Why Advertise With Us

Your brand on verified Wilmington vehicles — transparent package pricing, install verification, no long-term contracts.

Your brand on Wilmington roads — every day

Wilmington has no shortage of great local businesses. What most of them share is the same advertising problem — billboards are priced for national chains, social ads disappear in seconds, and word of mouth is unpredictable. Drive-Buy Ads puts your brand on local vehicles already driving your customers' neighborhoods, every day, without you doing anything after setup.

When your logo moves down Oleander Drive at 8am, past Mayfaire at noon, and through Wrightsville Beach at 3pm, your potential customers see it — verified local vehicles, transparent package pricing, install verification, and no long-term contracts.

For advertisers

How ads look on vehicles like those in Wilmington

Placement examples with doors, quarter panels, and rear packages — so you can see the medium before you preview a campaign.

SUV with ad zones on doors, hood, quarter panel, and QR
SUV · doors + quarter panel + QR
Sedan with door magnets, rear QR, and perforated tint
Sedan · doors + rear + perforated tint
Minivan with door, quarter panel, and QR ad zones
Minivan · doors + quarter panel
Hatchback with doors, QR, and rear branding zones
Hatchback · doors + rear + QR

Sample zone maps (YOUR AD HERE placeholders) — not client campaigns or live GPS impressions. Each campaign offer shows which zones apply.

The channel in motion

See what your brand looks like on Wilmington roads

Sedan — ¾ Driver Front

For advertisers

Choose how your brand shows up on the road

Three clear paths for Wilmington advertisers. Floors are per vehicle per month — your full estimate appears before you pay.

Minivan with ads on front and rear doors

Front & Rear Doors

from ~$225/vehicle/mo

Pilot starting point: removable, built to validate the channel, off between campaigns.

See your campaign quote
SUV with an ad on the front door

Front Door

from ~$225/vehicle/mo

More surface and presence; removable adhesive installed by a professional partner.

See your campaign quote
Example rear branding on a sedan

Rear Branding

add-on from ~$300/vehicle/mo

Rear glass or tail for traffic behind you — add it to a door package.

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Stay longer and the per-month cost drops. Pay 3 or 6 months up front and the discount is deeper. Matching and install follow Wilmington pilot capacity.

Multi-Month Savings Ladder

Month 1 includes production of all materials. From month 2 through month 6, your discount deepens automatically while your campaign stays active.

  1. Month 1 — current

    Full price · signs & tints produced

  2. Month 2

    15% off month 1 rate

  3. Month 3

    22% off · brand recall kicks in

  4. Month 4

    28% off month 1 rate

  5. Month 5

    33% off · momentum builds

  6. Month 6

    38% off · lock in now & save

Up to 6 months in the advertiser dashboard. Pay-upfront 3- and 6-month bundles can save even more.

Need multiple vehicles or a scope that doesn't fit the packages? Request a custom proposal

Soft-launch market: Wilmington, NC — Impression figures are modeled estimates and industry benchmarks, not guarantees. When location check-ins are enabled for a campaign, we may refine estimates using those records and DOT traffic counts. Actual results vary by route, density, and time of day. Industry modeled benchmarks (e.g. urban vehicle-ad exposure ranges) are available on request — they are not Wilmington live GPS measurements.