Payment methods
Credit card, or monthly invoicing paid by wire, ACH or check for eligible businesses. PayPal is not supported for advertising.
Pay for LinkedIn Ads campaigns with a Cardn3 prepaid virtual Visa or Mastercard, funded with crypto. You load a fixed budget onto the card and keep your main bank card off the ad account.
Summarised from LinkedIn’s own help pages, checked 28 Oct 2026. Rules change, so open the source before you rely on it.
Credit card, or monthly invoicing paid by wire, ACH or check for eligible businesses. PayPal is not supported for advertising.
LinkedIn’s ads billing pages do not mention prepaid cards.
LinkedIn charges by payment threshold: when your spend passes it, you are charged the next day; otherwise the balance is charged on the first day of the next month.
Deposit crypto, buy a card, pay its activation deposit, and wait for the card details to appear in your dashboard.
How buying worksGo to
Campaign ManagerBillingBilling setupUpdate credit cardType the card number, expiry date and CVV, and the billing address shown with your card details, exactly as written.
A prepaid card can only pay what it holds. Check how LinkedIn Ads charges you and keep enough balance for each charge, including tax.
A temporary hold may be placed to verify a new card. It clears within 5–7 business days.
If your ad account bills in US dollars, a USD card avoids a currency conversion on your side.
A declined payment doesn’t take money from your card. Check these first.
The card must cover the full charge, including tax and any currency conversion.
Use the billing address shown with your card details, exactly as written.
LinkedIn decides which cards and countries it accepts. If the card is refused, contact support with the time of the attempt.
A payment card does not change LinkedIn’s advertising policies, account reviews or restrictions. Follow the platform’s ad and billing rules.
LinkedIn Campaign Manager’s payment help pages do not mention prepaid cards specifically. They list these payment methods: Credit card, or monthly invoicing paid by wire, ACH or check for eligible businesses. PayPal is not supported for advertising. Each platform decides which cards it accepts, so ask support before you buy if you are unsure.
In LinkedIn Ads, go to Campaign Manager › Billing › Billing setup › Update credit card. Enter the card number, expiry date and CVV from your Cardn3 dashboard, and the billing address shown with your card details.
The usual causes are a card balance that doesn’t cover the charge (including tax), a billing address that doesn’t match the one on your card details, or a platform or region that doesn’t take prepaid cards. A declined payment doesn’t take money from your card. Message support if it keeps happening.
Card prices run from $100 to $350. A one-time $5 issue fee is included and the rest is loaded as card balance. There is no top-up fee and no monthly fee. After purchase, each card type needs an activation deposit of $100–$200.
Pick a Cardn3 prepaid virtual Visa or Mastercard, pay with crypto, and add it to your ad account.
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