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Counter stands

The one that works while nobody is standing there.

A counter stand sits on a counter and does the introducing for you. It is for the people who did not want to interrupt, the ones who came while you were with somebody else, and the ones who would rather read than talk.

From £19 each · 7–10 working days · UK delivery £10.19 per order, free over £100 of printed items

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Why this one

A counter stand for a till, a reception desk or a table at a show. Stands up on its own and scans from across the desk.

It stands up on its own

A fold-out strut on the back, so it goes on a desk, a counter or a table without a holder, a stand or anything to buy alongside it.

Its own code, its own history

The one on the reception desk and the one at the show are separate codes, so afterwards you know which of them people actually used.

Change where it points without moving it

Point the code somewhere else - a booking page one month, a seasonal offer the next - and the card on the counter carries on doing its job.

Size and prices

What it costs before delivery

SizeEach
A5 · 148 × 210 mm£19
A4 · 210 × 297 mm£24
A3 · 297 × 420 mm£29

7–10 working days · UK delivery £10.19 per order, free over £100 of printed items. Made to order, and priced on the page — pick a size and order it. A quote is for a bigger run than the page will take, a size or finish we do not list, or something the range does not carry. Cards, by contrast, are posted free within 7–10 working days.

What happens if you ask

Five steps, and you can stop at any of them

  1. Design it, or do not

    Make it in the Design Studio, send us artwork, or let us set it from the profile you already have. None of the three costs anything and none of them commits you.

  2. Tell us what you need

    Size, quantity, and where it is going. About a minute. Those three are what a price depends on, which is why the form asks for them rather than for a paragraph.

  3. The price is on the page

    Pick the size and the quantity and the total is there, delivery included in the basket. Nothing is priced by hand unless you ask us to - which is what the quote form is for.

  4. A person checks it before it prints

    Every order gets a human look at the artwork and the specification before anything goes to press. Nothing is made while you are still thinking about it.

  5. It is made and sent

    Made to order and delivered. The code on it stays yours: point it somewhere else next year and the thing you are holding carries on working.

Why order it here

Four things a printer cannot say

A person checks it

Every order gets a human look at the artwork and the specification before it goes to press. A calculator sets the price; a person stops the mistake.

Delivery is a stated rate

One flat UK rate per order, free once the printed items pass the threshold. No carriage surprise between accepting a price and paying it.

Nothing is made until you say so

A quote is an invitation to buy. It becomes an order when you accept and pay it, and not a moment earlier.

The code outlives the print

Point it at something else whenever you like. The printed thing does not have to be reprinted because a number changed.

Where it goes

Reception desks, trade counters, salon mirrors, cafe tables, the end of a bar, a table at a show. Anywhere somebody is waiting, or has just been served and has ten spare seconds.

What it is made of

  • Printed board with a fold-out strut.
  • Counter, reception desk, table at a show.

What it is not

It is printed board with a strut, so it lives indoors and it is not built to survive being knocked about. If it needs to go on a wall or outside, that is a board or a sign rather than this.

The code behind it

Every one of these carries its own code, and the code points at a live profile rather than at a phone number. Change the profile and the printed thing stays correct; point the code somewhere else and it starts doing a different job without being reprinted. Each code keeps its own history, so a set of them tells you which one people used. More on that in how the codes work, and the whole range is on one page.

If it is for a stand or a show, the events page puts the staff cards, the table stand and the board together in one setup.

Questions people ask before they fill the form in

Does it need a holder or a stand?
No. There is a fold-out strut on the back, so it stands on a counter or a desk on its own with nothing else to buy.
Can I change what it points at without reprinting?
Yes. Point the code somewhere else - a booking page one month, an offer the next - and the card on the counter carries on doing its job.
Can it go outside?
It is printed board, so no. Outdoors is the metal sign, which is built for it and costs about twice a board of the same size.

Something not answered here? Ask a person — there are two of us and no ticket queue.

One live profile. Update it once, every card stays current.