Price check... real estate sign

[Texas_Signmaker]

How much would you be on these? https://www.grimco.com/Catalog/Products/SingleArmSignPost

I'm at $630 and I'm thinking that's high? I marked the post up 50% and between assembling the frame, manufacturing the sign and driving out 20 minutes to the location to install I'm up to $630. Add tax and it's just over $700.

 

[Zendavor Signs]

If this is really for a realtor, I think that is quite high. We don't serve that market any more, but I would estimate $400-450 is a max.

 

[CanuckSigns]

A real estate agent will never pay that, they expect everyone to work for nothing while they make $20,000 to handle some paperwork.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

If this is really for a realtor, I think that is quite high. We don't serve that market any more, but I would estimate $400-450 is a max.

Yes it's a real estate sign for a luxury house. Double sided

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

A real estate agent will never pay that, they expect everyone to work for nothing while they make $20,000 to handle some paperwork.

Yea, bitch about spending a few hundred on a sign to sell the property that makes them $20,000 so they can buy this year's new escalade. Who needs them anyway... Zillow does all the work

 

[Gino]

Those posts are cheap, if you buy them from the right place. The sign is worth about $50. Installation, that's on you. $700 out the door is too high, but then, try it. If it works, you landed a new market.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Those posts are cheap, if you buy them from the right place. The sign is worth about $50. Installation, that's on you. $700 out the door is too high, but then, try it. If it works, you landed a new market.

Grimco has it for $85

 

[Gino]

So then, what's your problem ?? I see that coming to maybe $350 or so, plus another $100 for installation. If that's not enough, find a sub to do the whole thing for ya for less and make money for just making a phone call.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

$320. 120post+50sign+150install

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

OK, I dropped it to $500. This location is 20 minute drive one way so that needs to account for something.

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

Is that sign post 4"x4"?

 

[Billct2]

Wow, I wish.

 

[Johnny Best]

I make those my self. Skill saw and hammer and sharp chisel. One coat of primer and finished. Two eye hooks and a 18x24 double sided real estate sign. $150 post, $75 sign, $100 install / $350, throw in goof off time (stopping in 7/11 and buying beef jerky and flirting with the fat chick behind the counter) and make it $500.
I make and sell those posts for real estate people and they add their signs and hire someone to dig it in. I do same pricing as Grimco, I use epxy with deck screws to join. You can easily make #10 in a day. Have not bought any 4x4x8 in awhile but I am sure the price has gone up. Will have to adjust my pricing to that. They fit in an Escalade nicely.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

The customer gawked at $630 but said to go with it. I didn't want to be over priced so I told him I made a mistake and it's $500 and he said that is much better. I do a lot of CRE signs for them so I don't want to be over the market on that little sign. I appreciate all the feedback

 

[rossmosh]

On more straight forward projects like this, I like to use multipliers to cover everything. So on something like this, most likely multiplying the frame by 4 would get you damn close to covering the frame and sign with some basic design work. Then you have your install on top of it.

 

[Evan Gillette]

Look into your local real estate sign installer, they usually warehouse the signs for the agents that use them and will install a post for a set fee in a specific range. Making a good relationship with these outfits could lead to additional sales and a cheaper source for posts (they buy them in bulk). My price would be similar to what others mentioned, its hard to get decent markup with 4ever selling posts direct on amazon prime for $10 less than a post+shipping to our shop but oh well. We target the smaller brokerages that want custom designs and a face and name to buy from.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Look into your local real estate sign installer, they usually warehouse the signs for the agents that use them and will install a post for a set fee in a specific range. Making a good relationship with these outfits could lead to additional sales and a cheaper source for posts (they buy them in bulk). My price would be similar to what others mentioned, its hard to get decent markup with 4ever selling posts direct on amazon prime for $10 less than a post+shipping to our shop but oh well. We target the smaller brokerages that want custom designs and a face and name to buy from.

huh??

 

[chester215]

huh??

If you are in CT, RI, MA, NJ or parts of PA , that is all we do. Real estate signs.
(Well maybe not, we do signs for the local pizza guy in exchange for free lunches on Fridays.)
Yes, there are companies that just do RE signs.
And we have lots of competition.

 

[Evan Gillette]

huh??

Most metro areas have a few companies that run around placing listing post signs...
For example:
https://prstx.com/product/residential-post-install/ in Houston
https://inthegroundsigns.com/contact-us in Dallas

Make sense now?

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Most metro areas have a few companies that run around placing listing post signs...
For example:
https://prstx.com/product/residential-post-install/ in Houston
https://inthegroundsigns.com/contact-us in Dallas

Make sense now?

Yup, that makes things a little clearer... Never knew there were people that did that sort of thing. Those companies are in big metros.. I doubt they are out in Tyler so this wouldn't help me.