Mobile & Outdoor
Roadshow & Van Campaign Agency in India
Branded roadshows and van campaigns covering cities, towns and highways.
Overview
What roadshow & van campaign is, and when it works
A roadshow is a branded vehicle working a planned route, stopping at pre-cleared halt points to run a short demo, sampling or lead-capture activity before moving on. It converts a single setup into coverage of many locations in one day, which is why it suits launches and distribution pushes where the goal is breadth rather than depth in one spot.
The vehicle solves the hardest part of on-ground marketing: getting a branded presence to where people already are, repeatedly, without paying venue rent at each stop. Response depends almost entirely on halt quality — a route with six well-chosen, pre-cleared halts out-performs a route with twelve opportunistic ones, because the team arrives set up rather than negotiating.
Who it reaches
Commuters, market shoppers and residents across city neighbourhoods, towns and highway settlements.
Best suited for
- Launching into towns with no modern-trade presence
- Distribution pushes that need visible support at retail
- Covering many locations on a budget that cannot fund venue rent
- Awareness and scheme communication across a district
- Categories where a short demo is enough to create trial
- Campaigns needing GPS-verifiable proof of coverage
What's included
- Van fabrication
- Route planning
- GPS tracking
- Permissions
Investment
What roadshow & van campaign costs in India
Indicative investment
₹6,000 – ₹25,000 per van/day
Indicative pricing for roadshow & van campaign is ₹6,000 – ₹25,000 per van/day, exclusive of GST at 18%. It is a planning band, not a quotation — the variables that actually move it are venue-days, team size, how custom the build is, and venue or permission fees.
| Cost head | What it covers | Share of budget |
|---|---|---|
| Manpower | Promoters, supervisors, anchors, training and attendance tracking | 25%–40% |
| Fabrication & materials | Kiosk or stall build, branding, POSM, consumables | 20%–35% |
| Venue & permissions | Space rental, society or mall fees, municipal and police NOCs | 15%–30% |
| Logistics | Transport, storage, setup and dismantling | 8%–15% |
| Reporting & tech | Live dashboard, data capture, geo-tagged photo proof | 3%–8% |
Formats
Roadshow & Van Campaign formats we run
Branded van roadshow
A wrapped van carrying the setup, samples and team between halt points. The workhorse format for distribution and trial pushes.
Demo-on-wheels
The vehicle itself is the demo space, opening into a counter or small stage. Used where the product needs power, water or a controlled surface.
Audio-visual van
A van with a public-address system and screen running a content loop, for awareness and scheme communication rather than one-to-one selling.
Multi-city convoy
Several vehicles running parallel routes to the same plan, so a launch lands in many towns in the same week rather than sequentially.
Market-to-market circuit
A repeating weekly route built around market days, so the vehicle reaches each location when footfall is naturally highest.
Dealer-support route
Halts positioned outside or near retail partners, so the footfall the roadshow creates converts at a counter that actually stocks the product.
Worked example
A costed example you can check
Computed from our published tier 1 day rates, not estimated.
What 20 days of roadshow & van campaign actually costs
Take a 20-day roadshow & van campaign programme in a tier 1 metro, staffed with 5 people (4 promoters and 1 supervisor), running at a van route day across four to six halt points. Here is the direct cost, computed at tier 1 rates rather than estimated.
| Cost head | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Team | 4 promoters and 1 supervisor across 20 activation days, at tier 1 day rates | ₹1,40,000 |
| Venue & permissions | 20 venue-days at the mid-point of the transit route band | ₹1,10,000 |
| Subtotal | Direct costs, excluding GST | ₹2,50,000 |
| GST | At the applicable rate on services | ₹45,000 |
| Total | Indicative, including GST | ₹2,95,000 |
Contacts engaged
15,000
At the mid-point of the planning band
Cost per contact
₹17
Direct cost ÷ contacts
Cost per lead
₹76 – ₹208
At 1,200–3,300 leads captured
Direct costs only. Fabrication, logistics and reporting are additional and typically add 31% to 58% of the programme budget. GST is shown at 18%. These are indicative planning figures, not a quotation.
Process
How we run roadshow & van campaign
- 01Days 1-4
Route design
Build the route from where the audience actually is, fix halt points and timing windows, and sequence them so travel time between halts does not eat the activation day.
- 02Days 3-10
Vehicle branding & permissions
Wrap and fit the vehicle, and secure traffic and local permissions for the route and each halt, with the halt list attached to the application.
- 03Days 8-12
Team training & stock
Brief the travelling team on pitch and data capture, and load sample stock against a reconciliation sheet so distribution is auditable.
- 04From go-live
Route execution
Run the route with GPS tracking and geo-tagged photos at every halt, reporting halts completed and contacts made the same day.
- 05Weekly
Route optimisation
Drop halts that under-deliver, extend the ones that over-deliver, and re-sequence to cut dead travel time.
Timing that changes the result
Demand and response peak around October to February — post-harvest liquidity makes rural routes most productive. Book teams, venues and fabrication early for that window, because vendor pricing moves with it.
Measurement
What gets reported, and how
Every campaign reports the same way: attendance against roster, geo-tagged and time-stamped photographs per venue, contacts engaged counted on the capture tool rather than estimated, and leads verified by callback before they are counted. Weak locations show up in the first week, which is the only point at which they can still be fixed.
| Metric | How it is captured |
|---|---|
| Halt points completed against the approved route | GPS track log, with halt duration rather than halt count alone |
| Kilometres covered and GPS-verified halt duration | Geo-tagged, time-stamped photographs filed per venue |
| Audience contacts per halt | Counted on the data-capture tool by promoter and venue, not estimated |
| Samples or leaflets distributed against stock issued | Reconciled against stock issued, per venue per day |
| Leads or enquiries captured per route day | Captured digitally with consent, then verified by callback before being counted |
| Cost per contact against the plan | Counted on the data-capture tool by promoter and venue, not estimated |
Compliance
Permissions and compliance
Approvals sit on the critical path, not alongside it.
- Traffic police clearance for the route and halt points
- Municipal permission for temporary occupation at each halt
- Public-address and amplified-sound timing restrictions
- Vehicle fitness, permit and driver documentation
- Sample stock reconciliation where product is distributed free
What goes wrong
Common roadshow & van campaign mistakes
Each of these is something we have had to fix on a campaign someone else planned.
- Designing a route by map distance instead of realistic travel time
- Opportunistic halts with no prior clearance, so the van gets moved on
- No GPS proof, which makes skipped halts invisible on the report
- Sample stock issued without a reconciliation sheet
- Scheduling halts outside the hours the audience is actually present
Designing a route by map distance instead of realistic travel time
Coverage
Roadshow & Van Campaign by city
Each city is staffed by a local team rather than a travelling one.
Tier 1 metros
Tier 2 cities
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Jaipur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Lucknow
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Chandigarh
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Indore
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Bhopal
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Surat
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Vadodara
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Rajkot
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Nagpur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Nashik
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Aurangabad
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Thane
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Navi Mumbai
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Kochi
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Thiruvananthapuram
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Kozhikode
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Coimbatore
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Madurai
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Tiruchirappalli
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Salem
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Mysore
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Mangalore
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Hubli-Dharwad
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Belgaum
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Visakhapatnam
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Vijayawada
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Guntur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Tirupati
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Warangal
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Bhubaneswar
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Cuttack
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Patna
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Ranchi
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Jamshedpur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Guwahati
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Raipur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Bilaspur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Kanpur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Varanasi
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Agra
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Prayagraj
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Meerut
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Ghaziabad
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Faridabad
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Ludhiana
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Amritsar
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- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Dehradun
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- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Srinagar
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- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Udaipur
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Kota
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- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Goa
- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Siliguri
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- Roadshow & Van Campaign in Puducherry
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FAQ
Roadshow & Van Campaign FAQs
What is roadshow & van campaign?+
Branded roadshows and van campaigns covering cities, towns and highways. A roadshow is a branded vehicle working a planned route, stopping at pre-cleared halt points to run a short demo, sampling or lead-capture activity before moving on. It converts a single setup into coverage of many locations in one day, which is why it suits launches and distribution pushes where the goal is breadth rather than depth in one spot.
How much does roadshow & van campaign cost in India?+
Indicative pricing is ₹6,000 – ₹25,000 per van/day. The variables that actually move a quote are the number of cities and days, team size, how custom the build is, and venue or permission fees. Tier 1 metro day rates run above tier 2. GST applies at 18%.
Which cities do you cover for roadshow & van campaign?+
70 Indian cities, covering every tier 1 metro and the major tier 2 markets, each with a local team rather than a travelling one.
What is included?+
Typical deliverables are van fabrication, route planning, GPS tracking and permissions. Measurement covers halt points completed against the approved route, kilometres covered and GPS-verified halt duration and audience contacts per halt.
How many locations can one roadshow van cover in a day?+
Four to six halts is a realistic day once setup, activation time and travel between halts are counted. Plans promising ten or twelve halts usually deliver short, low-quality stops or quietly skip some, which is why halt duration is tracked and not just halt count.
How do I know the van actually visited every halt?+
GPS tracking plus a geo-tagged, time-stamped photo at each halt. The daily report shows halts completed against the approved route, so a skipped or shortened halt is visible that evening rather than at the end of the campaign.
Do you need permission for every halt point?+
Yes, and the halt list goes in with the application rather than being arranged on the day. Pre-cleared halts are the single biggest driver of roadshow performance, because the team spends the window activating instead of negotiating.
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