Agency account or our own account?

[nala]

Can anybody give me the pros and cons of using our own AdWords account and give our agency access vs. using our agency to set-up and manage the account on our behalf?

The obvious benefit would be that we can change agencies and keep our account active. Is there a downside?

[AussieWebmaster]

keep it to yourself and just give them access via an email - that way they can't hold you hostage

[nala]

So there's no benefit for the client to have the agency using MCC?

[shaneekirk]

Only use an MCC arrangement. The PPC manager should have an MCC set up and all of their clients will grant access through the manager's MCC.

Each client should set up their OWN Adwords account and hold it themselves.