Influencer marketing for remodeling contractors

Homeowners are the creators.

Homeowners you built for, and local home creators, film a job you actually did, run as an ad from their account. In California and Florida the post carries your license number.

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Nearly80%of paid creator posts close under $300
$1,000top of California's first-offense penalty for an ad without your license number
2xevery post is read twice before it goes live
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UpdatedSeptember 26, 2026State and FTC rules read at the sources listed at the bottom

Influencer marketing for remodeling contractors means homeowners you built for, and local home creators, filming a job you actually did, run as an ad from their account and pointed at a consult page. The FTC and your state board set the rules: the person must be a real client, any discount or free upgrade is disclosed, your license number goes on the ad in California and Florida, and in California the ad never says bonded.

For remodeling contractors

Who films, where it runs, what it can say.

Who the creators are

Your clients, then your county.

Homeowners you built for, filming before, during and after. Then local home, design and trade accounts.

Where it runs

From their handle, to a consult page.

Instagram Reels and Facebook partnership ads to your area, YouTube for the walkthrough. A remodel takes weeks, so one homeowner can film a whole series.

What they can say

FTC and license board.

Only a job you did, for them, labeled paid, with your license number. No price, finish date or bonded claim.

Can say
  • Before, during and after
  • What surprised them
  • Your license number
Never says
  • A price
  • A finish date
  • Bonded, in California
  • A job you did not do
What it looks like

Their kitchen. Your company. One label.

The first line is something other homeowners wonder about. Handle and company are examples, not clients.

  • The homeowner's own handle, so it reads like a post
  • "Paid partnership" naming your company
  • A consult button, never a price
Remodelled kitchen with a stone island and pendant lighting
PELORA example
YC@your.creatorPaid partnership with Your Company · Sponsored
“Our kitchen is done. Here is what surprised us.”
Book a consult →
Illustration by PELORA.
Three ways to run a creator

Their footage. Your ad.

For a remodeler the choice mostly comes down to how long the project runs.

Meta partnership ad

One post, run from their handle.

The homeowner tags your company and sends a partnership ad code. Meta used to call these branded content ads.

What the viewer sees: the homeowner's name, then "Paid partnership with Your Company," then your button.
Standing permission

Every update, no new code.

The homeowner grants your page permission once, at account level, which suits a remodel that runs for months.

What the viewer sees: the homeowner's handle, a Sponsored tag, and your button.
UGC video

Filmed for your page, not theirs.

A local creator films your job or crew to our brief, with usage rights. If the person on camera is not your client, the ad says so: the FTC expects actual customers or a clear disclosure that they are not.

What the viewer sees: your company name, a real person talking, no partnership label.
The platforms we use

Meta and YouTube for ads. TikTok for creator posts.

TikTok is organic only; TikTok ads are a separate add-on.

Instagram and Facebook
Allowed

Partnership ads

You build and target it in Ads Manager like any campaign.

  • Permission once at account level in Business Suite, or per post with a partnership ad code
  • Creators charge about 39 percent more when ad rights are included ($307 against $221 on average, Collabstr 2025)
YouTube
Allowed

Walkthroughs and Shorts

A homeowner or designer walks the finished room, layout and materials. Through Google Ads creator partnerships, the video can run as an ad from the creator's own channel, including Demand Gen In-feed and Shorts placements.

  • The creator switches on YouTube's paid promotion setting, which adds a disclosure label at the start
TikTok
Organic only

Creator posts, organic

The homeowner posts with the commercial content disclosure toggle on, which TikTok requires for paid or gifted posts.

  • A discount or free upgrade counts as branded content on TikTok, the same as cash
  • Remodeling is on neither TikTok's prohibited nor its restricted branded content list; a loan pitch counts as financial services, which TikTok restricts to 18-plus in the US and gates behind its own approval
  • The best TikTok posts are cut again as Meta ads, with the creator's permission

Before the first brief we read the Meta Ad Library once for remodelers in your metro, to build the first post on what already runs near you.

What a creator actually costs

Most posts close under $300.

Nearly80%

Across more than 21,000 collaborations, nearly 80 percent of deals were under $300 and only 2 percent were over $1,000.

Nearly 80% under $300$301 to $1,0002% over $1,000
Source: Collabstr 2026 report, more than 21,000 collaborations.
Creator sizeFollowersPer post, organicAdd ad rights, 30 daysWho they are
NanoUnder 10,000$150 to $400Plus 25 to 30 percentYour past clients and local home accounts. Where a remodeler program starts.
Micro10,000 to 100,000$400 to $1,500Plus 25 to 30 percentCity-level home, design and real estate creators with an engaged local audience.
Mid100,000 to 500,000$2,000 to $5,000NegotiatedRegional home and design names. Rarely worth it for one service area.
CredentialedAny sizeNegotiatedNegotiatedA licensed architect, interior designer or home inspector on camera. Only when the job needs one.

Budget rule: two posts a month with 30-day ad rights runs about $400 to $1,000 per small creator, up to about $3,000 for a larger one. Collabstr's average paid post in 2026 was $193 on Instagram, $186 on TikTok and $255 on YouTube.

Who gets paid what

YouApprove every creator and every fee before it is paid. You get one invoice from us, for our fee only.
PELORA, $4,500The management: find, contract, brief, read, run, report. A fixed monthly fee.
Creators, paid by youYou pay each homeowner or creator directly, in cash or in a documented discount. We paper the deal, brief them and approve the work; we never invoice, hold, route or mark up creator money.

Where an influencer dollar goes

Industry average
70% creators30% agency
Source: ANA survey of 84 client-side marketers, fielded October to December 2025 and reported February 2026, skewed to large advertisers, half spending over $100 million a year. PELORA's fee is fixed at $4,500 a month, so our share is higher than 30 percent on a small program and lower on a large one.
What we do for the fee

Six steps. Every homeowner.

  1. 1

    Find and vet

    About 30 accounts for every one we expect to sign, past clients first. We confirm the job on camera was yours, check past sponsors and that the audience is real: the FTC's reviews rule bans buying fake followers or views. You see the shortlist before anyone is contacted; cold outreach replies average about a third.

    Week 1
  2. 2

    Negotiate and contract

    Fee or discount, deliverables, usage rights and run length, on our standard agreement, in about six message rounds per deal. A discount is written down like a fee, because it is disclosed like one.

    Week 1 to 2
  3. 3

    Brief

    One idea per post, the page it points to, your license number, and the lines it cannot say: no price the estimate cannot keep, no finish date the contract does not promise, no bonded claim in California, and only the trades your license covers.

    Week 2
  4. 4

    Review, twice

    Two rounds before it goes live, 48-hour turnaround: the disclosure, the license number and any savings claim.

    Week 2 to 3
  5. 5

    Run it as your ad

    Permission requested, ad built from their handle, targeted to your area and pointed at a consult page for that room. Most creators go live two to four weeks after signing.

    Week 2 to 4
  6. 6

    You pay, we report

    You pay each creator directly. We report consult requests, cost per consult, and which rooms and neighborhoods responded.

    Monthly
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The rules for contractors

License number, bonding, and a real client.

State board and FTC rules reach a creator's post once you pay for it or run it as your ad.

State board

Your number on the ad.

California requires the license number on "all forms of advertising", including any post that solicits business online, with a first-offense civil penalty of $100 to $1,000. Florida requires it on each advertisement "regardless of medium".

California

Never bonded. Only your trades.

California's board says the law prevents a contractor from noting in advertising that it is bonded, and bars advertising work outside your license classification.

FTC

A real client, real numbers.

The person on camera must have used your service when they filmed it. If they say how much they saved, the FTC's own example is homeowners quoting lower utility bills after a new heat pump, and it expects the ad to say what most homeowners save.

Map of the United States with Newport Beach, California marked
Where we work

Newport Beach office. Remodelers anywhere.

We work remote from Newport Beach with remodelers nationwide; nothing needs us on the job site.

Creators come from where your trucks go, and we check your state's contractor board rule before the first post.

CaliforniaFloridaTexasArizonaNevadaColoradoNew YorkAnywhere in the US
Pricing

Included from $14,000. Or added to any tier.

Creator fees, and any discount you give a homeowner, are yours and paid directly; we never invoice, hold, route or mark up creator money. The prices below are the management.

Inside a retainer
Enterprise
$14,000 a month and above, included

Sourced and managed influencer and paid partnership ads are part of Enterprise and every tier above it. Creator fees are on top.

Creator program
$4,500
a month, attached to any tier

Up to five creators live in any month. Find, vet, contract, brief, two review rounds, run from their handle, monthly report. Creator fees are paid by you, directly.

UGC videos
$5,500
a month for 8 videos

Eight finished creator videos to our brief, with rights for your own channels and your ads. Extra videos $500 to $750 each.

Questions

Asked by remodelers.

How do remodeling contractors use influencer marketing?
Mostly through their own clients: a homeowner films the project on their own account, and you run that post as an ad to your service area, pointed at a consult page. Local home and design creators fill the gaps.
Does a creator's post need my contractor license number?
In California and Florida, yes, once it is your advertising. We put it in the caption and on the page.
Can we give a homeowner a discount for filming their remodel?
Yes, if the post says so. The FTC counts free or discounted products as a material connection that must be disclosed. The discount can pay for filming, never for a good review: the FTC's reviews rule bars incentives tied to a review expressing a particular sentiment.
Can a creator say we are licensed, bonded and insured?
Licensed and insured, only if both are true. Bonded, not in California.
Can the video say how much the homeowner saved?
Only with the typical number next to it: the ad should say what most homeowners save, and you need proof of that number. A line like results not typical does not fix it.
What does a creator cost?
Most paid creator posts close under $300. Small accounts run $150 to $400 a post, micro accounts $400 to $1,500, and ad rights add about 25 to 30 percent per 30 days. With a homeowner the payment can be a discount instead.
Who handles the agreement and the payment?
We write the agreement and the brief and approve every post. You pay each homeowner or creator directly; we never invoice, hold, route or mark up creator money.
Do you work with remodelers outside California?
Yes. We run this from Newport Beach and work remote with remodeling contractors across the United States, and we get calls from Florida.
Before the first creator post

Get the first post right.

Fifteen minutes on your company, your service area and which homeowners could film. We will tell you what can run, where, and what the post must say.

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