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How to make your hours sign
- Type your business name. Add your phone number and website if you want them on the sign.
- Choose Business hours for your regular week, or Holiday hours for the days you close or change your hours.
- Set the times for each day, or tick Closed. Use Copy Monday to weekdays if Monday to Friday are the same.
- Pick a design and a color. Check the preview, then download the PDF or click Print. Download the square post too if you share your hours online.
What to put on an hours sign
- Your business name, so people know the sign is current and yours.
- Every day of the week, including the days you're closed. A missing day makes people guess.
- Opening and closing times with AM and PM (or 24-hour times, if that's what your customers use).
- Holiday dates with the weekday, like "Thanksgiving · Thu, Nov 26". The weekday helps people who don't know the date by heart.
- When regular hours return, in the short message line: "Back to regular hours on Friday."
- Your phone number and website, so people can check before they drive over. The optional QR code opens your website on a phone.
Where to post it
- On the door, at eye level, facing out. Tape it inside the glass so rain can't reach it, or slide it into a clear sheet protector.
- In a front window if people see your store from the parking lot or the street. That's why the headline is so big.
- At the counter or register, a week or two before a holiday, so regulars see it before the day comes.
- On social media: the square 1080 × 1080 image fits Instagram and Facebook posts.
- On your Google Business Profile: Google lets you add special hours for single dates, like a holiday, next to your regular hours. Add them ahead of time, so people who look you up on Google see the right hours for that day. You can also share the square image there as a post or photo. Google's menus change from time to time; if you can't find special hours, search the Google Business Profile help for "special hours".
- On your website: update your hours page and contact page too, so they say the same thing as the door.
Tips for a sign people can read from a distance
- Fewer words, bigger letters. Leave the message line empty if you don't need it.
- Dark text on white, or white text on a dark color. All the colors here are dark enough for white text.
- Black and white printing works for every design. Classic looks the same either way.
- Take old signs down when the holiday is over, so the door never shows two different answers.
What this tool does, and its limits
- Your sign is made in your browser, and there is no account. Nothing you type is sent to FlatRateChat unless you click the button to try FlatRateChat on your website, which carries your website address.
- Your last sign is saved in this browser only (if your browser allows it). Start over clears it.
- The holiday dates (Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Easter and the fixed dates) are worked out for this year and next. For anything else, pick Another date. Please check the dates and times in the preview before you print.
- The PDF holds the sign as one picture on a US Letter page, so its text can't be edited in a PDF reader. Change it here and download it again.
- The QR code opens the website address you typed. Scan it with your phone camera once before you print.
- The QR code is made with the open-source qrcode-generator library (MIT license) by Kazuhiko Arase. Google and Google Business Profile are trademarks of Google LLC; Instagram and Facebook are trademarks of Meta Platforms, Inc. This free tool is made by FlatRateChat and is not made by or connected with Google or Meta.
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Questions
Is the Business Hours Sign Maker free?
Yes. No signup, no email, no card, and no watermark on your sign. It is made by FlatRateChat, a website chatbot company.
Do you keep my information?
No. Your sign is made in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us unless you click the button to try FlatRateChat on your website (that button carries your website address). Your last sign is saved in this browser, on this device, so it's still here when you come back. Click Start over to clear it.
Can I print it?
Yes. Download the PDF (US Letter, 8.5 × 11 in) or click Print. In the print window, choose 100% or "Actual size". It works on a home printer in color or black and white, and print shops can print the PDF too.
Can I make a "Closed for the holiday" sign?
Yes. Choose Holiday hours, pick the headline CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY, and add each day. Each day can be Closed or Open with its own hours, like Christmas Eve 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Can I post it on Instagram, Facebook or Google?
Yes. Download the square post (1080 × 1080 PNG) and share it like any photo. On Google, also add the special hours to your Business Profile, so the hours shown there match your sign.
My bar closes after midnight. Does that work?
Yes. Set the closing time to the time you close, like 2:00 AM. The sign shows "6:00 PM – 2:00 AM".
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Fill in the form, check the preview below it, and download. On an iPhone, the files go to the Files app. To print from a phone, use Print or open the PDF and share it to your printer.