Start Your Local Advertising Business
Own a network of Interactive Screens and Digital Signages in your market — we provide the screens, the platform, and the playbook. Launch a profitable advertising business without building everything from scratch.
- You set your own rates and keep your advertiser relationships
- Every ad needs your approval before it runs
- Advertisers pay monthly — sold inventory renews
No experience in advertising required — most operators come from local sales, hospitality, or small media. You bring the market and the relationships; we bring everything else.
Tell Us About Your Market
Share a few details and we'll set up a 15-minute intro call — a fit check, both directions.
Local businesses already pay to be seen
They want to advertise where their customers actually stand — in the hotels, cafés, malls, and campuses around them. Meanwhile those walls earn nothing. You can be the operator who connects the two in your market.
Two Kinds of Screens, One Network
A profitable network runs the combination — Digital Signages for coverage, Interactive Screens for the premium.
Digital Signages
Cost-effective displays you place across many venues in your market. They run your ad loop all day, putting your network everywhere your advertisers want to be seen.
Interactive Screens
Touchscreens in high-traffic spots that people walk up to and actually use. On a signage an ad is seen; on an Interactive Screen it's engaged with — and engagement is measured, which is why these earn premium rates.
What Makes This Possible
Deploy Screens Fast
Our hardware and tech are ready to go. You focus on placement and sales.
Access Inventory Immediately
Don't wait to fill your screens. Sell ads on our network of partner screens while you grow your own.
Keep the Relationship
You control advertiser relationships and pricing. We provide the network. You keep the business growing.
The AdSpace Founder Playbook
Hardware Playbook
Vetted screen models, mounting guidance, and venue setup standards. Skip the trial-and-error.
Sales Playbook
Proposal templates, rate cards, and pitch decks built for local advertisers — adapt them to your market.
Operations Playbook
Ad approval workflows, scheduling, creative QA, billing — all the back-office work, structured.
Founder Community
Connect with other AdSpace entrepreneurs running screens across markets. Share what works.
What the First Year Can Look Like
Plant Your First Screens
Identify 3–5 high-traffic venues in your market. Sign placement agreements, deploy hardware, and go live.
Land Your First Advertisers
Use the sales playbook to close local advertisers. Start running campaigns and showing real results.
Expand the Network
Add more venues. Open a second neighborhood or vertical. Begin reselling on partner screens.
Run a Real Business
A diversified screen portfolio, repeat advertisers, and a sales pipeline that compounds month over month.
Every market is different. The shape of your first year depends on your venues, your sales rhythm, and how aggressively you expand. We help you plan the version that fits your situation.
This Is a Business You Run, Not Passive Income
The operators who do well have three things in common. If that isn't you, we'd rather say so here than after a call.
Capital to invest
The screen package and your launch runway are a real purchase. We build your exact numbers with you before anyone signs anything.
A market you know
A city or area where you have real relationships — or the appetite to go build them, venue by venue.
Appetite to sell locally
Someone has to talk to local businesses: you, or somebody on your team. Our playbook makes it structured, not automatic.
Questions Entrepreneurs Ask
Do I need ad-tech experience to start?
No. Most AdSpace entrepreneurs come from local sales, hospitality, or small media backgrounds — not ad-tech. The platform handles the technical side. What the business does ask of you is the operator work: venue relationships, local ad sales, and approving the campaigns that run on your screens.
How much capital do I need to start?
It depends on how many screens you plant first. Most new operators start with a cluster of screens and grow from there. We build your specific numbers with you — screen package, launch costs, and a revenue model for your market — before you commit to anything.
Do I have to source venues alone?
No. We share what's worked for other operators — venue types, pitch angles, revenue-share structures — so you're not starting cold. Local relationships are still on you, but the playbook is real.
Can I keep my existing business and add this on?
Yes — many entrepreneurs run AdSpace alongside existing local businesses (signage, marketing services, hospitality). It often fits naturally with what you're already doing.
What if I want to exit later?
Your screens and advertiser relationships are yours. The agreement is non-exclusive and exit needs only notice — you're not locked in for the life of your business.
Ready to talk it through?
Tell us about your market and we'll set up a 15-minute intro call. Not a pitch — a fit check, both directions: your market, your questions, and whether this is the right business for you.
Tell Us About Your MarketLooking for a Different Path?
Whether you own screens, want to resell inventory, or want to book ad placements — there's a path for you.