Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest Β· Starts October 1st Β· $500 in prizes
Advertising

Advertise to the most seasonal audience on the internet

PumpkinCarvingIdeas.com is a community gallery of real carved pumpkins. People arrive in September and October looking for their next carve, which means they are days away from buying tools, candles, and everything else a good porch needs. If your product belongs in that moment, this is cheap, obvious reach.

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Relative search interest in pumpkin carving by month. Our audience follows the same curve: quiet most of the year, then everyone shows up at once with a knife in hand and a decision to make.

The placements

Three standard units, booked directly with us at flat seasonal rates. Each one is designed to fit the page it lives on.

The main feed

In-gallery placement

A native-styled card inside the ideas gallery, sitting between the carvings people are scrolling for inspiration. It matches the grid, carries your image and a short line, and is always labeled as an ad.

  • Appears in gallery grids across the ideas and browse pages
  • Your image, one line of copy, and a link
  • Capped frequency so the gallery stays a gallery
The decision moment

Idea page placement

A single labeled unit on individual idea pages, right where someone has just picked the pumpkin they want to carve and is about to think about tools, candles, and supplies.

  • One placement per page, below the carving details
  • Runs across the idea pages for the season
  • Best for carving tools, kits, and lighting
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Newsletter classified

A short, clearly labeled classified in our seasonal newsletter. Smaller than the exclusive newsletter sponsorship, priced to match, and written to read like the rest of the issue.

  • A few sentences plus a link in one issue
  • Runs during peak season sends
  • Upgrade to the exclusive sponsored slot any time

The ground rules

Every ad says it's an ad

Placements are labeled plainly where they appear. Readers should never have to guess what's editorial and what's paid.

Nothing that ruins the room

No pop-ups, no interstitials, no autoplay video, no chum boxes. A few well-placed units that actually get seen beat wallpaper that gets ignored.

Family-friendly creative only

Kids browse this site with their parents in October. If your creative wouldn't fit on a porch on Halloween night, it won't fit here.

Direct and flat-rate

You book with us, not through a programmatic auction. Flat seasonal rates, no bidding, no surveillance-grade tracking bolted on.

Want your name on the contest instead?

Named contest awards, category takeovers, sponsored tutorials, and the one-brand season takeover are sponsorships, not ad buys. They get their own page.

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Book the season

October only comes once a year

Tell us what you make and which placement you want, and we'll reply with current rates and availability. Inventory is deliberately small, and it goes to whoever books first.

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We read everything. Small brands and local businesses are very welcome.

The Patch Report

Fresh pumpkins, in your inbox.

The best new carvings, ideas worth stealing, and how-tos for carving season. Short, seasonal, and gone by November.

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