OpenAI is offering businesses $500 in ChatGPT Ads credit. The offer shows up right after you claim your business in ChatGPT's new Business Hub, which launched on November 10, 2026. We claimed ours the same week, and the whole thing took about 15 minutes.
Here is how to get it, and how to spend it so it teaches you something.
Step 1: Claim your business in ChatGPT
- Open chatgpt.com/business-hub.
- Find your business and claim it, or create it.
- Verify your website.
- Choose your category and add a short description.
More detail in our guide: how to claim your business on ChatGPT.
Step 2: Take the $500 offer
When your profile is created, the confirmation screen lists Get $500 in advertising credit, with "Start advertising with ChatGPT Ads" under it. Click it and it takes you to ChatGPT Ads.
Read the offer terms on that screen before you build anything. OpenAI decides who qualifies, how long the credit lasts and what it covers, and a young ad platform changes these often.
Step 3: Spend it on one campaign that can win
$500 goes quickly if you spread it thin. Keep it simple:
- One campaign, one goal. Clicks to your site are the easiest to read on a first test.
- A daily budget you can hold for two to three weeks. $25 a day runs for 20 days, which is long enough to see a pattern.
- A title that answers a question. ChatGPT ads are small chat cards: a title of up to 50 characters, a body of up to 100, and an image. Write the title as the answer to what your customer was just asking.
- Context hints that describe the moment. ChatGPT Ads targets by when your ad would be useful ("someone comparing CRMs for a small team"), not by keyword lists.
- A landing page that matches the card. Your account and every ad are reviewed before anything runs, and a clear page makes both easier.
New to the platform? Our full ChatGPT Ads guide covers objectives, bidding and who sees the ads.
Run it from AdWhispr, next to the rest of your ads
AdWhispr manages your ChatGPT Ads account from a chat in Claude or ChatGPT, along with Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, X and Reddit. Connect your account once, then just ask:
"Launch a ChatGPT Ads campaign for my site at $25 a day, aimed at people comparing tools like mine."
AdWhispr writes the chat card, sets the context hints and builds the campaign in your own ChatGPT Ads account. Every new campaign starts paused and is shown to you first, so nothing spends until you say go. A week later, ask "How is my ChatGPT campaign doing?" and move the budget to whatever is working, wherever it is.
Get started
- Claim your business at chatgpt.com/business-hub and take the $500 offer.
- Create a free AdWhispr account.
- Connect ChatGPT Ads on the ChatGPT Ads connect page, plus any Meta, Google or TikTok accounts you already run.
- Ask AdWhispr to launch your first ChatGPT campaign.
FAQ
How do I get $500 in ChatGPT Ads credit?
Claim or create your business profile in ChatGPT's Business Hub at chatgpt.com/business-hub. When the profile is created, OpenAI shows the $500 advertising credit offer, which leads you into ChatGPT Ads.
Do I have to claim my business to get the credit?
That is where OpenAI shows the offer. Claiming is free and takes about 15 minutes for an online business that can add a DNS record.
Can I use the credit with AdWhispr?
AdWhispr builds and manages campaigns inside your own ChatGPT Ads account and doesn't touch billing, which stays between you and OpenAI. Check the offer terms for any limits on how the credit can be spent.
What should I spend $500 on?
One clicks campaign with a clear chat card and a daily budget you can hold for two to three weeks. That gives you enough data to decide whether ChatGPT deserves a real budget next to Meta and Google.
Who sees ChatGPT ads?
Logged-in adults on ChatGPT's Free and Go plans, below relevant answers. Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu users don't see ads.