---
title: "Charge for backboards by the sign's area - Sign Customiser Changelog"
description: "Changelog: Charge for backboards by the sign's area. Learn about the latest updates and improvements to Sign Customiser."
url: "https://www.signcustomiser.com/changelog/area-based-backboard-pricing/"
last_updated: "2026-09-03"
---

Sign Customiser now lets you price a backboard by the area of the sign. Instead of a single flat fee, you can set a rate per square inch (or per square centimetre) so bigger signs are charged proportionally more for their backboard — a fairer way to recover material costs that grow with size.

![Backboard editor's Additional Pricing section with the new "Price per square cm" option selected and a rate field](/_astro/changelog-area-based-backboard-pricing.D3OlRv3O_1lEHnX.webp)

## What’s Changed

- **Area-based backboard pricing** - On any backboard, choose “Price per square in/cm” under Additional Pricing and set a rate. The charge is the sign’s width × height × your rate, added automatically to the customer’s quote.
- **Clear customer breakdown** - When an area rate applies, customers see a dedicated “Backboard area” line in their price breakdown showing the dimensions, the rate, and the resulting charge.
- **Follows your measurement unit** - Enter the rate per square inch or per square centimetre to match your store’s settings; the customiser handles the conversion for you.
- **Works with bulk price adjustments** - The area rate scales alongside your other prices when you apply a global price adjustment or switch currency, so nothing is left behind.
- **Off by default** - Existing backboards are unaffected; pricing only changes once you set a rate. The option is hidden on Frame Fit and Cut-out Metal signs, which already price the whole sign by area.

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