For drivers · 5 min read · Updated October 2026

How often do you get paid for car advertising? Payout schedules explained

Car advertising pays monthly. Lunar pays per sticker on its own monthly cycle via Stripe — here's exactly when the money arrives and what can delay it.

Car advertising pays monthly — that's the industry standard, and it's how Lunar (lunarcar.me) works too. Each sticker you carry runs its own monthly cycle from the day it starts, and at the end of each cycle the payment for that sticker goes out through Stripe, the same payment platform that pays Uber and DoorDash workers. So if you install a sticker on the 12th, that sticker pays around the 12th of every month it keeps running. Carry more than one sticker and each one pays on its own schedule, so the payments need not land on the same day.

The monthly cycle, step by step

A sticker's clock starts when it's verified — you've installed it on the assigned door and submitted a photo showing it's on right. From there the month runs, you drive like you normally do, and you complete the weekly check (photos of every live sticker and an odometer reading) so your mileage gets approved. When the cycle closes, Lunar tallies that sticker's pay and sends the payout through Stripe. There's no invoice to file and no hours to log — the verification photos are the whole paper trail.

How much arrives each cycle

Every filled sticker earns on its own monthly cycle. A four-door car carrying a full set can earn up to $500 a month, and the earnings page shows what your car can earn before you ever commit to anything.

What can delay or stop a payout

• A missed weekly check — it opens every Tuesday at 10:00 Pacific and is due Thursday at 10:00 Pacific. A rejected photo or reading gets one redo, due 12 hours after the rejection. A week with anything still missing counts as one strike for that calendar month.
• Three strikes in a calendar month — strikes 1 and 2 are still paid, and the second is a warning. On the third, that month's pay that hasn't yet been paid out is zero (days already paid are kept) and all your stickers are released. Strikes reset on the 1st.
• Stripe onboarding that isn't finished — your bank details live with Stripe, and the first payout can't leave until that one-time setup is done.
• A campaign ending mid-cycle — if a business's phase ends, that sticker's final payment covers the completed portion, and the spot refills from the paying pool.

Most of these are easy to avoid. The fastest-paid drivers are simply the ones who treat the weekly check like brushing their teeth.

How Lunar's schedule compares

Rideshare and delivery apps pay weekly (or instantly, for a fee), but you're trading hours for every dollar. Wrap networks like Carvertise also pay monthly, on a single campaign cycle. Lunar's per-sticker cycles sit in between: monthly money, zero added hours, and because each sticker has its own start date, a multi-sticker car sees deposits spread across the month rather than one lump. Income arrives on top of driving you were already doing — that's the entire point of how Lunar works.

Taxes

Car advertising income is taxable, and you are responsible for your own taxes. Keep your own record of payouts so you have it when you file.