Setting Up Your Google Cloud Account

This document will walk you through creating a Google Cloud account so that The Number can set up and manage your project on your behalf. For assistance with this process, please contact your account manager.

Signing Up

To begin, visit https://cloud.google.com and click Get Started for Free.

If you aren't already signed in to a Google account, you'll be asked to sign in. We recommend using a company Google account rather than a personal Gmail — this ensures your team retains ownership of the account regardless of staff changes.

On the next screen, agree to the terms of service, fill in your contact information, and provide a credit card to verify your identity.

Note on billing: New Google Cloud accounts come with $300 in free credit valid for 90 days, which can be applied to any Google Cloud service. You won't be charged automatically when the trial ends — you would need to manually upgrade to a paid account. We'll let you know if and when that becomes necessary, and what to expect in costs before anything changes.

Setting Up Your Project

Once you've completed signup, you'll be brought to the Google Cloud console.

Rename your project

Google automatically creates a project called "My First Project." Before we proceed, please rename it to something more descriptive — ideally including your organization or website name.

1. From the left menu, select IAM & Admin → Settings

2. Update the project name to something like "Acme Corp" or "Acme - Web"

3. Click Save

Granting us Access

Next, we'll need you to add The Number and Tourismo as a member of your project so we can set everything up on your behalf.

1. From the left menu, select IAM & Admin → IAM

2. Click Grant Access

3. In the New principals field, enter thenumber.ca

4. Under Role, select Editor

5. Click Save

6. Repeat steps 2–5, this time entering tourismo.co with the same Editor role

Adding both domains ensures our whole team has access, and covers us in case our primary domain ever changes. You remain the owner of the account and can revoke access at any time.

Please reach out to your account manager once these steps are complete, and we'll take it from there!

Billing and Budgets

If your project requires services beyond the free tier, we'll walk you through what to expect before any costs are incurred. To keep an eye on usage yourself, you can set up budget alerts within the Billing section of the Google Cloud console. These alerts don't stop any services from running — they simply notify you if you're approaching a spending threshold.

Google provides more details on this here: https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets

We're happy to answer any questions you may have along the way.