Back in the Dot Com heyday, there seemed to be companies that would
pay you to post THEIR advertising on YOUR car.  I heard this called
"car skins": They were vinyl overlays that would stick to your car,
advertising the company or its products.

There seemed to be both brokers that handled many companies, and
individual companies that would contract with you directly.

I'm looking for the top 10 (if there are that many) brokers and/or
companies that provide this service, preferably for people and cars
residing in the SF Bay Area.  (A broker that only provides this
service in, say, Pennsylvania, doesn't do me much good.)

If there are companies that still do this, I believe I have a good
location and good vehicle for this purpose: I live in San Jose, CA.,
and drive a spotless 2003 Gold PT Cruiser Turbo.

Thanks,
J.

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Clarification of Question by jh963-ga on 12 Mar 2004 07:10 PST

Thank you for the link to a similar question.  While this is useful
background information, it isn't really specific enough to answer my
question.  Also, the information in that answer is a little bit dated.

So I'm still interested in an answer to my original question.

Thanks,
J.

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Clarification of Question by jh963-ga on 12 Mar 2004 17:07 PST

I raised the payment for the answer from $10 to $20 to encourage
someone to take a stab at answering my question.

J.

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 12 Mar 2004 20:15 PST

Hello jh963-ga,

I can provide you with links to several websites that allow you to
sign up as a potential driver for this type of service and they match
you up with advertisers.  I believe these are what you describe as
brokers.

So far I have found 6 of them and I think I can come up with more. 
None of them are based in the Bay Area, but they claim to provide
service nationwide.

Would you be interested in this information?

Googlenut

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Clarification of Question by jh963-ga on 12 Mar 2004 21:47 PST

Yes, that would be fine, providing that the links are for legitimate
brokers / companies, and not websites that 1) make their money by
making you pay to sign up, rather than by actually brokering
car-wraps, and 2) questionable websites that say they will give you a
free car, as long as it is wrapped with an advertisement.  I have
already signed up with Autowraps.com. I also found one or two sites
that SAID they provided this service, but there was no way to sign up!

Thanks,
J.

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Request for Question Clarification by googlenut-ga on 12 Mar 2004 22:08 PST

Hello jh963-ga,

Although these sites appear legitimate, I have no way to confirm that
they are without signing up for all of them myself.

Since I don?t know of anyway to solve this, I?ll provide the list
here.  If you are able to determine that they are legitimate, you can
post that information here and I will repost the information as the
official answer to the question so that I can receive my fee.

Googlenut


Ad-wraps
http://www.ad-wraps.com/driversinfo.htm

On The Move Media
http://www.onthemovemedia.com/driver_section.shtml.shtml

Autowrapped
http://www.autowrapped.com/Drivers.htm

Driving Promotions
http://www.drivingpromotions.com/driveapromo.htm

WrapCars
http://wrapcars.com/hiw.htm
There was an error when I tried accessing the sign up page but the
phone number works.

AdvercarZing
http://www.advercarzing.com/signup1.asp

Autowraps (This is the one you signed up for already)
http://autowraps.com/driver_about_us.shtml

AutoMurals
http://automurals.com/
This is a Canadian company, but they apparently sign-up international drivers.

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Clarification of Question by jh963-ga on 15 Mar 2004 08:33 PST

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but I've been under the weather.

I accept your answer.  Go ahead and post it officially so you can get paid.

Thanks,
J.

Hello J.,

Thank you for getting back to me.  I?ll re-post the information here
to make the answer complete.

The websites listed below allow you to sign up as a potential driver
for the type of service commonly referred to as ?car wrap?
advertising. They enter your information into a database and attempt
to match you up with advertisers.

None of them are based in the Bay area, but they claim to provide
service nationwide.


Ad-wraps
http://www.ad-wraps.com/driversinfo.htm

On The Move Media
http://www.onthemovemedia.com/driver_section.shtml.shtml

Autowrapped
http://www.autowrapped.com/Drivers.htm

Driving Promotions
http://www.drivingpromotions.com/driveapromo.htm

WrapCars
http://wrapcars.com/hiw.htm
There was an error when I tried accessing the sign up page but the
phone number works.

AdvercarZing
http://www.advercarzing.com/signup1.asp

Autowraps (This is the one you signed up for already)
http://autowraps.com/driver_about_us.shtml

AutoMurals
http://automurals.com/
This is a Canadian company, but they apparently sign-up international drivers.

================

AdsOnWheels
http://www.adsonwheels.com/CAR_Qualifications.asp
This is one that was not in the original list.
They say that they are not currently signing up new drivers, but you
might want to check again later.



Good Luck!

Googlenut



Google Search Terms:

"car skins" advertising
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=%22car+skins%22+advertising

mobile advertising
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=mobile+advertising

mobile advertising california
://www.google.com/search?q=mobile+advertising+california&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off

"car OR auto wraps" OR "carwraps" OR "autowraps"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=%22car+OR+auto+wraps%22+OR+%22carwraps%22+OR+%22autowraps%22

"car wraps" california
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22car+wraps%22+california

"car OR auto wraps" OR "carwraps" OR "autowraps"  california
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=%22car+OR+auto+wraps%22+OR+%22carwraps%22+OR+%22autowraps%22++california

You might be interested in reading the answer to this similar question:

http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=216634

dear pt cruiser driver:

i have been researching this same topic for over a week and have had
no luck, either.  all the websites i was able to find, none coming
from the bay area, seem to be gimmicks.  i drive a 2004 scion xb, a
car no one seems to be able to stop looking at, and i feel like i am a
perfect candidate for a car wrap success.  yet i don't see a point in
paying $10-30 for being entered in a "directory,"i would like to cut
the chase and get down to business.  have you been able to have any
luck with the websites you have tried out?  i would love to hear how
your search is going, please get back to me!!

box driver

Well, the bottom line is that I registered with all of the apparently
legitimate sites from the posted answer.  I haven't had any response
from any of them.  Here's some quick comments on some of them.

ad-wraps, onthemovemedia: I signed up with these.

autowrapped.com: Tried to sign up.  Their application seemed to ask
for much less info and they appeared to be pushing vitamins.  (???)

drivingpromotions.com: had a very unfriendly application.

wrapcars: had an error on their signup page, so they might not be in
business anymore.

advercarzing.com: wanted a $9.95 fee to sign up (like that's going to happen).

J.