How big is it?
Drawn to scale next to Benny, who is 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m). Changes with the size you pick.
What you get
Welcome sign printing: 12 sizes, from A4 up to 1000 × 1000 mm. Material: 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond. It suits entrances, receptions, gates and farm shops. Standard production is 3 working days after artwork is confirmed, or from 2 with Express.
- Printed in full colour and made to order in the UK
- A person checks uploaded files for size, bleed and resolution
- Design it free online, or upload your own PDF
- Free UK delivery over £49.99 this week, otherwise £7.95
Welcome Sign Printing
Buy more, pay less each: 1 for £21.302 for £25.79 (£12.90 each)3 for £30.28 (£10.09 each)5 for £39.23 (£7.85 each)10 for £61.32 (£6.13 each)
The first one carries the setup cost, so extra copies work out cheaper.
Welcome sign printing for entrances, receptions, gates and farm shops. 12 sizes, from A4 up to 1000 × 1000 mm. Printed on 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond.
Charity, school, club or place of worship? up to 10% off every orderBusiness? up to 5% off your first order
- Free UK delivery over £49.99 this week
- Dispatch from 2 working days
- Printed in the UK
Overview
A sign has one job: get noticed. Welcome sign printing here is full colour, edge to edge, made to order.
Where it works
Right for entrances, receptions, gates and farm shops. Landlords and managing agents use them for building names, unit numbers and directions. Shops, salons, offices and workshops use them over the door, in reception or on the gate.
Sizes
Welcome sign printing comes like this: 12 sizes, from A4 up to 1000 × 1000 mm. Stand where your customer stands and ask how far away they are. As a rough guide, letters over a door want to be at least 10 cm tall to read from across the street.
Materials for welcome sign printing
It comes on 5mm Foamex (thicker, stays flat at bigger sizes) or 3mm Dibond (aluminium composite, the long-life outdoor board). You can also add printing on one side or both, gloss (one side), none or matt (one side), drilled holes for screwing it up and cutting to shape.
Dibond takes screws, rivets or tape and stays flat for years outside. Foamex is lighter and happiest indoors.
Artwork and timing
Upload your own file, lay it out in the online designer, or hand it to our paid artwork service, which includes 1 design and 2 rounds of changes. A person gives every file a free check first. Standard production is 3 working days from when your order and artwork are confirmed. Express gets it done from 2 working days. Saver takes 5 and is there if you are not in a rush. Every welcome sign printing order is printed to order and sent straight to you from the UK.
Put up outdoors, a banner, board or flag counts as an advertisement under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007. Most small ones need no application, but the council can tell you if yours does.
Delivery to a UK mainland address is £7.95, or free once the order passes £100 after any discount (artwork fees are not counted). Mainland Highlands postcodes add £10; Northern Ireland, the islands, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Scilly and the Isle of Wight are quoted. Full details are on the delivery page.
Browse the rest: business signs and everything in printed signs & boards. The guide to Foamex vs Dibond vs Correx covers the choice in more depth.
Sizes and prices
Smallest first. Tap a price to load that size into the buy box. Need another size? Pick Custom size in the buy box.
| Size | From |
|---|---|
| A4 · 210 × 297 mm | |
| A3 · 297 × 420 mm | |
| A2 · 420 × 594 mm | |
| 500 × 700 mm | |
| 508 × 762 mm20 × 30 in | |
| A1 · 594 × 841 mm | |
| 1000 × 500 mm | |
| 700 × 1000 mm | |
| 762 × 1016 mm30 × 40 in | |
| 1000 × 1000 mm |
Final prices per item with the lowest-priced options. UK delivery £7.95, free over £49.99 this week. Choose a price to load it into the price calculator.
Specs
Materials, sizes and finishing.
| Sizes | A4, A3, A2, 500 × 700 mm, 600 × 600 mm, 20x30 inch, A1, 1000 × 500 mm, 700 × 1000 mm, 30x40 inch, A0, 1000 × 1000 mm |
|---|---|
| Material | 5mm Foamex, 3mm Di-Bond |
| Sides Printed | Single Sided, Double Sided |
| Lamination | Gloss (One Side), None, Matt (One Side) |
| Drilling | All corners, No, Top corners |
| Profile Cut | No, Yes |
| Quantity | 1 to 1000 |
| Production | Standard 3 days, express 2, saver 5 |
| Full colour | |
| Made by | Made to order and dispatched from the UK |
| SKU | FP-BRD-026 |
| Price | Final price shown in the configurator. No surprises at checkout. |
| Delivery | UK mainland £7.95 per order, free over £49.99 this week. Scottish Highlands +£10; islands and NI quoted. |
| Artwork check | Free file check on uploaded artwork (resolution, size and bleed). Designs made online: you see exactly what you will get. |
Questions
Quick answers about welcome sign printing.
Will someone look at my file before the outdoor welcome sign is printed?
Yes. A person checks every file you upload before printing starts. Paid help is there too: a clean layout from your text and logo (£15), a design from your brief (£35) or a logo redraw (£30), each with one first draft and two rounds of changes.
Is anything added to the price of my outdoor welcome sign order at checkout?
Only delivery, where it applies. The figure on the page is the one you pay at checkout. The £21.30 starting price for your outdoor welcome sign order is the full price of the goods. Mainland UK delivery adds £7.95 to the basket, and nothing once the goods reach £100 after any discount code.
Can I check the cost before I order?
It starts at £21.30, the cheapest combination, and changes as you pick options. The figure on the page is the one you pay at checkout. Spend £100 on goods (design fees are not counted) and UK mainland delivery is free; otherwise it is £7.95 once.
Can I order several signs at once?
Yes. Anything from 1 up to 1,000 is priced on this page. The price per piece usually drops as the number goes up, which helps clubs and shops ordering in bulk. Mainland UK delivery adds £7.95 to the basket, and nothing once the goods reach £100 after any discount code.
What is an outdoor welcome sign made of?
You can have 3mm Di-Bond or 5mm Foamex, with the design printed in full colour. Pick the one that suits where it will be used. It comes in 12 sizes. Prices start at £21.30.
Which sizes can I get an outdoor welcome sign in?
12 sizes, starting at A4 (210 × 297 mm) and going up to 1000 × 1000 mm. Prices start at £21.30 and change with the size you pick.
Asked by buyers
How cheaply can I get hold of Outdoor Welcome Signs?
Picked the way the page first loads, with 5mm Foamex, A4 · 210 × 297 mm and single Sided, Outdoor Welcome Signs come to £21.30. Any other mix of options, a faster turnaround included, gets its own price the moment you choose it, and that figure is what you pay at checkout. Only delivery is left to add. On its own the opening price of £21.30 would add £7.95 for mainland delivery; reach £100 of goods and that goes to zero.
Do the biggest sizes of Outdoor Welcome Signs cost more to deliver?
A flat £15 is added once per order when it contains an item longer than 3 m on a side (banners) or bigger than A0 (boards), because those need a specialist courier. Here that covers 1000 × 1000 mm. Three of them still pay it once. Smaller sizes travel normally. Delivery anywhere on the UK mainland is £7.95 an order, and it costs nothing once the goods come to £100 or more after any discount code (design and artwork fees are not counted). The biggest sizes of these signs go by specialist courier, which adds £15 once to the order. On its opening option, Outdoor Welcome Signs leaves us after 5 working days on Saver.
Is delivery extra on top of the price of Outdoor Welcome Signs?
Send it to a UK mainland address for a flat £7.95, or for free when the goods in the basket add up to £100 or more after discounts; artwork and design charges do not count towards that. An order of just this at the opening price of £21.30 is under £100, so it pays the £7.95. The very largest sizes go as oversize parcels, adding £15 to the order once. We price delivery first for Northern Ireland and for the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands, Scilly, the Scottish islands and the Isle of Man; Highland addresses on the mainland just pay £10 extra, one time per order. Choose Saver and these signs leave us after 5 working days; Express brings that down to 2.
Which turnaround speeds can I choose for Outdoor Welcome Signs?
Allow 5 working days on Saver, 3 on Standard or 2 on Express before Outdoor Welcome Signs are handed to the courier, based on the options the page opens with. Weekends and bank holidays are not counted, and nothing starts until the order is paid and the artwork is confirmed. Pick another size or material and the days beside each speed update, sometimes by a day. After it leaves us, the courier normally delivers in one to three working days and you get the tracking link by email.
Is the online designer free, and how do I use it?
Pick a starting layout, swap in your own words, logo and pictures, and move things around until it looks right. While you work, the tool flags sample text you forgot to change, small text, items outside the safe area and blurry images, before you can finish. It is free to use and the on-screen watermark does not print. What you see is what we print. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm). Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all. On its opening option, Outdoor Welcome Signs leaves us after 5 working days on Saver.
Which sheet material goes into these signs?
You can have Outdoor Welcome Signs made on 5mm Foamex and 3mm Di-Bond. Foamex, a foamed PVC board, is light with a smooth face and best indoors or somewhere sheltered; a thicker sheet stays stiffer at larger sizes. Dibond, an aluminium composite, keeps flat and rigid in all weathers and is the pick for permanent outdoor signs.
Can I leave these signs outside?
Out of doors, the board decides how long Outdoor Welcome Signs last. Dibond is built for long spells outdoors. Foamex belongs indoors or under cover; out in hot sun and rain it can start to bow over time. Adding the gloss or matt laminate helps the printed face resist scuffs. All print fades gradually in strong sunlight, so if a sign is staying up for a long time, point it away from the midday sun where you can.
How do people usually fix up these signs?
Putting up Outdoor Welcome Signs takes very little kit. Holes can come ready made: choose all corners or top corners under Drilling when you order. Then screws with washers for a wall, tightened gently. If the wall is smooth and indoors, double-sided foam tape or sticky pads avoid drilling altogether.
Could you price an A1 (594 × 841 mm) sign for me?
From £60.46, with the cheapest settings and the Saver service. Add £7.95 for UK mainland delivery, or nothing at all once the goods reach £100. Select it on the page and swap materials, finishes and speed to watch how the figure moves. Nothing is printed ahead of time: each sign is made to order for you.
I am not a business. Can I buy just one of these signs?
Of course. Anyone can order, with no trade account and no minimum beyond one. Prices for Outdoor Welcome Signs begin at £21.30, checkout works without an account and you pay by card. Parents, clubs, churches and small shops order single items all the time. On its own the opening price of £21.30 would add £7.95 for mainland delivery; reach £100 of goods and that goes to zero.
Could the total go up after I reach the checkout?
No surprises: what the page shows for these signs is the goods figure you pay at checkout. Delivery is the one extra, £7.95 to a UK mainland address, and it drops away when the goods reach £100 after discounts. Paid artwork help shows up as its own basket line, so you can check each amount before paying. Before delivery, these signs cost from £21.30. Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all.
How many Outdoor Welcome Signs can I buy at one time?
Anything from 1 to 1000. The quantity choices on the page run 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and upwards. The figure shown is for the whole batch, not for one, so divide it by the number you picked to see the cost of each. If you need more than 1000, send the size, number and date through our Get a quote page. Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all. Before delivery, these signs cost from £21.30.
And the largest sign, 1000 × 1000 mm: how much is that one?
From £110.35, with the cheapest settings and the Saver service. That clears the £100 mark on its own, so UK mainland delivery costs nothing. Select it on the page and swap materials, finishes and speed to watch how the figure moves. Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all.
Our event is close. Can Outdoor Welcome Signs be rushed?
Yes. Choose Express and Outdoor Welcome Signs can be on the way in 2 working days on the opening option, for £28.40, where Saver is £21.30 and takes 5 days. Then give the courier one to three working days, and send the artwork with the order, because the clock does not run until the file is sorted. If the date is really tight, message us on the Contact page before paying and we will tell you honestly.
I am not a designer. What if the file I send turns out to be unusable?
That is why a person looks at every upload before anything is printed. Typical snags are a document at the wrong size, missing bleed, blurry photos and words sitting too near the trim. If we spot one, we explain what to change and you send a fresh file. Or hand it over to us: for £15 our typesetting places your wording and logo on a neat layout, with one first draft and two rounds of changes. If you have no file, you can build the design for these signs in our free online designer and check every detail before ordering. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm).
Someone else is putting our file together. How does it reach you?
Easiest route: they send the finished file to whoever placed the order, and it gets uploaded after ordering. Up to 3 files of 25 MB each are fine. They can also reach us through the Contact page, as long as they quote your order number so it lands on the right job. Production waits for the checked file, so a late file means a later dispatch date. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm). Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all. On this page, Outdoor Welcome Signs start from £21.30.
How many pixels does a photo need to print well on these signs?
Big items seen from a distance only need 100 to 150 dpi at full size. So a 1000 × 1000 mm layout wants about 3,937 by 3,937 pixels. Keep lettering and logos as vectors if you can. An image copied off a web page or a social post rarely has enough pixels; if yours looks likely to print soft, our file check flags it. If you have no file, you can build the design for these signs in our free online designer and check every detail before ordering. On this page, Outdoor Welcome Signs start from £21.30.
Can I send a Word or Canva file for Outdoor Welcome Signs?
Word, PowerPoint and Canva are a fair place to start, but export a high quality PDF from them before uploading. Our first choice is always a PDF at the ordered size with fonts embedded or outlined, followed by AI, EPS or SVG, then high resolution JPG, PNG or TIFF. You can add three files, each up to 25 MB, on this page, or upload them after ordering from the email we send. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm). Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all. On this page, Outdoor Welcome Signs start from £21.30.
Once I finish designing these signs online, is the file mine to keep?
Two ways. Buy the file on its own: finish your design and pay £9.99 for the print-ready PDF, though you give up the right to cancel as soon as you start downloading it. Or order printing, and a full resolution PDF of the design travels with the order, waiting for you in your confirmation email and under My Account once you have paid. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm). Nothing is printed ahead of time: each sign is made to order for you. On this page, Outdoor Welcome Signs start from £21.30.
Does the profile cut option I choose make a difference to Outdoor Welcome Signs?
A profile cut follows the edge of your artwork, so the board ends up shaped like your design rather than a plain oblong. Put a cut line in your file, or tell us and we will add one. For Outdoor Welcome Signs the list runs yes or no. Try each one on the page: the figure changes as you click, so the cost of every choice is clear.
Can you explain the lamination setting for Outdoor Welcome Signs?
The lamination option has 3 settings: matt (One Side), none or gloss (One Side). A laminate is a very thin clear layer sealed over the print. Gloss gives richer, punchier colour; matt takes the shine away so photos and text are easier to read under lights; soft touch feels smooth, almost like velvet. Whichever you pick, the surface copes better with scuffs. Switch between them on the page and the total updates straight away, so you can see what each one adds. For these signs, the material can be 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond. Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all.
How do I pick the right sides printed for Outdoor Welcome Signs?
The sides printed option has 2 settings: double Sided or single Sided. One side means the design appears on the front only. Two sides puts print on both faces, handy when people approach from either direction, for example a flag on a pole or a sign that faces two ways. Switch between them on the page and the total updates straight away, so you can see what each one adds. For these signs, the material can be 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond. Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all.
Material on Outdoor Welcome Signs: how do the choices differ?
It is what your design gets printed onto. For Outdoor Welcome Signs the list runs 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond. Try each one on the page: the figure changes as you click, so the cost of every choice is clear.
Can these signs have print on the front and the back?
They can: switch Sides Printed to double sided for Outdoor Welcome Signs. Two-way printing makes sense for boards seen coming and going, such as one hanging on a fence beside a lane, or pushed into a lawn on a stake. Send two pages, front then back, and tell us if the back is simply a copy of the front.
Could we put these signs up on a building site or around works?
They work on site hoardings and cabins. Whoever puts them up should tie off every fixing point firmly and check again once the wind has been blowing. For these signs, the material can be 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond. A question in the box on this page gets a reply from a real person, not a script.
I run a small shop. Would these signs work on the front of it?
A cafe, salon, market stall or corner shop can put these signs to good use out front. Fixed to the fascia or wall with screws, a printed board makes a tidy shop sign. For scale, 508 × 762 mm is £55.02. Large or lit signs may need advertisement consent from the council, and your landlord may have a say.
We have a school fair coming up. Would these signs be suitable?
Yes. Tie them to railings, a fence or a gazebo, or stand them on an easel. If you are outside and the wind picks up, check the fixings again during the day. Leave time for making and delivery before the date of the fair. For these signs, the material can be 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond. Before delivery, these signs cost from £21.30.
We are putting up a full set of signs at our premises. Which ones sit well next to this one?
A school corridor, a shop floor or a club house rarely needs just one notice. Two that often go up beside this one: Office Signs and Indoor Business Signs. Keep every sign in one board type so the set matches, look up sizes and prices on each page, then check out once: one delivery charge for the whole basket, free over £100 of goods. For these signs, the material can be 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond.
Could these signs do the job at a community garden or an allotment gate?
Outdoor Welcome Signs can do it, if you match the board to how long the sign stays up. A permanent sign on the gate or fence is best in Dibond, which stays flat and copes with the weather for years. Foamex is better kept for inside the shed or the club room. Ask for holes drilled in all corners or top corners and the board arrives ready for cable ties or screws.
Which drilling would you suggest for Outdoor Welcome Signs?
With drilling, the corners arrive with holes already made, so the board can go straight up with screws or cable ties and you never need to get the drill out. For Outdoor Welcome Signs the list runs top corners, no or all corners. Try each one on the page: the figure changes as you click, so the cost of every choice is clear.
How would I decide between Indoor Business Signs and Outdoor Welcome Signs?
Set Outdoor Welcome Signs beside Indoor Business Signs and a few things differ. Material: 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond on this page, against 5mm Foamex or 3mm Foamex on the other. Sizes: 10 on this page, the smallest A4 (210 × 297 mm), and 11 on the other, the smallest A4 (210 × 297 mm). Opening price: £21.30 on this page and £19.81 on the other. Go by the spot it is going in and how long it needs to last, then open both pages and compare the live totals.
Should I get Outdoor Welcome Signs, or would Office Signs suit me better?
Set Outdoor Welcome Signs beside Office Signs and a few things differ. Material: 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond on this page, against 3mm Di-Bond or 3mm Foamex on the other. Sizes: 10 on this page, the smallest A4 (210 × 297 mm), and 11 on the other, the smallest A4 (210 × 297 mm). Opening price: £21.30 on this page and £19.81 on the other. Go by the spot it is going in and how long it needs to last, then open both pages and compare the live totals.
Our club needs a big batch of signs, or an odd size. Can you price it?
Yes. Fill in our Get a quote page, giving the size, how many, the material, when you need them and the delivery postcode, and attach your artwork if it is ready. A price comes back to you by email. You may not need a quote at all: Outdoor Welcome Signs can be ordered in your own size from 100 mm up to 2440 × 1220 mm right on the page.
Can I send these signs back if I no longer need them?
If they arrive faulty, damaged or not what you ordered, yes: under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 we reprint or refund. A change of mind is different. Each order is made to your specification, and reg. 28(1)(b) of the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 takes those goods out of the 14-day right to cancel. Before production starts, though, you can cancel for all your money back. Nothing is printed ahead of time: each sign is made to order for you. Sizes for these signs go from A4 (210 × 297 mm) at the small end to 1000 × 1000 mm, 10 in all.
Who looks after me once I have bought Outdoor Welcome Signs?
FatPrint does, from start to finish. We take your order and payment, a person on our team checks your file, and Outdoor Welcome Signs are made to order for you rather than taken off a shelf. It then goes to you by courier, with tracking sent by email. Questions before or after ordering go through the box on this page or the Contact page, and a person replies.
Do I pay delivery on each item in my basket?
No. One delivery charge covers the whole basket, so adding Outdoor Welcome Signs to other items does not add a second one. It is £7.95 to a UK mainland address and nothing once the goods total £100 after any discount code. Using the same design on two items? Pick the reuse-artwork option on the second one and you pay the artwork fee just once. Each line keeps its own size and quantity.
Some of our visitors have poor eyesight. Will these signs be easy for them to read?
Three things help most: strong contrast between the words and the background, a plain bold font, and a size that matches how far away people will be. Our standard safety sign layouts use the high-contrast colour pairings laid down for safety signs. Mount the sign at eye height, where it is well lit and not catching glare, and keep the message short. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm).
Bleed and dpi mean nothing to me. Can I still get printing done?
Yes. You do not need any print knowledge to order Outdoor Welcome Signs. Send us your words and logo with the typesetting option (£15) and we build the layout, then you get a first draft and two rounds of changes. If you would rather make it yourself, the online designer checks the technical side as you go. Whatever you choose, a real person looks at the file before printing.
Which mistakes does the online designer warn me about?
Five things: placeholder wording still sitting in the layout, lettering smaller than will print clearly, anything creeping past the safe area or right up to the trim, logos or photos with too few pixels for the size, and shapes lying on top of words. A serious issue has to be sorted before you finish, while a plain warning can be accepted if you are happy with it. Your spelling is not read, so go over names, numbers and dates yourself. Make the artwork for these signs the same size as the one you order, such as A4 (210 × 297 mm). Before delivery, these signs cost from £21.30.
Will these signs sit on an easel at a wedding or event?
Yes. A rigid board rests happily on an ordinary display easel, which makes it popular for welcome signs, seating plans and menus. For an easel, the thicker Foamex choices are stiffer and will not sag. We do not supply the easel, so borrow one, ask the venue or use your own. For these signs, the material can be 5mm Foamex or 3mm Di-Bond.
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