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Price guide

What custom concrete lettering costs.

One formula, no quotes: a custom text stamp costs $0.55 per square inch of stamp face with a $100 minimum. Most stamps land between $100 and $350. Here are real numbers from the same engine that prices checkout — and what they buy.


Worked examples

Four real stamps, priced live.

These figures are computed by the production pricing engine at build time — the same formula the designer and checkout use, so they can't drift from what you'd actually pay.

One-line address

$100

16″ × 6

A street number or family name — prices at the order minimum.

Two-line poem

$100

20″ × 8

The classic sidewalk-poetry format — still at the minimum.

Memorial, 3–4 lines

~$119

18″ × 12

Name, years, and a short phrase.

Full stanza, 6–8 lines

~$238

24″ × 18

Larger format for longer verse.


The economics

Area is the whole story.

Machine time scales with the area being carved, so the price does too — $0.55 per square inch, nothing else. Fonts don't change the price. Text length doesn't change the price directly; longer text simply needs a bigger stamp to stay readable at sidewalk scale. There are no design fees, setup fees, or per-letter charges, and designing is free — you only pay when you order the physical stamp.

The number that matters most isn't the sticker price — it's cost per impression. A stamp is reusable tooling built for 100+ pressings: a minimum-priced stamp used across a program or a contractor's season works out to roughly a dollar per installed impression, each one lasting 50+ years in the slab.


FAQ

Cost questions, answered.

How is the price of a custom concrete stamp calculated?
By area alone: $0.55 per square inch of stamp face, with a $100 per-stamp minimum. Machine time scales with the area being carved, so the formula mirrors the actual production cost. There are no design fees, setup fees, or per-letter charges.
Does the font or amount of text change the price?
Not directly — only the stamp's dimensions matter. More text usually needs a bigger stamp to stay readable, which is what moves the price. The design tool shows the exact price as you type, so you can watch the trade-off live.
Why is there a minimum?
Every stamp — whatever its size — is individually machined, finished, and checked before it ships. The $100 minimum covers that fixed work; at typical address-stamp sizes you're usually at the minimum anyway.
What does it cost per use?
A stamp is reusable tooling, built for 100+ impressions. A minimum-priced stamp pressed a hundred times works out to about a dollar per impression — and each impression lasts 50+ years in cured concrete.
What's NOT included in the stamp price?
Two things. Shipping is charged separately at checkout — Standard, Express, or Overnight, priced by your order's size and weight. You see the exact rate before you pay. And the concrete work itself — the stamp presses into a pour you (or your contractor) were already making; it adds no equipment and about a minute of labor.
Do you offer volume pricing?
Yes — multi-stamp runs (10+) for programs, campuses, and contractors are quoted with tiered volume pricing. Single stamps never need a quote; the designer prices them instantly.

Skip the estimate — see your exact price.

Type your inscription in the free designer and the real number appears as you type. No quote, no account, no waiting.