Virtual cards for advertising and media buying

Most ad platforms charge your card automatically: when your spend reaches a billing threshold, or once a day or month. If a charge fails, the platform usually pauses delivery until the payment goes through, so the card has to be one the platform accepts.

Adding a card works the same way everywhere: open the billing or payment settings of the ad account, add a credit or debit card and enter the number, expiry date, CVV and billing details from My cards.

Ad platforms see the card's network (Visa or Mastercard), its country and its BIN, the first six digits. Many GetVCC cards show their BIN in the catalog, so you can pick the range you need before you pay. USA-issued Visa and Mastercard cards suit most international platforms; a card issued in your ad account's country can help when a platform expects a local card.

Giving every ad account its own card keeps spend separate and easy to reconcile. If one account is reviewed or one payment is declined, the other accounts and their cards keep running. Agencies often keep one card per client for the same reason.

The most common reasons are billing details that do not match the card, a network or country the platform does not accept for that account, and a 3D Secure check that was not completed. Enter the billing details exactly as they appear in My cards, and choose a card from a network and country the platform supports.

Ad platforms decide which payment methods they accept, so no card provider can guarantee acceptance. GetVCC cards are for legitimate advertising only, never for getting around a platform's rules, restrictions or bans.