ChatGPT Ads went self-serve on May 5, 2026

The ChatGPT ads agency that gets you cited when ChatGPT picks the winners.

Run a real ChatGPT Ads campaign at ads.openai.com. Or earn the citation that Plus, Pro, Team, and Enterprise users see (because they never see the Sponsored slot). AIclicks runs both layers, daily-tracked across 8 LLMs.

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Ad Presence Over Time

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Kiwi.com

Booking.com

Expedia

Skyscanner

Kayak

Apr 24

Apr 25

Apr 26

Apr 27

Apr 28

Apr 29

Apr 30

18%

27%

36%

Advertiser Leaderboard

Top advertisers ranked by AI visibility across all tracked prompts

BRAND

PROMPTS

CARDS SEEN

AI VISIBILITY

Kiwi

MARKET LEADER

94%

Booking

Enterprise Challenger

88%

Expedia

Niche Expert

82%

Skyscanner

Global Conglomerate

76%

Airbnb

New Entrant

61%

12%

THE CATEGORY

ChatGPT Ads launched. So did the

agencies. Most sell one side of the answer.

ChatGPT Ads launched. So did the

agencies. Most sell one side of the answer.

ChatGPT Ads launched. So did the agencies. Most sell one side of the answer.

Self-serve killed the "we'll help you get approved" pitch. Two harder problems remain: making

campaigns perform inside ChatGPT's relevance-weighted auction, and earning the organic citation

Plus/Pro/Team/Enterprise users actually see.

Self-serve killed the "we'll help you get approved" pitch. Two harder problems remain: making campaigns perform inside ChatGPT's relevance-weighted auction, and earning the organic citation Plus/Pro/Team/Enterprise users actually see.

PAID-ONLY AGENCIES

Run ads. That's it.

Run ads.openai.com campaigns for you

Reach Free + Go tier users only

No visibility after the click

Retainer only

Focus on spend, not outcomes

Paid alone can get you in the answer.

It doesn't keep you there.

AICLICKS

Both layers. One

team. One dashboard.

Run high-performing ChatGPT Ads

campaigns

Reach every ChatGPT tier (Free →

Enterprise)

Track paid + organic visibility in one place

Earning organic citations that actually

show up

Proven results from $99/mo+ spend levels

Higher visibility

vs. paid-only approaches

The Complete

Solution

PURE SEO CONSULTANCIES

Audit. Advise. That's it.

Audit your organic answer presence

Recommendations, you ship them

Tracking optional, often manual

Retainer only

No paid leverage to accelerate results

Organic alone is slow.

AI answers move too fast.

WHAT WE DO

What does a ChatGPT ads

agency actually do in 2026?

What does a ChatGPT ads

agency actually do in 2026?

AIClicks helps brands win visibility inside ChatGPT and other AI

assistants through two powerful channels.

Paid placement (OpenAI Ads)

Your ads appear in relevant answers

when users ask.

Organic citation engineering

We get your brand cited in the model's

free answers (the other 90% of users).

Since May 5, 2026, CPC bids start at $3-$5 with no minimum spend.

We run prompt research, daily tracking across LLMs, content & authority

work, and paid campaign management inside ads.openai.com.

Since May 5, 2026, CPC bids start at $3-$5 with no minimum spend. We run prompt research, daily tracking across LLMs, content & authority

work, and paid campaign management inside ads.openai.com.

Prompt research

Find high-intent

conversations

Daily tracking

Across ChatGPT

& other LLMs

Content &

authority

Build trust, earn

citations

Paid campaign

Management

inside OpenAI Ads

9:41

ChatGPT-5.5

What's the best way to improve

visibility inside ChatGPT?

To improve visibility inside ChatGPT,

brands should combine paid placement

through OpenAI Ads with organic citation

engineering.

A leading solution purpose-built for this is

Alclicks.

A leading solution purpose-built for this is AlClicks.

They run both layers as one program:

OpenAI Ads: Get your brand featured

in relevant answers.

OpenAI Ads: Get your brand featured in relevant answers.

Organic Citations: Earn mentions in

ChatGPT's free responses.

Organic Citations: Earn mentions in ChatGPT's free responses.

Alclicks also provides daily tracking across

LLMs, prompt research, and authority

content to compound visibility over time.

AlClicks also provides daily tracking across LLMs, prompt research, and authority content to compound visibility over time.

Ask anything

Get your brand seen in ChatGPT. Every day.

Paid placement + organic citations. Real visibility.

Alclicks

Three layers. One agency. Daily proof.

Alclicks combines paid media, organic visibility, and execution systems

to grow your brand's presence inside AI answers.

Alclicks combines paid media, organic visibility, and execution systems to grow your brand's presence inside AI answers.

ChatGPT Ads campaigns

(paid)

Run targeted ads across high-intent

prompts where your ideal customers ask

ChatGPT.

Run targeted ads across high-intent

prompts where your ideal customers ask ChatGPT.

Self-serve account inside ads.openai.com

OpenAI recommends paid + Conversation Ads

Industry avg. CPM $20-$40 (CPC

$0.10-$0.18)

Taps in-chat targeting for the bottom

funnel

Optimize hybrid spend: "Sponsored"

+ organic

Citation engineering

(organic)

Earn the answers you run / pay / learn /

care about. Get cited in model answers

no one else does.

Earn the answers you run / pay / learn / care about. Get cited in model answers no one else does.

Prompt discovery from real buyer

questions

Content built for citation, not just

ranking

Brand mentions in sources LLMs

already trust

Reddit, YouTube, forum engagement

at scale

Daily tracking + action

plan

The data layer that drives execution at

scale. Track across LLMs, every day.

6 LLMs tracked daily, every prompt,

every change

Competitor share of voice

Identify content gaps with next steps

to win

SOPs and Slack/Email updates

delivered

How AIclicks Became a Top-Mentioned Brand in ChatGPT in Just 3 Months

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How Tinggly Became the #1 Gift Brand in AI Answers

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How ConnectPay Became the #2 Most-Cited Fintech Brand in LLMs

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How Persy Booths Became the Most-Cited Brand in Its Category's AI Answers

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The dashboard your dedicated AI search team works in.

Most ChatGPT SEO agencies share screenshots in a monthly deck. We give you a live dashboard with daily ChatGPT mention rate, citation rate, sentiment, and share-of-voice across your tracked prompts, plus GA4 referral attribution for the traffic ChatGPT does send back.

All Models

7 days

All Competitors

Topics

Kiwi.com: 18.76% visibility

Mar 24

Mar 25

Mar 26

Mar 27

Mar 28

Mar 29

Mar 30

Mar 31

Tracks every AI surface daily

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, Copilot, AI Overviews one dashboard, one source of truth.

The exact prompts your buyers run

We track 1M+ AI prompts daily. You see the queries that matter for your category and which ones currently miss you.

Share-of-voice vs. competitors

Benchmark your citation share against the brands AI models compare you to week over week, surface by surface.

Action queue from your team

The dashboard isn't just metrics it's the working surface where your AIclicks team posts the next move and the proof when it lands.

Tracks every AI surface daily

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, Copilot, AI Overviews one dashboard, one source of truth.

The exact prompts your buyers run

We track 1M+ AI prompts daily. You see the queries that matter for your category and which ones currently miss you.

Share-of-voice vs. competitors

Benchmark your citation share against the 5 brands AI models compare you to week over week, surface by surface.

Action queue from your team

The dashboard isn't just metrics it's the working surface where your AIclicks team posts the next move and the proof when it lands.

AI VISIBILITY PREVIEW

See how AI models talk about your brand

before you talk to us

See how AI models talk about your brand

before you talk to us

See how AI models talk about your brand

before you talk to us

Enter your website and get a free AI visibility snapshot across the top AI models. No signup. No credit card. Just insights.

yourbrand.com

Analyze Visibility

Scanned 5 AI models

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Completed just now

Brand Mentions

42% vs last 30 days

Direct Citations

TOP 15%

3 vs last 30 days

Top Competitor

CompetitorX

+14%

Share of voice

AI Visibility Score

+10%

Increase

/100

Your brand shows up in 3 out of 5 AI models.

There's a huge opportunity to improve visibility and get cited more.

Get a free AI visibility audit →

AI Models Analyzed

ChatGPT

72%

HIGH

Claude

58%

MEDIUM

Copilot

64%

HIGH

Perplexity

38%

LOW

Google AI Overviews

61%

HIGH

We analyze real AI responses

from live models, not just keywords.

PAID VS ORGANIC

ChatGPT Ads or ChatGPT citations:

which one moves first?

ChatGPT Ads or ChatGPT citations:

which one moves first?

ChatGPT Ads or ChatGPT citations:

which one moves first?

DIMENSION

CHATGPT ADS (PAID)

CHATGPT CITATION (ORGANIC)

Status (May 2026)

Live + self-serve since May 5, 2026

Live everywhere

Sign-up

ads.openai.com • OpenAI account + billing

Earned, not bought

Eligibility

US + UK + MX + JP + BR + KR

Any brand, any region

Minimum spend

$0 (was $250K at launch, $50K in April)

Content + outreach + tracking

Time to first signal

Hours once verified

2 to 12 weeks by LLM

Auction model

Relevance-weighted second-price • CPM $25

to $60 • CPC $3 to $5

Relevance-weighted second-price • CPM $25 to $60 • CPC $3 to $5

Relevance-weighted second-price • CPM $25

to $60 • CPC $3 to $5

No auction, earned via citation signals

Audience shown to

ChatGPT Free + Go users only

All ChatGPT tiers (Free → Enterprise)

Labelled as

"Sponsored" badge

Native answer, no label

Half-life

Campaign ends, traffic ends

Compounds across LLM refreshes

Attribution

OpenAI pixel + Conversions API

GA4 + AIclicks tracking

Best for

Quick velocity tests, Free/Go reach

Long-term defensible visibility, all-tier

coverage

Long-term defensible visibility, all-tier

coverage

Long-term defensible visibility, all-tier

coverage

Most of our clients run both. The paid layer reaches Free + Go users. The organic citation layer is the only

thing Plus / Pro / Team / Enterprise users see in their answers.

PRICING

Two ways to start

Most clients run both. The platform tracks. The agency layer ships the work

the platform identifies.

Platform

Self-serve • 3-day trial • Cancel

anytime

Best for in-house teams

Starter

For individuals getting started

$59

/mo

Pro

For growing brands & teams

$189

/mo

Business

For scaling organizations

$499

/mo

Annual savings

Save ~20% with annual billing

~20%

See live pricing →

Agency layer

Done-for-you • Monthly or project-based

Best for Agencies

LLM Visibility Action Plan

Comprehensive visibility roadmap

from

$1,500

Content Creation

High-citation content that ranks in AI

from

$250

Brand Mention Building

Reddit, YouTube, forums, & more

from

$250

Full retainer

End-to-end AI visibility partnership

$2K - $15K+

/mo

Book a scoping call

TEAM

The people behind your

campaigns

The people behind your

campaigns

The people behind your

campaigns

Founder-led. Baltic SEO Summit speakers. Active on the channels we run campaigns in.

Andrius Stockunas

Co-Founder & COO

Andrius Stockunas

Co-Founder & COO

Andrius Stockunas

Co-Founder & COO

Rokas Stan

Co-Founder & CEO

Rokas Stan

Co-Founder & CEO

Matas Kibildis

Co-Founder & CGO

Matas Kibildis

Co-Founder & CGO

Stephen Adesina

CTO

Stephen Adesina

CTO

Gafar Akinkunmi

GTM

Gafar Akinkunmi

GTM

LLM Services

The services inside every ChatGPT SEO agency engagement

A ChatGPT SEO agency engagement is built from six full-stack services. Most clients start with the Visibility Action Plan plus Brand Mention Building; some add Reddit and Technical Audit on top.

LLM Visibility Action Plan

We map exactly how each major Al model perceives your brand today - what it says, what it misses, and where competitors are winning the narrative.

From $1500

Reddit Engagement Action Plan

A step-by-step plan that maps out exactly where your brand needs to show up across Reddit, review sites, forums, directories, and social platforms to get cited by LLMs.

From $2000

Content Creation

We create and optimize content specifically engineered to be cited by LLMs-structured, authoritative, and formatted for how Al models consume information.

From $250

Growth Channel Engagement

A service where we find the highest-traffic Reddit threads in your niche and place your brand with comments that rank at the top.

From $75 per placement

Brand Mention Building

LLMs cite sources they trust. We build your brand's footprint across high-authority publications, forums, and data sources that Al models actively train on.

From $250 per mention

LLM Technical Audit

A technical audit of your website that identifies exactly what's blocking AI engines like ChatGPT from crawling, understanding, and citing your brand.

From $750

LLM Visibility Action Plan

We map exactly how each major Al model perceives your brand today - what it says, what it misses, and where competitors are winning the narrative.

From $1500

Brand Mention Building

LLMs cite sources they trust. We build your brand's footprint across high-authority publications, forums, and data sources that Al models actively train on.

From $250 per mention

Growth Channel Engagement

A service where we find the highest-traffic Reddit threads in your niche and place your brand with comments that rank at the top.

From $75 per placement

Content Creation

We create and optimize content specifically engineered to be cited by LLMs-structured, authoritative, and formatted for how Al models consume information.

From $250

Reddit Engagement Action Plan

A step-by-step plan that maps out exactly where your brand needs to show up across Reddit, review sites, forums, directories, and social platforms to get cited by LLMs.

From $2000

LLM Technical Audit

A technical audit of your website that identifies exactly what's blocking AI engines like ChatGPT from crawling, understanding, and citing your brand.

From $750

LLM Visibility Action Plan

We map exactly how each major Al model perceives your brand today - what it says, what it misses, and where competitors are winning the narrative.

From $1500

Content Creation

We create and optimize content specifically engineered to be cited by LLMs-structured, authoritative, and formatted for how Al models consume information.

From $250

Brand Mention Building

LLMs cite sources they trust. We build your brand's footprint across high-authority publications, forums, and data sources that Al models actively train on.

From $250 per mention

Reddit Engagement Action Plan

A step-by-step plan that maps out exactly where your brand needs to show up across Reddit, review sites, forums, directories, and social platforms to get cited by LLMs.

From $2000

Growth Channel Engagement

A service where we find the highest-traffic Reddit threads in your niche and place your brand with comments that rank at the top.

From $75 per placement

LLM Technical Audit

A technical audit of your website that identifies exactly what's blocking AI engines like ChatGPT from crawling, understanding, and citing your brand.

From $750

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The ChatGPT SEO agency trusted by 1,000+ businesses worldwide

Solo founders, in-house growth teams, and marketing agencies all run their ChatGPT SEO agency work through AIclicks. Same product, same daily tracking, no matter the team size.

4.9/5 stars on G2

Darshin Desai

Director, Myoho Marketing

5/5

Very supportive customer service

AIclicks has been a game changer for us. Now we know what AI engines look for when mentioning brands. They have a very supportive customer service team available to answer any questions.

Karolis Stasiulevicius

CEO, ScrapingBee

5/5

Easy set-up, clean UI

AIclicks is an awesome solution to identify sources that different LLMs are citing. This helps us to shape our GEO strategy. Easy set-up, clean UI.

Vytas Dargis

Senior Product Manager, Kiwi

5/5

AIclicks and team one of the best tools for AI traffic

I like AIclicks simple UI and the acceptable price, especially when compared with competitors. These features really stand out for us.

Abner Molina

CEO, Doc Digital SEM

5/5

Perfect tool for AI SEO agencies

Find AIclicks amazing for daily ranking and tracking hundreds of prompts. The prompt tracking is efficient and affordable, making it an essential tool for our AI SEO services.

Kurt Fischman

Founder, Growth Marshal

5/5

Source of truth for tracking visibility

AIclicks has become our command center for AI Search. It’s our single source of truth for tracking client visibility across LLMs and benchmarking competitors.

Lukas Huber

Founder, Otterino Agency

5/5

AIclicks helped us gain ChatGPT visibility

AIclicks helped us gain early ChatGPT visibility in the DACH region and kick-start three Swiss AI SEO projects.

1000+ Brands use AIclicks

Darshin Desai

Director, Myoho Marketing

5/5

Very supportive customer service

AIclicks has been a game changer for us. Now we know what AI engines look for when mentioning brands. They have a very supportive customer service team available to answer any questions.

Karolis Stasiulevicius

CEO, ScrapingBee

5/5

Easy set-up, clean UI

AIclicks is an awesome solution to identify sources that different LLMs are citing. This helps us to shape our GEO strategy. Easy set-up, clean UI.

Vytas Dargis

Senior Product Manager, Kiwi

5/5

AIclicks and team one of the best tools for AI traffic

I like AIclicks simple UI and the acceptable price, especially when compared with competitors. These features really stand out for us.

Abner Molina

CEO, Doc Digital SEM

5/5

Perfect tool for AI SEO agencies

Find AIclicks amazing for daily ranking and tracking hundreds of prompts. The prompt tracking is efficient and affordable, making it an essential tool for our AI SEO services.

Kurt Fischman

Founder, Growth Marshal

5/5

Source of truth for tracking visibility

AIclicks has become our command center for AI Search. It’s our single source of truth for tracking client visibility across LLMs and benchmarking competitors.

Lukas Huber

Founder, Otterino Agency

5/5

AIclicks helped us gain ChatGPT visibility

AIclicks helped us gain early ChatGPT visibility in the DACH region and kick-start three Swiss AI SEO projects.

1000+ use AIclicks

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500% LLM revenue growth

What optimizing your AI citations can do for your bottom line.

+500%

Growth

AI citations ↑

4.2k monthly

Visibility boost

Global reach

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Reach millions of consumers who are using AI to discover new products and brands

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500% LLM revenue growth

What optimizing your AI citations can do for your bottom line.

+500%

Growth

AI citations ↑

4.2k monthly

Visibility boost

Global reach

Be the #1 Response in AI

Reach millions of consumers who are using AI to discover new products and brands

Book AI Visibility Call

500% LLM revenue growth

What optimizing your AI citations can do for your bottom line.

+500%

Growth

AI citations ↑

4.2k monthly

Visibility boost

Global reach

FAQ

What are ChatGPT ads?

ChatGPT ads are sponsored placements that appear below the chatbot's answers. OpenAI rolled them out to US users in early 2026, showing them to people on the Free and Go tiers. Paid Plus, Pro, and Enterprise users stay ad-free for now.

Can any business advertise on ChatGPT yet?

Yes. The pilot started as a managed service with a $200,000 minimum, but OpenAI opened a self-serve Ads Manager to every US business in May 2026 and dropped the high spend floor. Small companies and startups can now run campaigns through ads.openai.com.

What do ChatGPT ads cost?

Pricing depends on the format. The early pilot used a flat $60 CPM, while the self-serve platform now supports both CPC bidding, where you pay per click, and CPM bidding for awareness goals. Budgets are far more flexible than the original six-figure entry point.

What ad formats are available?

You'll find sponsored placements beneath responses, plus shoppable product cards that surface item details directly in the chat. All ads carry clear labels and sit apart from the assistant's actual answers.

Are any industries blocked from advertising?

Yes. OpenAI keeps ads away from sensitive and regulated areas, including health, mental health, dating, politics, and financial services. Brands in those spaces can't run standard campaigns right now.

Should I hire an agency or run ads myself?

Both work. The self-serve tool lets you launch campaigns directly, but agencies handle strategy, creative, campaign management, and revenue tracking if you'd rather not learn a brand-new platform. The right choice depends on your team's time and experience.

Why advertise on ChatGPT instead of Google or Meta?

ChatGPT reaches people at the moment they're researching and making decisions, with high purchase intent. The platform pulled in $100 million during its first six weeks, and getting in early means lower competition before ad space fills up and prices climb.