Trade only ◆ Sign, wrap & print shops
Vector redraw for sign shops
The job is sold. The deposit is in. The art the customer sent is a 200-pixel JPG from their Facebook page. Send it here — a designer who has sat at a sign shop art desk redraws it by hand, and you get a file the plotter, the router and the printer will all take.
- $15
- Starting price
- 24–48 hr
- Turnaround
- Free
- Redo if wrong
The shop-floor problem
Art holds up more jobs than material does
Every sign shop owner knows the pattern. The sale closes in ten minutes. Then the file arrives and somebody in the back spends forty-five minutes in Image Trace, fighting node handles, re-setting type that came out as blobs, and still ends up with a mark that does not match what the customer handed you. Meanwhile the plotter is idle and the installer is waiting on a date.
Trade Desk Graphics takes that forty-five minutes off your desk for $15 to $45. You send the file, you get a firm quote by email, you approve it, and the clean vector lands in your inbox in 24–48 hours while your designer does the work only your designer can do.
What sign shops send us
Every kind of job, one kind of file
- Cut vinyl — storefront lettering, window graphics, fleet decals. Closed paths, no overlaps, no stray points.
- Channel letters and dimensional signs — a clean master plus a one-color outline version for routing and return layout.
- Monument and panel signs — artwork that scales from a proof to a 6-foot cabinet without a second redraw.
- Banners and large format — spot colors as named swatches so the RIP reads them correctly.
- Franchise and dealer logos — the national brand artwork the regional manager could only send as a PNG.
What you get
Files that go straight to production
- AI · EPS · SVG · PDF — editable, fonts outlined, plus the live-type version
- Transparent PNG at 4000 px and a JPG for the customer proof
- Solid colors as named spot swatches; Pantone or vinyl match on request
- Black and reversed one-color versions on every job
- Layers named so the back of the shop finds things without asking
Need separations for screen print on the same job? See artwork for screen printers. Fleet or vehicle work? See vector artwork for wrap shops.
Pricing
Three flat rates, quoted before you pay
Simple Graphic
One- or two-color marks, wordmarks, and simple shapes. Clean edges, no effects. The majority of what walks into a sign shop.
- Up to 2 flat colors
- Text redrawn or font-matched
- All formats, one revision round
Most ordered
Standard Graphic
Multi-color flat artwork with more detail — badges, icons with text, layered shapes, small type.
- Up to 6 flat / spot colors
- Detail rebuilt, not simplified away
- All formats, two revision rounds
Complex Graphic
Gradients, shading, illustration, mascots, distressed or hand-drawn marks, crest-style badges.
- Gradient and mesh rebuild
- Print separations on request
- All formats, two revision rounds
FAQ
Questions sign shops ask
Do you deliver cut-ready files?
You get clean closed paths with no overlaps and no stray points, which is what a plotter needs. Weeding lines, bridges and material-specific setup are done on your end — we deliver the artwork, not the production file.
Can you set up the artwork for channel letters or routing?
We deliver a clean vector master. Stroke-to-outline, return depth, trim cap and face/return separation are production decisions that belong in your shop. If you want the one-color outline version used for a routing path, it is included on every job.
What about Pantone or vinyl color matching?
Solid colors come back as named spot swatches. Tell us the Pantone or vinyl color in the notes and we set the swatch to it; otherwise we match the source as closely as the source allows.
Can I send ten logos at once?
Yes. Ten or more graphics a month qualifies for a batch rate — ask in the notes or by email.
Got artwork sitting on a sold job?
Send it now. Quote first, files in 24–48 hours.
Send your graphic