When Blinkit ads are not showing and the wallet has balance, the cause is almost always stock: Blinkit serves an ad only where the dark store for that shopper holds the SKU, so a campaign targeting cities with thin inventory barely spends. After stock, check city targeting, the 48 to 72 hour learning period, the listing status and the bid. This page takes them in that order.
A marketplace ad sends the shopper to a product page that can ship from anywhere. A quick commerce ad can only sell what the nearest dark store has on the shelf, so Blinkit does not serve an ad for a SKU the store cannot deliver. A campaign set to Delhi NCR with the SKU in stock in a third of the region's stores will show in a third of the region, and agency guides are blunt that 'ads not showing though the wallet has balance' is almost always supply.
Pull your fill rate or inventory by city and store from the seller portal for the same days the ad was quiet. If the ad stopped when the store ran out, the fix is a purchase order, not a bid.
Compare the campaign's cities with where the SKU is actually in stock. Pause the ad in cities below a few days of cover and ask the category manager about the PO.
A campaign restricted to one city, or to cities where the SKU is not listed, cannot serve elsewhere. Check the targeting matches the listing's live cities.
Agency guides describe 48 to 72 hours before new campaigns serve steadily. Do not change bids on day one.
A SKU that is inactive, price-flagged or out of the catalogue drops from ads too. Check it is live and searchable in the consumer app from a pin code you target.
A bid below what competitors pay for top of search will show lower down or rarely. Ladya reports ₹12 to ₹25 for top slots against ₹3 to ₹6 lower; if impressions are near zero on a competitive keyword, the bid is the suspect.
A daily budget used up by mid-morning, an end date in the past, or a paused campaign all look like 'not showing'.
Only after the above. A balance above zero is not the cause; an exhausted balance or expired credit is.
A second family of complaints is ads that spend but do not sell. Read the ATC column: add-to-carts over clicks.
| Pattern | Likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Clicks high, ATCs low | Price or pack size uncompetitive on the results page | Check the three SKUs shown beside yours |
| ATCs high, orders low | Stock-outs between add and checkout, or delivery slots | Fill rate in those stores |
| Orders fine, ROAS poor | Top-of-search CPC too high, or ROAS computed on MRP | Lower slot bids; recompute on selling price |
| Everything fell on one day | Stock-out in a major city | Stock report by city for that day |
Run ads only on SKUs with stock in every city you target, review fill rate weekly beside the ad report, and pause per city rather than per campaign when stock runs low. Blooprint's quick commerce ads guide and its Diwali playbook both make the same point: ad spend on quick commerce should follow the shelf.
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Learn more →The add-to-cart metric quick commerce apps report between clicks and orders, and what a good ATC rate looks like.
Learn more →The marketplace version of this checklist, where the causes are bids, eligibility and budget.
Learn more →Reported CPCs by slot, banner CPMs, minimum budgets and the listing deposit returned as ad credit.
Learn more →Almost always stock. Blinkit serves an ad only where the dark store for that shopper holds the SKU. Compare the campaign's cities with where the SKU is in stock.
Agency guides describe a learning period of 48 to 72 hours before delivery settles. Avoid changing bids in that window.
Check the ATC rate. Clicks without add-to-carts point to price or pack size; add-to-carts without orders point to stock-outs or delivery slots.
It pushes them below top slots or out of competitive auctions. Ladya reports top-of-search at ₹12 to ₹25 against ₹3 to ₹6 lower down.
Search the keyword in the consumer app from a pin code in a targeted city with good stock. If the SKU shows there but not elsewhere, it is stock.
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