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Complete your Google listing
Name, address, hours, services and phone, with real photos. ChatGPT shows map cards drawn from listings like it.
ChatGPT Ads · Malaysia · from 23 September 2026
ChatGPT now has ads in Malaysia. Ads are bought. Answers are earned.
A business can now pay to show beside a ChatGPT answer. The answer itself, where ChatGPT names who it recommends, is earned. OpenAI says so in its own words.
Read from OpenAI's announcement of 23 September 2026 by Dijumpai.
The difference, in one table
What you can buy in ChatGPT, and what you have to earn
| A ChatGPT ad | Being named in the answer | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it shows | Beside the answer, clearly labelled | Inside the answer, as a recommendation |
| Who sees it | Free and Go plan users | Everyone who asks, on every plan |
| How you get it | Ads Manager, or an agency partner | Reviews, listings and pages the AI reads |
| How you pay | A campaign budget | The work that earns it, RM 0 per click |
| When it stops | When the budget stops | It stays while the facts that earned it stay |
In OpenAI's own words
The one line every business owner should read
"advertising does not influence the answers ChatGPT provides" OpenAI, 23 September 2026
So the list ChatGPT gives when a customer asks for the best clinic, contractor or accountant near them is earned. It reads your reviews, your listings and your pages to decide who to name.
Four steps to be named
How a Malaysian business earns the answer
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Ask every customer for a review
Every customer, the same words. Reviews are how the engines tell good from busy.
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One page per service, in their words
In English, Malay and Chinese. The engines name different businesses in each language.
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Ask the AI every month
Type your customer's question into ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Write down who it names. That is your score.
Who the AI names today, by trade and city: the Malaysian AI Index, read by Dijumpai.
What owners ask us
ChatGPT ads in Malaysia, asked and answered
When did ChatGPT ads start in Malaysia?
On 23 September 2026, together with Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads now run in more than 60 countries.
Can I pay ChatGPT to recommend my business?
You can pay for an ad, which ChatGPT shows clearly labelled and separate from its answer. The recommendation inside the answer is earned: OpenAI says advertising does not influence the answers ChatGPT provides. Reviews, listings and pages the AI reads are what earn it.
Who sees ChatGPT ads in Malaysia?
People on ChatGPT's Free and Go plans. Plus, Pro and Enterprise stay ad-free. The answer, and the businesses it names, reach every plan.
How do I advertise on ChatGPT in Malaysia?
Through Ads Manager at ads.openai.com for eligible businesses, through OpenAI's ads team, or through its agency partners, which include dentsu, Havas Media, Omnicom Media, Publicis Groupe and WPP.
Should a small business buy ChatGPT ads or work on being named?
Be named first. An ad beside an answer that names your competitor sends the customer to both of you. Once the answer names you, an ad can add reach on the Free and Go plans.
Language: Bahasa Malaysia
Source, read 25 September 2026: OpenAI, ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and Taiwan, 23 September 2026.