How much does Google Ads management cost in South Africa?

Honey Whale Google Ads management starts from R7,500/mo (Starter, up to R10k ad spend), R10,500/mo (Growth, up to R20k ad spend), R15,500/mo (Scale, up to R30k ad spend + 10% over). Ad spend is paid directly to Google separately. A Google Ads Account Audit is R7,500 one-off.

What is the minimum budget for Google Ads in South Africa?

A minimum ad spend of R5,000/mo is recommended. Total starting budget including management is R12,500–R17,500/mo.

Google Ads Agency · South Africa

Google Ads that
pay for themselves.

We manage Google Ads for South African businesses that need qualified leads and sales from paid search, not just impressions. Transparent pricing, a Google Partner team, and campaigns built around return on ad spend rather than ad spend itself.
From R7,500/mo.

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Google Partner

Certified Google Ads Agency

Average ROAS across all active campaigns

300x

Highest single campaign ROAS

What You Get

Eight disciplines inside one Google Ads retainer.

Search campaigns:
Keyword targeting, match types, negative keyword management.

Shopping campaigns:
Google Merchant Centre setup, feed optimisation, product listing ads.

Display and remarketing:
Audience building, banner creative guidance, retargeting sequences.

Performance Max:
Campaign architecture, asset group strategy, and audience signal management for AI-driven campaigns across Google's full inventory.

Landing page alignment:
Matching the page a user lands on to the promise of the ad they clicked.

Conversion tracking:
GA4, Google Tag Manager, server-side tracking via Stape.io.

Monthly reporting:
ROAS, CPA, impression share, Quality Score, budget pacing.

Strategic account management:
Weekly optimisations, quarterly strategy reviews, and competitor analysis to ensure your campaigns evolve with the market.

Pricing and plans

Three tiers. Clear scope. No hidden fees.

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Starter

R7,500/mo

Up to R10,000/mo ad spend

Search campaigns

Keyword research & setup

Ad copy creation

Monthly optimisation

Conversion tracking

Monthly report

Growth

R10,500/mo

Up to R20,000/mo ad spend

Everything in Starter

Shopping campaigns

Remarketing audiences

A/B ad copy testing

Landing page recommendations

Priority support

Scale

R15,500/mo

Up to R30,000/mo + 10% over

Everything in Growth

Performance Max campaigns

Advanced audience segmentation

Server-side tracking (Stape.io)

Display & full funnel

Quarterly strategy review

Already running Google Ads? Start with an audit

A Google Ads Account Audit reviews your existing campaigns: wasted spend, keyword gaps, Quality Score issues, conversion tracking failures. Most accounts we audit are losing 30-50% of their budget to fixable problems.

The audit pays for itself before the retainer even starts. Use the findings on your own, or move into a managed retainer with the foundation already mapped.

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