
Advertising for Handymen
Handyman Advertising on TV, Social & Search
When something breaks, homeowners call the handyman they already know. Adwave makes sure that's you, professional ads on TV, Meta, Google, TikTok, and more, with daily budgets from $30/day.
Start with your website
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Mountain Burger
Mountain Burger
Burgers crafted with locally sourced ingredients.
Mountain Burger · Promoted
Weeknight traffic up 18% on $500/month.
Restaurant

One creative · search, social, web, TV · one daily budget.
Be the first call when something breaks
Homeowners are letting you into their home, and most of them have been burned by someone who didn't show up or didn't finish the job. So when something needs fixing, they call the handyman who feels established. Adwave builds that name recognition on every channel your customers use, television, Meta, Google, TikTok, Reddit, web, and mobile, from one campaign and one budget. Enter your website URL. Waverunner pulls your photos, services, and branding and builds a TV spot, image ads, and social video in about two minutes. Pick the ZIP codes or neighborhoods you want to reach, set your budget, and your ads are live on Hulu, ESPN, Peacock, Google, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok within 24 hours.
For more detail, read our home services TV advertising guide or browse all home-services advertising resources.
Where your ads run
- TikTok
- Web
- Mobile
- TV
- Audio
What customers are saying
“Adwave helped me get more offers and secure additional listings!”
“As a local burger restaurant, we knew our food could win hearts, we just needed more people to know we existed. Adwave made it incredibly easy to create...”
“The biggest surprise was the quality of inquiries. People weren't just price shopping. They called because they felt like they already knew us.”
Credibility wins the callback
Handyman work is local, trust-dependent, and repeat-driven. The pros who win the best clients are not the cheapest, they are the most visible and the most credible. A TV spot signals legitimacy in a way marketplace listings and door hangers cannot, and the search and social ads in the same campaign are there when the faucet finally breaks. One new job covers months of advertising, whether you work solo or run a crew.
- more likely to search for your brand after seeing your TV spot
- 3x
- more consumer trust in TV ads than social ads, trust your search and social ads inherit
- 4x
- higher brand recall with TV in the mix than digital alone
- 60%
Industry brand-lift research
MarketingSherpa
Nielsen brand-lift studies
How it works
About five minutes to set up
From your website to live ads. No agency, no ad accounts.
You never open Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, or a TV network account. Waverunner buys the placements for you from one daily budget.
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Paste your website
Waverunner reads your site, offers, and photos, then proposes the customers worth reaching.
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Approve your ads
Image ads, social video, and a TV spot come back finished. Change anything by chat before a dollar is spent.
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Set a daily budget and area
From $30/day. ZIP codes, a radius, a city, or nationwide. That number is all you pay for media.
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Go live and watch results
Ads run on TV, Google, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and the web. One report shows visits and conversions, including from TV.
Pricing
Waverunner
One daily budget. That is the whole bill.
No subscription, no contract, no agency retainer, and no platform fee on media. You add money to a prepaid wallet, set a daily budget, and pause whenever you like.
TV, Google, Facebook, and Instagram from $30/day. Reddit, Google Search, and TikTok switch on as you raise the budget. New accounts get $60 starter credit when they add a deposit.
- Starting daily budget
- $30/day
- To preview your ads
- $0
- To stop
- Pause
Prepaid. Raise or lower it any day.
See the finished ads before you add a card.
Charges stop. Your balance stays in the wallet.
Frequently Asked Questions
All FAQs-
Enter your website URL or social media profile. Adwave's AI pulls your photos, service details, branding, and key selling points to build a professional 30-second TV spot plus matching image ads and social video. You can customize everything, from the script and music to the images and call to action. It takes about two minutes.
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Your ads run on Facebook, Instagram, Google (YouTube and Search), Reddit, TikTok, web, mobile, and television, including 100+ premium channels such as Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+, Tubi, ESPN, and local programming. You choose the geographic area. Target specific ZIP codes in your service area, a radius around your location, or your entire city.
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Absolutely. Handyman services are local, trust-dependent, and repeat-driven, and that is where TV advertising works best. You're building name recognition with homeowners in the neighborhoods you serve so that when something needs fixing, you're the first call. TV also signals legitimacy and professionalism in a way that marketplace listings and door hangers can't match.
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Daily budgets start at $30/day from a prepaid wallet. You can review recommended ads without a card. New accounts get $60 starter credit (activates with a deposit within 14 days). There are no subscriptions, no contracts, and no hidden fees. Pause anytime and charges stop.
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Yes. You can tailor your ad's script and messaging to highlight whatever services you want to push. Feature your most popular services, promote seasonal work, or run different ads for different areas. You can update your ad anytime as your business evolves.
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Your Adwave dashboard shows real-time data on ad views, geographic reach, channel performance, and spend. You’ll know how many households in your service area saw your ad. Many handyman businesses also track results by asking new customers how they found them.
Resources
All Resources
Industries
Be the contractor homeowners call first
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Paste your website. See your ads in minutes.
Waverunner builds the ads and runs them on TV, Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit from $30/day. TikTok is early access. Preview without a card. Pause anytime.
For a walkthrough first, book a call.




