How much do foam PVC signs cost in Australia?

What they cost, by size and thickness

Every figure below is one sign printed one side, in an order of five or more, including GST and delivery Australia-wide. Multiply by five for the smallest order. Read from the same price list the checkout charges from.

Most print gets cheaper per piece the more you order, because the set-up is spread over more pieces. PVC foam board is different: each sign is a cut of sheet and a pass through a flatbed printer, and both cost the same per sign whether there are five or thirty. So the price is flat — $26 for an A3 in 5mm at five, and $26 at thirty — and the five-sign minimum is there because the courier charges for the carton, not the count. What that buys you is freedom in the order: five signs can be five different designs at no extra cost, since each one is its own cut and its own print anyway.

5mm is the most rigid: for a sign that stands on its own, hangs from two points or gets handled. It is the dearest by a few dollars a sign. 3mm is for signs screwed or stuck flat to a wall or door, where the wall does the holding. 2mm is the lightest and cheapest, for a panel that is fully supported — taped inside a frame or onto glass. On an A3 the whole spread is $23 to $26; on an A1 it widens to $32 against $41, because a big thin board is cheap and a big thick one is a lot of plastic.

Printing both sides adds $3 a sign, for a board that hangs in a window or from a ceiling. Holes drilled in the four corners are free. Double-sided tape on the corners, so the sign goes straight onto a wall, is $15 once per order, and a router cut to your own shape is $15 once per order, however many signs. Up to five different designs in one order cost nothing extra, shared equally across the quantity; an uneven split is $40 for the extra setup.

PVC foam does not soak up water, so rain does not hurt it, but it is an indoor board that manages a short spell outside rather than a sign for a fence. If the board is going on a site, a hoarding or a verge for months, corflute is made for the weather and costs about the same; if it is for a wall, a door, a counter or a stand, foam PVC is the smoother, whiter, more solid board. Foam board, paper over a foam core, is the lighter and cheaper indoor option for a sign that will not be handled.

What is not in that figure

Nothing for delivery. Delivery is included in this price — Australia-wide, with no freight line at the cart and nothing added later. Allow 1 to 2 working days longer outside NSW, QLD and VIC. Your complete delivered price is confirmed before you pay. Artwork from your own file is set up free; a sign designed from nothing is quoted per job. The A3, A2 and A1 templates have the bleed and safe area marked.

1. What thickness? A low price is usually 2mm or 3mm. Compare the same thickness.
2. Is it PVC foam or foam board? Foam board is paper over a foam core, cheaper and not wipeable. The two are often quoted under one name.
3. One side or both? Ours is $3 more a sign for the second side; some quotes nearly double.
4. Holes, tape, cutting? Small extras that add up across an order. Ours: holes free, tape $15 and shaped cutting $15, each once per order.
5. Delivered? Rigid board is bulky to ship, and freight on a small order can be half the price again. Every figure here includes delivery.
6. Including GST? Every figure here includes it.