Tint shops: fill the bays.

Tint is a fast, local, price-shopped job, so the customer is nearby and usually calling two or three shops the same day. The work that wins them is a strong Google Business Profile with real photos and a high review count, local paid ads for tint searches in your area, and a phone that gets answered or a text that comes back in minutes. Most tint shops lose jobs to slow follow-up, not to a weak ad. Answer fast and quote clearly and you book more of the traffic you already get.

Tint tickets are smaller than PPF, so the budget has to stay tight and the tracking has to be honest. A few hundred to a couple thousand a month in local ads can keep a bay full if your close rate and follow-up are solid. The number that matters is cost per booked job, not clicks or impressions. We tie spend to booked appointments so you can scale what pays and cut what does not.

For a standard car tint job in most markets, a good cost per lead runs roughly 10 to 40 dollars, depending on your city and competition. But cost per lead means little on its own. What counts is what those leads cost you per booked job after your close rate, and whether they turn into full-car and add-on tickets. We track lead to booking so you judge the channel on real jobs, not raw lead volume.

On Google, own the local map pack with an optimized Business Profile, current photos, and steady reviews, and run search ads for terms like car window tint near me. On Instagram, post short install clips and before-and-after reels, then run local ads to drivers in your radius. Both feed one follow-up system, so a call, a form, or a DM all get a fast reply and a booking link instead of sitting unread.

Yes, almost every one. Even though tint is a quick job, buyers check Google, compare a few shops, and read reviews before they call. They also want to see clean install photos and know you run legal, quality film. That is why your Business Profile, your review count, and your gallery do a lot of the selling. If those are thin, paid clicks bounce to the shop next door.

Yes, if you offer them. Tint, PPF, and ceramic coating share the same customer and the same moment, usually a new or newly bought vehicle the owner wants to protect. Marketing them together raises average ticket and makes each ad dollar work harder. We run them as one connected funnel so a tint lead can turn into a coating or film quote instead of a one-and-done job.