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Setup Overview

Your Setup page includes four steps:
  1. Connect your Meta account
  2. Connect an ad account
  3. Import campaigns
  4. Set campaign goals
You can complete these steps in any order, but we recommend following them from top to bottom. Let’s walk through them.

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Step 1: Connect Your Meta Account

To launch and manage campaigns, AdStellar AI needs permission to access your Meta ad accounts and performance data.

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How to connect

1

Navigate to the Setup page

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Click Connect Meta Account

3

Log in with your Facebook credentials

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Grant the requested permissions

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Confirm the connection

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AdStellar AI uses Meta permissions to:

  • Read campaign performance
  • Create and publish ads
  • Read audience data
  • Read pixel data
  • Sync campaign performance data to AdStellar for reporting
Your data is never shared and is only used to power your campaigns.

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Step 2: Connect an Ad Account

Once your Meta profile is connected, the next step is to link a Meta Ad Account to your workspace. AdStellar AI uses this ad account to sync data, import campaigns, and publish new AI-generated campaigns on your behalf.

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How to connect an ad account

1

Open Integrations and select the Meta integration

2

Click Connect Ad Account

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Select your Meta Business Manager

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Choose the ad account you want to connect

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Click Connect

Once connected, AdStellar AI will automatically begin syncing your campaign data every hour.

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Ad accounts

You can connect unlimited ad accounts on every plan, at no extra cost — connect as many as you manage.

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If you don’t see your ad account

If an ad account is missing from the list:
  • Ensure you have Admin or Advertiser access inside Meta Business Manager
  • Click Resync to refresh your ad account list
  • Confirm the ad account is active and not disabled by Meta
  • Ask the Business Manager owner to update your permissions if needed
Once your access is corrected, it will automatically appear and can be connected.

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Step 3: Import Campaigns

Importing your historical Meta campaigns gives your AI engine more data to learn from, helping generate stronger ad recommendations and insights. This step is optional, but highly recommended. Importing your past campaigns allows AdStellar AI to learn from your historical performance, including your ad copy, headlines, audiences, and results, giving you stronger, more personalized AI recommendations.

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How to import

1

Open Integrations and select the Meta integration

2

Click Import Campaigns

3

Select the campaigns you want to import

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Choose your date range

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Click Import

Campaign Import Times: This may take 10-15 minutes depending on the size of the campaign (number of ad sets and ads). You can close this panel and come back later. Your import will continue in the background.
You can navigate to the Performance page on the app menu to validate the campaigns were imported correctly.

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Why import?

  • AI learns from your past creative performance
  • You unlock Creative Leaderboards and breakdowns
  • You get a centralized performance history inside AdStellar AI
You can always import campaigns later from Integrations → Meta.
Campaign imports are unlimited on all plans. Import as many campaigns as you need for deeper AI learning and stronger recommendations.

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Step 4: Set Campaign Goals

This step is critical. Goals tell the AI what success looks like for your campaigns.
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Navigate to the Setup page

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Click Set Goals next to a campaign

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Choose your optimization metric (e.g., CPA, ROAS)

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Enter your target value

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Set your budget parameters

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Click Save

The AI uses these goals to analyze which combinations of headlines, creatives, and audiences are performing well versus underperforming. Any results costing more than your target will be flagged.
Set goals for every campaign you import.

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Step 5: Launch Your First AI Campaign

Once Setup steps 1-3 are complete, you are ready to launch your first campaign using the AI Campaign Builder.

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How to launch

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Navigate to the AI Builder

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Select your ad account

3

Configure your campaign settings

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Add your creatives, copy, and audiences

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Review the AI-generated combinations

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Click Launch

After the AI campaign has been generated (this may take up to 5 minutes), you will be able to review the Campaigns, Ad Sets, and Ads within AdStellar prior to syncing to Meta.
After the sync to Meta has been completed, you will be able to turn on the Campaigns, Ad Sets, and Ads in Meta. Campaigns, Ad Sets, and Ads are turned OFF by default when they are synced to Meta.

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What the AI does for you

  • Builds audiences based on your inputs
  • Creates multiple ad variations
  • Suggests high-performing creative combinations
  • Structures ad sets for maximum testing
  • Speeds up launching from hours to minutes
This is where AdStellar AI really shines.

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AI Credits

AI credits are the usage currency for AdStellar’s AI-powered features. Credits are consumed when you generate images, videos, or launch AI-built campaigns.
  • Only AI-generated content uses credits.
  • Manually created campaigns do not use credits.

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Common credit costs

Credit costs vary by model. Here are the most common defaults: See Plans, Billing, and AI Credits for the full credit cost breakdown. Premium models and higher resolutions scale up from these baseline rates, and the exact cost is always shown before you generate. Credits are granted monthly and expire 60 days after being granted. Bonus credits earned through referrals never expire. Image edits and resizes also consume credits each time a revision is applied. Lip-sync rendering is an optional step after video generation that perfects lip movements and audio quality. Learn more about AI Credits

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Setup Complete

Once you finish all steps, your Setup checklist will show 100% complete. From here, you can:
  • Launch new AI campaigns anytime
  • Explore Performance Insights
  • Add team members
  • Connect additional ad accounts
  • Manage your billing and AI credits
  • Import more campaigns
You’re now fully ready to scale with AdStellar AI.

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FAQs

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Can I connect multiple ad accounts?

Yes. You can connect unlimited ad accounts on every plan, at no extra cost.

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Do I have to import campaigns?

No. Importing is optional, but recommended for stronger AI output and better insights.

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Can I invite team members?

Yes. Invite unlimited collaborators from your workspace menu (top-left) → Team Members, at no extra cost.

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Can I change my plan later?

Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade from Billing & Subscription at any time.

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What if I need help during setup?

You can reach us anytime:

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Next Steps

Now that you’re set up, here are a few powerful features to try:
  1. Explore the AI Campaign Builder to create your first AI-powered campaign
  2. Review your Performance Insights and analytics dashboards
  3. Set up Creative Leaderboards to track your top-performing ads
  4. Invite your team members to collaborate on campaigns
  5. Connect additional ad accounts to manage more brands
  6. Connect Slack to use the Agent right from your team’s channels — see Use the Agent in Slack
Welcome to AdStellar AI — let’s launch exceptional campaigns together.