- Door hangers drop from about $0.42 to about $0.26 each between 100 and 250, so a blitz covering more than 150 to 200 doors comes out ahead ordering 250 outright.
- 5 yard signs run $35.11 base, enough for the listing plus two or three busy corners to catch drive-by traffic on the day of the event.
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hotprintsusa-10-off-for-copiesdoes not apply to door hangers or yard signs; it is scoped to color copies only.
An agent running an open house blitz for a listing needs two different print products working on two different timelines: door hangers canvassed through the neighborhood the week before, and a yard sign placed the day of the event itself. Prices below are base print figures from 55printing.com, checked live in July 2026. Shipping is a separate line in the cart.
Door hangers do the invite, the yard sign does the day-of pointer
Door hangers invite the neighborhood the week before ($64.78 base for 250), and a yard sign catches drive-by traffic on the actual day ($35.11 base for 5). Neither piece replaces the other, so budget for both on their own timelines rather than one combined order.
A door hanger left on doorknobs throughout the surrounding blocks is how an agent invites the neighborhood itself to the open house, not just people already searching listings online. It carries the date, time, address, and a QR code to the listing photos. A yard sign in front of the property, or at a nearby corner, does a different job entirely: it catches drive-by traffic on the actual day and points people to the door. Neither piece replaces the other.
Price anchors for a neighborhood blitz
| Product | Quantity | Base price | Approx. per unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Door hangers | 100 | $42.36 | $0.42 |
| Door hangers | 250 | $64.78 | $0.26 |
| Yard sign, 18×24 | 5 | $35.11 | $7.02 |
Door hangers drop sharply in per-unit cost between 100 and 250, from about $0.42 to about $0.26 each, so a blitz covering more than about 150 to 200 doors usually comes out ahead ordering the 250 tier outright rather than two runs at the smaller count.
Scenario: canvassing 180 homes before a Saturday open house
An agent lists a home in a neighborhood of about 180 houses and plans to canvass every door within a short walk of the listing the week before a Saturday open house. Ordering 250 door hangers at $64.78 covers the full 180-home walk with room for a second nearby street the agent decides to add once the first batch is already printed, and the per-hanger cost at that tier, about $0.26, beats ordering exactly 180 at the smaller tier’s rate.
For the day of the event, the agent orders 5 yard signs at $35.11: one for the front yard of the listing itself, and a few placed at the two or three busiest nearby intersections to catch drive-by traffic that never saw the door hanger. The signs go up Saturday morning and come down the same evening, since a sign left up for days past the event tends to look neglected and can work against the listing rather than for it.
The agent keeps the door hanger and yard sign designs visually consistent, same colors, same headline style, so anyone who saw a hanger on their door recognizes the sign on the corner as the same event rather than two unrelated pieces of marketing.
Door hangers
- Invite the surrounding neighborhood, not just online searchers
- Need to go out several days before the event to be remembered
- 250 tier at $64.78 covers a full 180-home walk with room to spare
Yard sign
- Catches drive-by traffic on the actual day only
- Needs to be in hand by the Friday before a Saturday event
- 5 signs at $35.11 covers the listing plus a couple of busy corners
Code hotprintsusa-10-off-for-copies is scoped to eligible color copies products on 55printing.com. It does not apply to door hangers or yard signs, so do not expect a discount line on either piece of an open house order. Check the deals hub for any real estate marketing code we verify later.
Design tips for a door hanger that gets read on a doorstep
- Lead with the date and time in large type; that is the one detail a homeowner needs in the three seconds they glance at it before going inside
- Add a QR code straight to the listing photos, not the agent’s general website homepage
- Keep the agent’s name and phone number visible but secondary to the open house details themselves
- Use the die-cut slot style meant to hang on a doorknob rather than a flat card that just gets left wedged in a door
Keep a small buffer of blank corner signage or a sticker overlay ready in case the open house gets rescheduled after signs are already printed. A printed date cannot be changed on the sign itself, and reschedules happen more often than agents plan for.
Turnaround before a Friday-to-Saturday deadline
Door hangers need to be canvassed with enough days left before the open house for the neighborhood to actually see and remember the invite, so order at least a week ahead of the canvassing day, not the open house day itself. Yard signs need to be in hand by Friday for a Saturday event, which means ordering with standard turnaround and ground shipping days both counted backward from that Friday, not from the Saturday the open house actually happens.
Order door hangers for the canvass and a yard sign for the day of, then see the live total for each before you check out.
FAQ
Should door hangers or yard signs get printed first?
Door hangers first, since they need to be distributed several days before the event to do their job. Order the yard sign afterward with its own shipping timeline aimed at arriving by the Friday before the open house.
Is it legal to leave door hangers on every doorknob in a neighborhood?
Rules vary by city, HOA, and apartment complex. Check local ordinances and any HOA restrictions before canvassing a neighborhood you have not worked before, since some communities restrict unsolicited door-to-door materials.
How many yard signs does one listing actually need?
One at the property is the minimum. Two or three more at nearby busy intersections usually covers a typical single-listing open house without needing a larger run.
Does the coupon apply if door hangers and yard signs are ordered together with color copies?
No. The discount only applies to eligible color copies line items. Door hanger and yard sign lines in the same cart will not show a discount even if a color copies line does.
Should the yard sign match the door hanger design exactly?
They do not need to be identical, but consistent colors and headline style help anyone who saw one piece recognize the other as the same event, which reinforces the invite rather than looking like two separate campaigns.
What if the open house gets rescheduled after signs are already printed?
A printed date cannot be changed on the sign itself. Keep a small buffer of blank corner signage or a sticker overlay ready for exactly this situation, since reschedules happen more often than agents plan for.
