Practical guides for business owners ordering custom signage — materials, costs, lighting, installation and importing from China. Written by our factory engineers, in plain English.
These signage guides are written for business owners who need to order a sign — not for other factories. Each one answers a single buying question: which product suits your storefront, what it costs, how long it takes, and what you have to prepare before installation.
We write from the factory floor. When a material performs badly in cold weather, or a power supply fails in year two, that shows up in our own production and warranty data — so it goes into the guide.
If you are deciding between product types, start with Channel Letters, Halo Letters or a Light Box? — it walks through the five things we check before quoting a storefront.
To see finished results across restaurants, retail, gyms, spas and gas stations, browse the commercial signage portfolio.
For industry standards on signage and wayfinding, the International Sign Association is the reference body we follow.
Each guide ends with the same short checklist. Send us your vector logo (AI, EPS, SVG or PDF), the finished size you want, a photo of the wall or fascia, and your US zip code. Our engineering team returns a 1:1 scale CAD blueprint and a DDP price — the sign landed at your door, duties included — usually within 24 hours, before you pay anything.
Guides are reviewed whenever a material or shipping rule changes, so the numbers you read here match what we quote today.
Yeliang, our lead signage engineer and co-founder, writes each guide from live production data and customer projects. You can read more about our factory in Guangzhou on the about page.
A finished channel letter sign from our own Guangzhou workshop.
Signage Guides Channel Letters, Halo Letters or a Light Box? How We Decide Channel letters vs light box — that is the first question most storefront owners ask us. Last month a gas station…
