In Love With Our Custom Stage Banners
We got an email from a client yesterday. They’re a three piece math rock band from Cleveland and they were starting a 10 city tour from the midwest to the northwest. It was their first major tour, and when they arrived at the first gig, it was clear the rest of the bands booked had a lot more presence and materials than them. They had nothing to dress the stage, no one would know who they were.
They started looking for vinyl banners, but they didn’t expect the multi-hundred dollar price tags they got for professionally produced vinyl banners. They got ahold of us to see if we could help. We set them up with three full color sublimated banners that looked seriously killer. They ordered online and we had the stage banners drop shipped to their next venue, for them to pickup when they arrived. They hung one from each side of the tour PA stacks and hung one up behind their merch booth. It instantly transformed the vibe of their band, they immediately got recognition (12 bands were touring together), people perked up at took notice when they took the stage and they became associated as “One of the headlining acts” of the tour.
People immediately started paying more attention to their merch booth too, which spiked up their tshirt and cd sales, which put more money in the band’s pocket from each gig.
By the end of the letter, the three guys who started out as the unknown underdogs came out on top as one of the centerpieces of the tour, with a new swarm of great fans and bellies full of real food, not gas station sandwiches.
With the myspace discount, the band paid less for all three of our stage banners than for ONE vinyl stage banner, and that wasn’t even FULL COLOR, plus ours are a cloth composite which stores and holds up way better than vinyl, which can crack and wrinkle.
Check them out! You won’t be disappointed. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT CUSTOM STAGE BANNERS.
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August 18th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
We are a midwest band beginning to shop for stage banners.
Do you have anywhere to view some of your work? Prices?
Thanks,
Matt
August 19th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
All of our tshirts and banners reproduce at photographic quality, so quality wise, what you send is what you get. Based on your comment, we are going to post a sample section though.
As far as prices go, the design tool calculates a price after you design your tshirt or banner. For banners, the prices start at $85 and go down depending on how many you get.
Compare that to full color vinyl printing, which would run probably around $500 for the same space, and our banners are a great deal.
It’s also worth noting that our banners aren’t printed, they’re sublimated, which means the threads are actually dyed, making your image permanent- Guaranteed not to crack or fade.
September 20th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I am interested in what size stage banners you can do and what the costs are? We are looking for a banner that is approximately 12′L x10′H using our logo that you can find on the website supplied. Will you need a camera ready version or can you just go off a hi-res tiff?
Thanks,
Bjorn
October 20th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
We are looking to buy 2 stage banners to put on pvc pipe stands in front of our cabs. Please e-mail prices.
May 13th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Well, currently our largest banner is 80″ x 60″. Artwork wise, we accept either PNG or JPG – 100 dpi is fine.
May 25th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I am in need of two large stage banngers to hang on pvc pipes in front of our speakers. Approximately 5′x6′. Could you give me a price estimate?
May 25th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
No problem, we can help with banners, we have the best. Everything we
do is full color, so you can use as few or as many in your design as
you want and the price is the same. All prices include shipping and
taxes. Turnaround time is usually about a week (2-3 days of production
+ shipping time). If you have a rush, let us know and we can expedite
shipping. Rush jobs usually add an extra $100 (all from the overnight
shipping, not us).
All artwork should be 100 dpi PNG or JPGs. Transparent areas in PNG
files will be white. You can email your artwork to
operations@shirtsforbands.com
Stage Banners: Heavier sublimated sweatshirt material, hemmed, square edges
40″ x 30″ – $150
60″ x 50″ – $200
80″ x 60″ – $250
Amp Banners: Lighter sublimated poly fleece won’t interfere with sound
or scratch/damage equipment, sewn, rounded edges
40″ x 30″ – $100
60″ x 50″ – $150
80″ x 60″ – $200
Vinyl Outdoor Banners: Full color printed vinyl they have grommets and
are super strong for being so lightweight.
** Banner with vertical stand is really cool – it collapses very
easily down into its own carrying bag.
17.5″ x 25.5″ $120
2′ x 3′ $130
4′ x 4′ $140
6′ x 2′ $136
6′ x 3′ $140
6′ x 4′ $156
8′ x 2′ $175
8′ x 3′ $185
8′ x 4′ $200
30″x60″ Vertical Banner (without Stand) $140
30″x60″ Vertical Banner (with Stand) $320
We take paypal or credit cards.
Let us know if you want to pump up your band’s image with some killer
stage graphics.
- The ShirtsForBands.com team.