Printing ads

Which print shops and brands run the most ads?

The library count is everything a brand has published on Meta. The active count is what was delivering at the read. The ratio between them is the account’s posture: a large library with a small active share is a brand cycling hard, and one where nearly everything is live is running a small curated set.

Brand pages: FedEx Office · Staples · Office Depot · The UPS Store · Vistaprint · Shutterfly · 4imprint · Custom Ink · GotPrint · Canva · Zazzle

Meta Ad Library, read October 8, 2026. Library and active counts are Meta’s own. 11 of these print shops and brands have enough creative on file for a page of their own.

What formats do printing ads use?

video leads at 42 percent of the 336 creatives read here, with carousel at 35 percent and static at 23. Shop now carries 59 percent of the calls to action.

The median creative here ran 40 days and the longest was still up at 463. Run length is the closest thing to a public performance signal these libraries publish, because nobody keeps paying to deliver an ad that is not working. How that compares with every other industry is in the Meta ad creative benchmarks.

Each format on its own page: Printing video ads · Printing static ads · Printing carousel ads

What the printing ads that last say

The longest-running ad from each advertiser, in its own words. These are the ads someone kept paying for.

1. Business Cards, Mugs, Shirts, Stickers—you name it, GotPrint probably prints it.GotPrint · running 463 days
2. ¿Sigues creando tus posts uno a uno?Canva · ran 212 days
3. Say less, be rememberedZazzle · running 105 days
4. 3 Months Free*The UPS Store · ran 93 days
5. CALLING ALL TEACHERS!Office Depot · running 86 days
6. Custom Photo Gifts That WowShutterfly · ran 85 days

The offers print shops and brands lead with

• A discount: 16 percent of ads · Staples: “Score up to 40% off.”
• A price in the ad: 10 percent of ads · The UPS Store: “$25 Off* Printing”
• A guarantee: 4 percent of ads · 4imprint: “On time, every time—guaranteed!”
• Something free to start: 2 percent of ads · GotPrint: “Free Sample Kit, See The Quality Before You Print”

2 percent of these ads open with a question, 25 percent put a number in the first line, and 0 percent lead with an emoji.

How to run printing ads on Facebook and Instagram

1. 1

   Sell one job with one clear offer

   People do not book a service, they book a job: one room, one driveway, one visit. The ads that fill a calendar name that job and put an offer beside it, a price, a free quote, or a slot this week. 16 percent of the printing ads here lead with a discount.

2. 2

   Show the finished work in the first second

   The result is the creative. A before-and-after, the finished job, or a short clip of the work being done stops the scroll faster than a logo or a team photo. In this category video ads lead.

3. 3

   Target the area you actually serve

   Set a radius around the towns you work in and let Meta find the homeowners inside it. Name the town in the copy: a local name in the first line tells the reader this ad is for them.

4. 4

   Make booking one tap

   "Shop now" is the most used button on these ads. Use a call button, an instant form or a booking link, and answer every lead within minutes. The shop that calls back first gets the job.

5. 5

   Keep the winners running and replace the rest

   The median printing ad here stayed up 40 days. Give a new ad a week of spend before you judge it, then retire what is not getting results and write the next version of what is. The advertisers with the most live ads are the ones testing the most.

Printing ads: questions people ask

What do printing ads on Facebook and Instagram look like?

We read 336 printing ads from 11 print shops and brands in the Meta Ad Library on October 8, 2026. Video ads lead at 42 percent. The most common button is "Shop now".

Which print shops and brands run the most Facebook ads?

Of the advertisers on this page, Office Depot (1,176 running), Staples (336 running), FedEx Office (60 running) had the most ads live when we read the library.

What offers do printing ads use?

A discount appears in 16 percent, a price in the ad appears in 10 percent, a guarantee appears in 4 percent of the ads we read. For example, Staples: "Score up to 40% off."

How long do printing ads run?

The median ad we read had run 40 days, and the longest 463 days. Advertisers keep paying for ads that work, so the long runners are the ones to study.

How do I make printing ads for my business?

Start from what is already working in your category: copy the structure of the long-running ads, lead with one clear offer, and test several versions at once. Sprites' proprietary marketing agent does this for you: it reads the printing ads running now, writes ads in the styles that work, and launches them once you approve.