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title: "Sign Pricing Models: Simple Letter, Advanced & Frame Fit"
description: "Compare Sign Customiser's three sign pricing models — Simple Letter, Advanced Letter, and Frame Fit. See how each handles sizing, materials, and shipping for neon, lightbox, channel letter, and panel signs."
url: "https://www.signcustomiser.com/models/"
lastModified: "2026-04-28"
---

# Sign Pricing Models

Sign Customiser offers three sign pricing models that calculate cost from size, materials, and complexity. Use **Simple Letter** for fixed-size signs priced per character, **Advanced Letter** for neon and channel letter signs priced by material length, and **Frame Fit** for lightboxes, panels, and frame-based products priced by area or volume.

### Simple Letter

### Advanced Letter

### Frame Fit

## Pricing Method

### Primary pricing calculation

Character count × tier price

Multiple options:

• Material length (cm)

• Area (cm²)

• Volume (cm³)

Dimensional pricing:

• Area (cm²)

• Volume (cm³)

### Fixed price per letter

✓

✓

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### Start price

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✓

✓

### Base price per line

✓

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### Material length-based pricing

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✓

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### Area-based pricing

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✓

✓

## Sizing & Dimensions

### Size options

Predefined tiers

Presets + custom dimensions

Presets + custom dimensions

### Customer-chosen dimensions

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✓

✓

### Accurate font-based sizing

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✓

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### Maximum lines of text

Up to 6 lines

Unlimited

N/A (frame-based)

### Character limits per line

✓

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## Features & Capabilities

### Font-based tier pricing

✓

✓

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### Min height for letters

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✓

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### Volumetric shipping calculations

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✓

✓

### Best for

Signs with fixed height or fixed width sizes

Neon signs, cut letters with material costs

Lightbox signs, panels, and frame-focused products

Looking for more detail? Read about [sign pricing software](/sign-pricing-software/), see how Sign Customiser [compares to dezigner.ai](/dezigner-ai-vs-sign-customiser/), or [start a free trial](/install/) to set up your first sign customiser.