What is a hosted Adsense account?
Why upgrade a from hosted Adsense account to non hosted? A hosted Adsense account is one that was created through an Adsense partner website eg. YouTube or Blogger. It’s a restricted account which means you can only use it with those websites and the approval process is much easier because of this.
However as the ad units created in a hosted Adsense account can only be used on those partner websites, they cannot be used on a self-hosted website and will display as blank ads there. If your blog or website is on wordpress then you will need a non-hosted Adsense account in order to use Google Adsense on your site.
How can I tell what kind of Adsense account I have?
You can tell which account you have by looking at the drop-down profile in the top right corner in your adsense account. Check to see if it is marked as a ‘hosted account’. If it isn’t, you have a regular non-hosted account.
Hosted Adsense Account
Non-Hosted Adsense Account
How do you upgrade from a hosted Adsense account to a non-hosted (regular) Adsense account?
You have to submit a once-off application request to change your account type.
Log in to your Adsense account
Go to the Google Adsense homepage. If you haven’t already got an account then create an Adsense Account. If you already have your account use the Sign In button. Note that you need a gmail account/email to be set up with Adsense.
Go to Ads -> Content -> Other Products -> Upgrade now
Fill out the form giving the website name that you will primarily be using.
Note that while you can add multiple websites to your Adsense account, your primary domain must display ad units.
Add the verification code to your website
You will see this message once the website has been submitted for review.
Take the provided code and insert it between the <head> tags on your website (use the get code again dropdown if needed).
Wait for verification
Wait for an email to tell you if the review has been successful or not.
Create your ads
Now you can create new ad units to place on your website.
