General signage covers a wide range of jobs — pull-up banners, A-frames, mesh fence wrap, wayfinding and temporary event signage — and pricing across that range varies more by material and hardware than almost any other signage category. Here's what actually drives the cost.
1. Material
Different jobs call for different substrates:
- Corflute — lightweight, affordable, good for short-term or one-off signage like open home boards or event directional signs.
- PVC / Foamex — a rigid board that holds up better than corflute for signage that needs to last longer or look more finished.
- Fabric and mesh banners — durable, foldable and good for repeated use, wind-permeable mesh in particular for fence and scaffold wrap on windy sites.
- Vinyl banners — the standard choice for pull-up banners, hoardings and most general promotional signage.
2. Size and quantity
Larger format costs more material; larger print runs bring the per-unit cost down. A single A-frame insert and a run of fifty event banners are priced very differently per item.
3. Single vs double-sided printing
A-frames and any signage viewed from both directions — like a footpath sign or hanging banner — need printing on both sides, which roughly doubles the print cost on that item even though the frame or stand itself doesn't change.
4. Hardware and finishing
A printed banner is only part of the job. Pull-up banner stands, A-frame chassis, eyelets, hemming, pole pockets and wind slits all add cost on top of the print itself — and the right hardware for the job (an A-frame that survives being outside every day versus one used for a single weekend event) is worth choosing deliberately rather than defaulting to the cheapest option.
5. Turnaround
Standard production timeframes keep costs down. A rush job — printed and ready in a day or two for an event that's already booked in — is achievable, but usually carries a premium for reworking the production schedule to fit.
So what should you budget?
We don't publish fixed prices, because material, size, quantity and hardware all move the number independently. As a general shape: single corflute signs and A-frame inserts sit at the affordable end, vinyl pull-up banners and mesh fence wrap in the middle, and large-format hoardings or bulk event signage runs at the top.
Tell us what the signage is for, roughly what size and how many, and we'll come back with real numbers — usually within one business day.
One more thing worth knowing
Temporary and permanent signage have genuinely different cost logic. If something only needs to survive a weekend, it doesn't need the same material spec as something that'll sit outside for three years — and paying for durability you don't need is as much a waste as under-speccing something meant to last.