For a lot of small shops and businesses in Colombo, a flex banner is the fastest way to get signage up — faster than commissioning a permanent sign, and far cheaper. A new shop opening, a temporary promotion, a sale, or a name change all tend to start with a banner while anything more permanent gets sorted out later.
Why flex/vinyl for a storefront
Flex/vinyl banners are printed to be weatherproof, which matters directly for anything mounted outside a shopfront through Colombo's sun and rain. That's the same material used for shop signage, outdoor advertising, and site signage — it's built to be left up outdoors, not just displayed briefly indoors.
Sizing your banner
Measure the actual space you're covering — the fascia above your shop entrance, a wall panel, or a freestanding frame — in feet, since that's the unit pricing runs on. Sizes always round up to the next whole foot per side (e.g. 8ft 1in bills as 9ft), so it's worth measuring to the nearest inch you can rather than rounding generously yourself. Round numbers (e.g. 8ft x 3ft rather than 8ft 4in x 3ft 2in) also make eyelet placement easier to plan around.
Pricing your signage
Pricing is area x LKR 95/sq.ft, so an 8ft x 3ft storefront banner works out to 24 sq.ft x LKR 95 = LKR 2,280, and a larger 12ft x 4ft fascia banner is 48 sq.ft x LKR 95 = LKR 4,560. Enter your exact measurements into the calculator on the banner ordering page for the precise total.
Choosing finishing for signage use
- Eyelets — for hanging or tying the banner to a frame, railing, or fascia structure
- Pocket — for sliding over a horizontal pipe or bar, common for banners mounted flush against a wall
Either option — or both together — adds a flat LKR 200 per banner, so it's worth picking whichever actually matches how it'll be mounted rather than defaulting to both.