alienwraps
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I'm looking to add to my website a designer. I want my customers to be able to go to my website and design their own sign. What is the best program to use.
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Online sign designer
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Gino
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This topic has come up several times before, best bet is to search and see what was said
it boils down to if you want a stand alone program coded to your specs (expensive and time consuming), can get coded for much less over seas but run the risk of "dirty" code or no product made
leasing the program, and it is a plugin on your site.
just start goggling different companies, if memory serves there is one from Florida that get good reviews for leasing.
There will always be the argument of letting the customer design VS design as a service.
In the end there is no denying that Vista Print (or any like company) has the right idea you are able to make sales 24/7/365 with an online designer and you don't have to waste your time on the "simple" layout and can focus on the projects that do require the "professional" design
it boils down to if you want a stand alone program coded to your specs (expensive and time consuming), can get coded for much less over seas but run the risk of "dirty" code or no product made
leasing the program, and it is a plugin on your site.
just start goggling different companies, if memory serves there is one from Florida that get good reviews for leasing.
There will always be the argument of letting the customer design VS design as a service.
In the end there is no denying that Vista Print (or any like company) has the right idea you are able to make sales 24/7/365 with an online designer and you don't have to waste your time on the "simple" layout and can focus on the projects that do require the "professional" design
Joe Diaz
New Member
What she said.
I would even go far as saying that it's bad for our industry and our clients when we give novices the tools to design their own signs. A customer may think they saved money by designing their own sign, but any poorly designed advertisement can actually cost that customer money by presenting the wrong image and potentially scaring off their customers.
Kentucky Wraps
Kentucky Wraps
I WISH all the other shops around me had a customer design powered program on their website.
I've only liked ONE wrap that came out of my shop that was customer designed. The others...I don't put in our gallery etc. because I can't explain to the tens of thousands of people that are going to see them...that we didn't design it.
That being said, a design program will NOT account for the complexities of vehicle curves etc and you will either have to spend design time anyways on it OR redo parts.
I've only liked ONE wrap that came out of my shop that was customer designed. The others...I don't put in our gallery etc. because I can't explain to the tens of thousands of people that are going to see them...that we didn't design it.
That being said, a design program will NOT account for the complexities of vehicle curves etc and you will either have to spend design time anyways on it OR redo parts.