Cart, etc.)
CountMany per click (recommended for purchases) / One per click (recommended for leads)
ValueUse same value per conversion / Use different value per conversion / Don’t use value
CurrencySelect your currency
Click-through conversion windowChoose attribution window (1 to 90 days)
Attribution modelData-driven (preset for offline conversions)

Click Create.

We will create the conversion action in Google Ads via API no manual setup needed in Google Ads UI

Edit or delete a conversion action

You can edit or delete any conversion action created in the app:

Click the 3-dot menu next to the conversion

Choose Edit or Delete

Edit Modal:

In the edit modal, you can update:

Count settings

Value & currency

Click-through window

Conversion source

Note:

Attribution model is fixed to Data-driven for offline conversions (per Google Ads guidelines).

Key Notes & Best Practices

This flow is for Offline Conversion Actions tracking events like leads, sales, and calls that occur outside your website/app.

All conversions created here are automatically available in your Google Ads account and can be used in campaign reporting.

Existing Google Ads conversions are automatically imported into this view.

Our tracking will upload conversion events to match these conversion actions (via workflows separate from this setup).

Future enhancements will add Google Tag Manager (GTM) integration for website conversion actions.

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