pricing

I have a customer wanting his 2015 Fiat wrapped pink. he also wants a price for the door jam area wrapped and i honestly don't know how to price this. i Have wrapped them but never been in charge of the pricing of that part. i know i need to take into consideration the removal of the doors and...

Just a reminder to all of you fellow sign shops, we have a bunch of free tools at https://www.firesprint.com/tools We continuously update the list, so check back often. Bookmark the tool you need. Most of them are mobile friendly as well.

I had another post on this, but I wanted to clean it up a bit for everyone to get easy access. This is a free wide format sign pricing calculator we built here at FireSprint. Here's what you need: Link to get your copy: https://www.firesprint.com/cms.php?page=wide-format-pricing-calculator...

Hello guys, I'm still pretty new here. I have recently made the jump into starting my own small sign shop after working for over 20 years on other peoples shops on and off. However, in all those years I was only involved in design and manufacturing and never in coming up with pricing. My...

I have a client looking for 2 small decals as follows and I really don't have a clue what the markup is like on reflective work: 2 - 2"x16" Decal Printed full colour on 3M Engineering Grade Reflective Vinyl Laminated with Seal Gloss Laminate Client supplies print-ready file Can I get an idea...

Curious on how much people would charge to install per sq ft for something like this? And what material would you suggest? I have 4 large. 26’ long. 9’ H and 9’ wide 2 small. 10’L, 6’H, 7’ W These will all be stripped of existing graphics. They want white gloss wrap, NO graphics, logos will...

I feel like this comes up alot, so I took some time to make a simple calculator and a video explaining it. Let me know what you think. I would love to hear your feedback, good or bad. Thanks everyone!

I received a note from one of my suppliers that MDO prices will increase by as much as 17% on November 1st. I’m considering ways to approach this with customers without sending them on a shopping trip with competitors. Anyone have thoughts?

Hey folks... I am an aspiring traditional striper (motorhead first n foremost) art is how I express my love of this amazing world.... I am FINALLY going for it and in fact have begun to do work beyond my own make work/practice projects.... I had a local mentor, self proclaimed Letterhead who...

My husband had a small sign business but had to quit due to health reasons 5 years ago. I am now trying to sell some of the equipment but cannot seem to get enough information off of the internet to know how to price used equipment that is used but likely in good working order. Please help...

Hello, I hate to ask but I'm not sure what to charge for 5 white DiBond 3mil 2' x 3' single sided panels with 3M Reflective black lettering and I'm installing all 5 at the same location on chain link fencing. I'm not sure what kind of hardware I'll be using so I'm just trying to figure out a...

Hi Folks! I am going to gold leaf stripes on a fella's safe. I need some help pricing the job. The project involves 1" stripes around the door, and along a hinge. Total is about 19 feet of 1-inch striping. I've come up with a project total of $422. That includes taping off the stripes, painting...

We are a new sign company and has no bucket truck, we have to rental the boom lift or scissor lift for installation, but those equipment we only need for 2-3 hours but the rental company charge for the whole day, i will have to add the rental cost into the installation. compare with other sign...

Hey Everyone. I have a big customer who bought a roll of 3M Di Noc brushed vinyl and they want me to wrap some part of the ceiling in a bar. How much should I charge per sf? I have done di noc before on kitchen cabinets and also in RV's. Installing on the ceiling is always a challenge but at...

I am curious how others would define what a "Premium" customer was, and if they gain that so called status, what you do for them. I had a customer today that wanted to know when he would get premium pricing because he was bringing all of his work to us. We wrapped one trailer in June of 2017...

Any info on pricing flex face (panaflex or cooley) on an existing cabinet is appreciated. Have a client needing to change to 4 faces on a monument sign qty. 2 at 16'x5' and qty 2 at 18'x8' thx

We have a potential customer that wants a quote on 24x36" banners for a local volleyball team, has anyone made these before? They want to hand them from the gym ceiling so we would also need some type of weight and the bottom of each banner. Any suggestions on what we could use?

This'll be my first post here on Signs 101, I just joined a local wholesale printer where I'm able to order Business Cards, Flyers, Door Hangers, Calendars, etc... at "wholesale" pricing. My question is what should my markup % be when offering these products to my customers? Pricing Examples...

Just for discussion, I'm wondering what you would charge for this sign in the picture: Size: 4x8' design inlcuded, full color, 2 sides, matte lamination, 6mm alumalite. - $539 Install - 4x4x10' posts with top and bottom 2x4x8 all treated, grooves cut in wood to hold sign with no screws, 8"...

Hello, I have a startup that creates custom ice coolers. FB & instagram mc3customcoolers We use multi color decals on our products; avg size decal is 10"H x 14"W. I spoke with a Roland dealer today about purchasing a BN-20, & he highly recommended not to purchase that model for 2 reasons. 1. It...