“We paid for 400 walls and can't say where most are.”
Every wall gets a photo with map location and date, the owner's name and the village, all on one map.
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Wall paintingadvertising
Since 201565+ in-house team6 cities
A wall on the road to the shop that stocks you. Proved with a photo, a place and a date.
A strategist calls you in one working day.
/ 01 Wall painting advertising
Paint near the stock.Count what the shop sells.
A painted wall is only advertising if somebody can prove where it is and what the shop sold after it. PromotEdge plans, paints and proves wall ads in villages and small towns across India, so more buyers ask for your brand at the local shop.
Walls suit brands that sell through dealers and small shops outside the big cities: agri inputs, FMCG, cement and paint, two-wheelers and mobile networks. A wall can't sell what the shop doesn't stock, so we start with your dealer list, not a paint brush.
Walls are one part of a rural programme. For haat days or vans, start with rural marketing.
- 2015working with Indian brands since
- 65+in-house team: strategy, creative, media and tech
- 4pillars under one roof: strategy, advertising, digital, on-ground activation (BTL)
- 6cities: head office in Kolkata, teams in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Guwahati and Bhubaneswar
/ 02 What you get
For every wall,a record you can check.
| Deliverable | What it is |
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| Village shortlist | Villages from your dealer and sales data, stocking shops marked, plus similar villages left unpainted for comparison |
| Wall survey | Photos with size, road faced and distance from a stocking shop; about two weeks for a pilot |
| Consent and permission | Owner's signed note naming wall, period and fee; the panchayat's or municipality's approval where needed |
| Wall artwork | Brand, product, one short line and the nearest dealer or a missed-call number, in the local language |
| Proof photos | Before and after, stamped with map location (GPS), date and time |
| Wall register | One sheet and map: village, owner, size, photos, condition at each re-check. Your sales officer can visit any wall on it |
| Season read-out | Dealer enquiries, missed calls and sales, painted villages beside unpainted ones |
A missed-call number is one people ring for free; it cuts off and your team calls back. Timings are planning guidance for a pilot cluster.
/ 03 What usually gets in the way
What usually gets in the way,and the way through.
“A rival painted over our wall two months later.”
The consent note names the period you paid for. Re-check photos show which walls survived, so you repaint only where it matters.
“Our copy was in Hindi; the district reads another language.”
Each district gets copy in its own language and script, checked locally before painting.
“The walls looked good, but village sales didn't move.”
Often the walls were far from stocking shops. We paint on the road to them and compare with unpainted villages.
“The panchayat asked us to take a wall down.”
Rules differ by state, town and village. We check what the local body needs and keep a record of each permission.
Share your dealer list and we will show you which villages we would try first. Get a free growth plan
/ 04 How a pilot runs
Small cluster first.Then scale what sold.
One selling season is a fair test; a single week tells you little. What can't be measured can't be achieved.
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Week 1: listen and read the numbers
Your sales team and dealers tell us where stock moves. We pick the pilot cluster and the villages left unpainted.
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Weeks 1 to 2: find the walls
Walls people pass daily, on the way to stocking shops. Each owner signs a consent note.
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Week 2: write the wall
Few words, a big product picture, a dealer's name or missed-call number, in local language.
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Weeks 3 to 4: paint and prove
Each wall is photographed with location and date and added to the register the same week.
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The selling season: count, then scale
Painted villages sold more? The same plan goes to the next cluster. They didn't? We say so and find out why first.
Tell us what’s not working. We’ll send you an honest one-page growth plan, free.
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How we deliver it, and why
How your business model changes the plan
A dealer-led agri-input or building-material brand paints on the roads to its stocking shops. An FMCG brand paints the routes to weekly markets. A real estate project or a diagnostic centre in a district town counts site visits or bookings instead of shop sales.
Who sets the rules
ASCI describes itself as an independent, voluntary self-regulatory organisation that works to keep Indian advertising truthful. We check wall claims against its code like any other ad.
Source: ASCI, ascionline.in, read 10 October 2026
- Start from the dealer list, not the paint. A wall no shop backs cannot sell. A village shortlist.
- Leave similar villages unpainted. Without a comparison, you cannot tell paint from season. A fair read-out.
- Prove every wall with a dated, mapped photo. You can only defend what you can show. A wall register.
- Write in the district's own language. People read a wall in a few seconds. Copy checked locally.
AI in wall painting: today and next
Today: Adobe Firefly
Adobe says Firefly makes images from text and fills or expands them, with Content Credentials built in. It can help show a wall design before painting. It cannot tell you which village to paint.
Source: Adobe Firefly product page, read 10 October 2026
Next
Our view: mock-ups and translations will get faster. Choosing walls, getting consent and proving each wall still need people on the ground.
Our job is to impress your customers, not you.
Not sure walls suit your brand? Tell us how your product reaches the village shop. Talk to us
/ 05 Cost
What affects the costof wall painting advertising.
We don't publish a price list. Twenty walls and a thousand across a state are very different jobs. Owner and permission fees are shown at actuals.
What affects the cost
- Walls, villages and districts
- Painted area and number of colours
- Distances and road conditions
- Owner fees and local permissions
- Languages and artwork versions
- Re-checks and repainting in the season
How we quote
- You share your dealer list, districts and selling season
- We pick the villages and survey the walls
- We write the scope and you approve it
- You get a quote within 2 working days, painting, artwork, proof and re-checks on separate lines
What you get in the quote
- The shortlist and comparison villages
- Survey, consent notes and local-language artwork
- Painting with dated photos, the register and agreed re-checks
Compare quotes on painted area, named paint, consent notes, dated photos and a re-check. A cheaper quote often leaves out the proof.
/ 06 What happens next
What happensafter you ask.
For projects we think we can help, this is how it goes.
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A strategist calls you
In one working day: a 30-minute call with one of our strategists about your business and what is not working.
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You get a 1-page plan
A short, honest plan: what to fix first and what we would do. It is free.
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A quote, if you want one
If you want to go ahead, we send a quote within 2 working days.
We confirm the timeline in the quote. Contracts start at 3 months, with 30 days' notice to stop.
Brands and people are named only as public examples. They are not PromotEdge clients or endorsers unless stated.
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No pressure. No sales pitch.
Tell us where your dealers are.We'll show you which walls to paint first.
Straight answers.
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It finds walls where buyers pass daily, gets each owner's consent and paints your ad in the local language. A good one proves every wall with a dated, mapped photo and shows whether painted villages sold more than similar unpainted ones.
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We won't claim to be the best; nobody can honestly say that. Ask every agency, us included: can you see a dated, mapped photo of every wall? Will they show the owner's consent note? Do they pick walls from your dealer list? Will they test a small cluster first?
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Yes, at least from the wall owner, in writing. Many places also need approval from the gram panchayat (village council) or the town municipality, and rules differ by state and town. We check local rules and record each permission before painting. General guidance, not legal advice.
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The language and script people read in that district, not a translation of your city ad. One state can need two languages. We keep words few and the product picture big. Someone from the district checks each version. See our translation and localisation work.
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It depends on the paint, the sun and rain, and whether the owner keeps it. So we agree a period in the consent note and re-check with fresh photos. You repaint walls that matter and drop the rest, so money follows what works.
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Yes. Our servicing team is based in cities across India and works hybrid, in touch daily. We meet you in your state at least every three months and place a team member at your site if a pilot needs it. Our in-house team does the work.
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Compare dealer sales in painted villages with similar unpainted ones over one season. Count missed calls and dealer enquiries; ask sales officers what shopkeepers hear. For real estate or a diagnostic centre, count site visits or bookings. Our tracking ties each missed call to its village.