Earn advertising revenue just by putting a sticker on your car! This reporter tried “CheerDrive” for himself.
The next day, I received an e-mail from “CheerDrive” saying that my registration had been approved. After being approved, I looked at the campaigns I could participate in and found that I could choose between “reward type” and “support type,” each of which had several campaigns.
The “JOYSOUND” campaign I am participating in is the “reward type,” in which I earn rewards according to the distance I drive with the advertiser’s sticker. The “support type” campaign is for vaccine support for developing countries or “support” by putting stickers of your favorite professional sports team on your car, and you will receive limited-edition goods depending on the distance you drive. For example, the vaccine support campaign costs between 2,000 and 3,500 yen to participate, but the participation fee, excluding expenses, is donated to vaccine support, and a postcard is given for completing a 300-kilometer drive. In addition, you can “support” this campaign by putting a sticker on your car.
In my case, the stickers were already in the hands of the editor, but they are usually mailed to you within a few days after you register to participate in the campaign. The stickers were contained in a box measuring approximately 30cm x 40cm x 2cm with no creases. The sticker, prominently red and white with the words “Karaoke lovers on board JOYSOUND,” is a large one, 23 cm long and 90 cm wide. It was supposed to be attached to the rear window. I was a little put off by the conspicuous sticker, but it was obvious that if it was not conspicuous, it would be meaningless.
Following the instructions that came with the sticker and in the application, I actually tried applying the sticker. When the stretchy sticker is peeled off from the backing paper, the surface to which it adheres is slightly uneven. The sticker is horizontal, so there are some air bubbles in the middle of the sticker, but I was able to reapply the sticker many times, so even I, who consider myself a clumsy person, was able to apply the sticker neatly. To my surprise, when I looked back at the rear windshield from the backseat, the sticker was somehow transparent and did not obscure the view. Thanks to this, it does not seem to spoil the view in the rearview mirror.
To start participating in the campaign, I then used the photo frame in the app to take and send a photo showing the license plate, a photo of the total mileage at the start of the campaign, and a photo showing that I had actually applied the sticker, and I was immediately notified that the campaign had started with that total mileage as the starting point. We were contacted.
