# Who will pay me to advertise on my car?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 15, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112 "2002-07-15T20:41:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112/1 "2002-07-15T20:41:33Z")

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I saw a car today with an advertisement on the side, and it got me to thinking. I am a poor college student, and I am on the road for about 2 hours/day. I would like to make some extra money, and I have some room on the side of my car. Are there companies that would pay me to advertise for them on my car?

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**Author:** ![mr.greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@mr.greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.greg)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112/2 "2002-07-15T20:56:16Z")

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[http://www.thecarplace.com/homecar.htm](http://www.thecarplace.com/homecar.htm)

Check here. But I don’t know how much you wanna go driving around looking like a corporate puppet. Unless you are into that kind of thing. Better to get a reliable piece of crap and save your dignity.

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112/3 "2002-07-16T00:19:39Z")

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Do a google search for “car wraps” and you’ll turn up a bunch of these.

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**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112/4 "2002-07-16T00:55:44Z")

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Problem #1 is they will only want to talk to you if you have a specific kind of car: Think new Beetle or PT Cruiser

Problem #2 is they will have minimum mileage requirements for the vehicle with all sorts of clauses about how you get paid substantially less if you don’t hit that mileage. At least when I looked into it years ago, some of them even had very specific requirements JUST FOR WEEKENDS. Of course you had to do the out of the way driving to THEIR facility so they could record your mileage too, which adds to the pain-in-the-ass factor.

Problem #3 They want the car washed and clean all the time. That’s fine if you’re a neatness freak, but anything less and again you get the penalty clause and get paid less.

If all that is O.K. with you, go for it. Keep in mind, however, lots of other people are applying too, so don’t plan on getting a call right away.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-pay-me-to-advertise-on-my-car/119112/6 "2013-03-09T04:12:52Z")

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> [@bumperbucks](#):
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> Get paid to drive? Advertise on your car?
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> Bumper-Bucks will pay you to [advertise on your car](http://bumper-bucks.com).  
> Take a look at their website to find out more. Open in Colorado right now.
> 
> Registration is free. Preregister for your state.  
> Get paid immediately if you are in Colorado.

Reported.