What is a community board?
A 24″ × 36″ board we design, print, deliver and set up inside a local venue — a restaurant, a café, a barbershop, a service counter. The top of it belongs to the venue: they write their own specials and notices there. Underneath are six panels. Five are sold to local businesses. The sixth is given to a local nonprofit, free, and is never sold to anyone.
How big is my panel?
Approximately 7.1 × 4.7 inches, printed on magnet.
How many other businesses share the board with me?
Four. Six panels, five of them for sale, and no two of the five are in the same trade. You are sharing the wall with four other shops, not eleven.
What is the difference between $600 and $900?
Position, and nothing else. $900 is a top‑row panel, next to the venue’s own notices, where people look first. There are two of those on a board. Everything else is identical — same size, same inclusions, same twelve months. A slot is $600 unless you ask for the top row.
When do the twelve months start?
The day the board is in place, not the day you pay. On that day we email you a photograph of the whole board where it stands and a close‑up of your own panel. That photograph’s date is the start date, and it is the same photograph the venue gets.
Can I pay only after I have seen the proof?
If you pay by cheque, we hold it while the board is being filled, printed and shipped, and we do not bank it until the working day after the installation photograph. So you can be in the arrangement without us touching your money until the board is up. Bank transfer is due at signing — see the next answer for what protects you then.
What if I do not like the artwork?
You see a proof before anything is printed, and the price includes two rounds of revisions. Until it is printed you can cancel for any reason and receive
100% back. After printing but before installation we refund everything except the print cost, which is capped at $75. The conditions are written down in the
refund and fulfillment policy, not left to goodwill.
Will one of my competitors end up on the same board?
No. One business per category per board, for your whole term. We write your category on the agreement, and we do not sell another panel on that board to a business whose principal trade is the same as yours.
What happens if the venue closes, or the board comes down?
We refund the unused months, calculated month by month, within 30 days. If inside that time we can offer you a panel on another board in the same area, we tell you before refunding and you can take the panel instead. Either way you keep first refusal on a panel on the next board we place in that area.
Can the venue have my panel taken off?
Yes. The venue may ask for any panel to come off its own board and does not have to give a reason — that is in their agreement with us, and it is part of why venues say yes. If it happens to you, you are refunded month by month exactly as above, and we do not pass on the venue’s reason. It is not a statement about your business.
Does it renew automatically?
No. Nothing we sell renews automatically. We contact you 60 days before the term ends, you keep the first right to your panel, and a new term starts only if you agree to it in writing and pay for it.
Do you promise results?
No. We sell display space in a specific place for a specific length of time. We do not promise views, enquiries, phone calls, customers or sales, and the fee is not tied to any result. If you want to measure it, put a code or a QR on your panel and count the people who use it — that is the honest way to find out whether it works for your trade.