Annual spend at this pace: $36,000. If your target CPL is outside the industry range, expect either auction inflation (you'll pay more per lead) or scale shortfall (you can't buy enough leads).
What WilDi CPVD background buys at the same budget
Annual spend
$36,000
Same budget
GPS-verified deliveries
180,000
Background tier · tier-based
Middleman Tax
$0
No auction, no exchange rake
CPVD background is tier-based per delivery. Tunnels (1-mile road strips) and zones (1-square-mile areas) deliver hyper-local just-in-time messages and are priced higher. For plumbing, the recommended mix usually includes one or both. Get a tier-specific quote for your route.
WilDi Maps is not a single flat-rate product. You pick the tier that matches how local you need to be. All three are GPS-verified per claim, with no auction, no exchange rake, no Middleman Tax.
Tunnel
1-mile road strip
Premium
Hyper-local, just-in-time
Claim a one-mile stretch. When a driver enters the strip, they get a just-in-time message, perfect for emergency services, on-route specials, and anything where being right there now beats brand awareness later.
Best for
· HVAC, plumbing, water restoration
· On-route specials (food, fuel, retail)
· Garage door, locksmith, urgent service
Zone
1-square-mile area
Premium
Hyper-local, area-based
Claim a one-square-mile block, not tied to a single road. Catches the residential cluster, retail district, or industrial park where your work actually lives. Same just-in-time delivery as tunnels; different geometry.
Best for
· Lawn care, pest control, pool services
· Tree services, landscaping
· Neighborhood-targeted retail
Background
City-wide rotation
From $0.25
per claim, tier-based
City-wide brand presence on rotation. Highest reach for the budget; best when familiarity beats precision. Per-delivery rate drops by tier (Enterprise: $0.25 / Pro: $0.32 / Local: $0.40 / Starter: $0.50). See /pricing for the live rate card.
Best for
· Restaurant brands, retail specials
· Veteran-owned trust signals
· Cross-vertical brand awareness
What the driver gets when an ad is claimed
Direct-drive turn-by-turn
If the driver wants to act on the ad, the app navigates them straight to the advertiser's location.
Website link
Click-through to any URL: ordering page, brand site, blog post, lead form.
App page
Open a specific page inside the WilDi app: promo details, daily specials, claim instructions.
See the full pricing breakdown on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
How much should a plumbing company spend on advertising?
Plumbing CAC runs $200-$400 across channels (SearchLight 2026). At $300 average CAC and a 25-customer-month goal, that's $7,500/month. Emergency plumbing close rates are unusually high (60-70%) because the customer has an immediate problem. That helps the math even at higher CPLs.
Why are plumbing CPLs sometimes so high?
Water-heater and burst-pipe queries on Google Search Ads can clear $256+ per lead (SearchLight). The reason: high-intent + high-ticket. Someone searching 'water heater replacement near me' is hours from buying a $1,500-$3,000 unit. Even at a $250 CPL, the close-rate × ticket math works.
What's the close-rate gap between emergency and shopping leads?
Emergency plumbing leads (burst pipe, no hot water, sewer backup) close at 60-70% (Service Direct, JBWarranties). Shopping leads (water filtration upgrade, fixture replacement) close at 25-40%. Mix matters: a heavy-emergency lead pipeline justifies higher CPLs than a heavy-shopping pipeline.
How does CPVD work for plumbing?
Strong tunnel fit. Emergency plumbing happens in the home but the search trigger is often during the commute (driver gets a text from spouse: "there's water everywhere"). Tunnels on commute corridors deliver the just-in-time plumber message at the moment the driver is searching. Zones for residential cluster coverage. Background for city-wide brand awareness.
Should I run separate campaigns for emergency vs maintenance?
Yes. Emergency keywords convert fast and tolerate high CPLs. Maintenance keywords (filter replacement, water-treatment install) convert slower at lower CPLs. Run separate campaigns with separate budgets so emergency CPL inflation doesn't poison your maintenance ROI.
When does Jacksonville plumbing demand spike?
Rare-but-severe winter freeze events (Jan 2022, Jan 2025) trigger massive demand spikes: News4Jax documented plumbers "inundated with calls" within hours. Year-round slab leaks (FL slab homes built 1970s-1990s are at peak failure age) drive baseline demand. Hurricane-season storm flooding overwhelms municipal sewer + creates sewer-backup demand.
What is the difference between background, zone, and tunnel ads?
Background runs city-wide across every active driver in the metro. A zone is a neighborhood-sized area you hold exclusively: while it is yours, no competitor can run there. A tunnel is a one-mile stretch of road you can place anywhere, and it follows the road's contours, ideal for the approach to your shop or a route your customers already drive.
Where is WilDi Maps available?
The pilot market is Jacksonville, Florida, live now. New metros open as the driver network expands. If you want your market next, talk to sales.
How much does it cost to start advertising on WilDi Maps?
The Starter tier opens with a $50 deposit, and that deposit becomes your ad budget. Background deliveries on Starter run $0.50 per verified delivery, so the first deposit buys 100 GPS-verified deliveries to real driver phones. There is no auction and no platform fee stacked on top.
How does the ad budget work?
You prepay a deposit into your wallet, and each verified delivery deducts its fixed rate from the balance. You can set an auto-refill threshold so campaigns never stall, or top up manually whenever you choose. Unused balance stays in your wallet.
Build a Jacksonville plumbing plan
Sales will model commute-corridor tunnels and residential-cluster zones for your specific Jax service area.