Not sure how to create a billing account with cxtxt in Saudi

[MoSaleem]

I'm really stuck and don't know how to create a billing account. I made an account in cntxt but not sure how to link it with Google Cloud. Only I want to do is set up a billing for the Gemini.

[DamianS]

Hello @MoSaleem  ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

As I saw, cntxt is a 3rd party company, which provide GCP support and they are also GCP Partner. Based on that if you have any queries regarding that company, you should ask CNTXT directly. Beside that, here is the official documentation link describing how to create billi ng account for Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/create-billing-account

If you want to use Free Tier Account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzJovMsDIU

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[MoSaleem]

Well, when I choose Saudi Arabia, I get redirected to a cntxt page. There's absolutely no docs whatsoever on what to do afterwards. I did create an account on cntxt website and they gave me the billing id but I have no idea how to link that with Google Cloud. Tried to contact cntxt but no response yet.

[DamianS]

Hmm, are you able to see such billingID via Google Cloud Platform ? Link: https://console.cloud.google.com/billing?organizationId=0&hl=en

For login purposes, use account which has been used for CNTXT account creation. 

[MoSaleem]

Nope. No accounts there. The weird thing is that when I go to https://console.cloud.google.com/billing/MY-BILLING-ID-IN-CNTX is that it does show me the billing id connected to the count but there's no way to link it to a particular project.

[DamianS]

Hmm it looks like your billingID provider should check this. 

Are you able maybe to change billing for projects from this URL ? https://console.cloud.google.com/billing/projects

[MoSaleem]

Nope. It tells me that there's no current billing account.

[DamianS]

Maybe you have to add some sub-billing account 🤔https://support.google.com/channelservices/answer/10022594?hl=en  

[norahaljedai]

im facing the same problem rn, did you find a way to link it ?