Bayan Signage builds price display signs for gold souks, exchange houses, markets, car washes and retailers: LED rate boards, slide-in and magnetic digit boards and acrylic ticket holders. We fabricate the cabinets and faces in our Ajman factory, integrate the LED digits and controllers, test every segment and install the board where customers can read it at a glance.
Price display signs are signs whose main job is to show a number clearly and keep it current. At the simple end that means acrylic ticket holders on a counter; in the middle sit boards where staff slide printed digits into channels or move magnetic numbers; at the top are LED rate boards with seven-segment digits updated by keypad, remote or app. They are for jewellers showing gold rates, exchange houses, fuel kiosks, fish and vegetable markets, car washes, mobile shops and any retailer whose price is the headline.
In these businesses a wrong or stale number is not a design flaw; it starts arguments at the counter and, in some trades, attracts questions from inspectors. A good board is readable from where the customer decides, labelled without ambiguity in Arabic and English, bright enough behind shopfront glass yet dimmed at night, and simple enough that staff actually update it. We spend as much time on how the board will be updated as on how it looks.
Bayan Signage has run its factory at Alam Square, Industrial Area 2, Ajman since 2016, as the production arm of Bayan Advertising, which has 15 years in the UAE. We CNC-cut the lenses and faces, build and powder-coat the aluminium cabinets, print the line labels and assemble and test the LED wiring in-house. The digit modules and controllers are specialist components that we select and integrate rather than manufacture.
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The right board depends on how often the price changes, who changes it and how far away the customer stands. These are the formats we build most.
Seven-segment LED digits behind a smoked lens, labelled per line, for gold rates, currency buy and sell rates and daily prices that change several times a day.
View details →Printed panels with aluminium channels or a steel face, where staff swap digit tiles by hand. Ideal for markets, car washes and daily specials.
View details →L-stands, T-stands, block holders and clip-on frames for counters, windows and displays, holding printed price cards that are easy to change.
View details →Clear data strips along the shelf front that hold price tickets for every product, the standard for supermarkets and pharmacies.
View details →Roadside pylons with large LED or manual price digits for petrol stations, built as outdoor signs with their own structure and approvals.
View details →High-brightness screens behind shopfront glass for businesses showing many prices, offers and text, supplied and installed with content support.
View details →We note where customers stand when they read the price, whether the board faces through glass, how much sun it gets and where power and data can reach. The visit is free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Our designers set the number of lines, the digit count per line, the label text in Arabic and English and the digit height, then show the board at full size against the shop elevation.
Aluminium cabinets are cut, folded and powder-coated, lenses are CNC-routed to ±0.1 mm, and line labels are printed in-house on UV-stable media.
Our electricians mount the LED digit modules, wire the power supply and controller, and set up the keypad, remote or app so values stay stored if power drops.
Every board runs all digits through every segment and brightness level in our test area, checked against the approved layout before it is packed.
We fix the board, connect power, set dimming for the site and show the staff who will update it how to change each line, then leave a short written guide.
This is our starting point for an indoor LED rate board. Manual boards and ticket holders follow their own simpler build, and every upgrade is quoted as a separate line.
| Component | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front lens | 3 mm smoked acrylic | Anti-glare finish, polycarbonate | A smoked lens raises contrast, so lit digits stand out and unlit segments almost vanish. |
| Digits | LED seven-segment modules sized to distance | High-brightness modules for window boards | Digits behind sunny glass need far more brightness than digits on an inside wall. |
| Line labels | Printed bilingual labels on the face | Changeable label strips, flags and logos | Clear labels prevent a buy rate being read as a sell rate or 22K as 21K. |
| Controller | Wired keypad or infrared remote | Mobile app over Wi-Fi, PC software | The easiest update method for your staff is the one that keeps the board correct. |
| Cabinet | Powder-coated aluminium with service door | Double-sided or hanging cabinets | A service door lets a technician reach the power supply without removing the board. |
| Dimming | Manual brightness setting | Automatic light-sensor dimming | Boards bright enough for midday glare are uncomfortable at night without dimming. |
A price board that is wrong, unreadable or never updated does more harm than no board at all. These are the questions we ask before specifying one.
Before choosing LED or manual, name the person who will change the numbers. A gold rate that moves several times a day needs an LED board with a keypad or app at the counter, used by the same staff member each time. A market price that changes weekly is fine on slide-in tiles. If nobody owns the task, a board showing yesterday's rate is worse than a printed sign without one.
Use around 25 mm of digit height for every 3 m of reading distance. A gold board read from inside the shop at 4 to 6 m works with 50 to 75 mm digits. One read through the window from the pavement or car park at 15 to 25 m needs 125 to 200 mm, and roadside boards more again. Decide the furthest point that matters, then size up from there.
Morning or afternoon sun on glazing washes out ordinary LEDs and fades printed labels within weeks. Window-facing boards need high-brightness modules, a smoked lens, UV-stable labels and ventilation behind the glass. They also need automatic dimming, or they glare at passers-by after dark. We check the sun on the shopfront at the survey for this reason.
Jewellers add 18K, exchange houses add currencies, markets add products. A board built with exactly today's lines often has to be replaced within a year. We usually suggest one or two spare lines, or changeable label strips, so the board can grow without new fabrication. It costs little at the start and a lot later.
For manual boards, use bold, slightly condensed digits with generous spacing so a 1 never reads as a 7 and a 6 never reads as an 8. Keep spare tiles in a labelled box beside the board, because a missing 5 is usually replaced with whatever is nearest. On LED boards, test every segment at handover so a dead segment never turns an 8 into a 0.
Every board is quoted from its layout. Send the number of lines, the digits per line, the reading distance and a photo of the wall or shopfront, and we send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Ticket holders and manual digit boards are the most economical. LED rate boards add digit modules, a controller and electrical work.
Each LED digit is a component with its own wiring, so a twelve-line exchange board costs much more than a four-line gold board.
Larger digits use more LEDs per segment, and high-brightness modules for window boards cost more than indoor modules.
A wired keypad or remote is simplest. App, Wi-Fi or PC software control adds setup and configuration time.
Single-sided wall boards are leanest. Double-sided, hanging or custom-shaped cabinets and special finishes add fabrication.
Fixing behind shopfront glass, power runs, mall night work and multi-branch rollouts are priced separately from the board.
UAE consumer protection rules generally expect prices to be displayed clearly and to match what the customer pays, and the economic department in each emirate inspects shops. Some trades, such as gold and currency exchange, may have additional expectations about how rates are shown. A board that is easy to read and easy to update helps keep the counter and the sign in agreement. We confirm the current position for your trade.
Inside malls and some communities, landlords limit very bright or moving displays visible from the common areas. Static digits that change occasionally are normally accepted, but window-facing boards and screens may need approval under the mall's design criteria. We check those criteria and prepare drawings for landlord approval before fixing anything behind a mall shopfront.
Cabinets, lenses, labels and wiring are produced at our Ajman factory, so the board is built to your exact line layout rather than a catalogue size.
Our own electricians integrate the LED digits, power supplies and controllers, and test every segment before the board leaves the factory.
We choose the update method around the people who will use it, then train them at handover and leave a written guide.
Line labels are laid out in Arabic and English together, so customers never confuse one rate with another.
Board, components, controller, installation and electrical work are listed separately, so you can compare like for like.
More than 500 clients across the UAE, including national retail groups and international brands, many of them returning for new branches.
It depends on the board type, the number of lines and digits, digit height and brightness, the update method and the installation. A set of acrylic ticket holders costs very little compared with a twelve-line LED exchange board behind a shopfront. Send the layout, reading distance and a photo, and we will send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Allow around 25 mm of digit height for every 3 m of reading distance. Boards read inside the shop at 4 to 6 m work with 50 to 75 mm digits; boards read through the window from 15 to 25 m need 125 to 200 mm. We mock the board up at full size against your shop before production.
Usually with a wired keypad or infrared remote at the counter, or with a mobile app or PC software over Wi-Fi. The controller stores the values, so the board shows the last rate after a power cut. We set up the method that suits your staff and train them at handover.
LED boards suit prices that change several times a day and need to be read from a distance or through glass. Manual slide-in or magnetic boards cost less, need no power and suit prices that change daily or weekly. The deciding question is usually how often the price changes and who will change it.
Yes. Line labels are normally bilingual, printed in Arabic and English. Most boards use Western digits, but some businesses prefer Arabic-Indic numerals alongside them, which affects module choice and layout, so tell us at the start.
Yes, but it needs high-brightness LED modules, a smoked lens to keep contrast, ventilation behind the glass and automatic dimming for the evening. Standard indoor modules wash out in direct sun. We check the shopfront orientation at the survey and specify the board for it.
Yes. Failed segments, power supplies and controllers can usually be replaced without changing the whole board, and faded labels can be reprinted. Our LED sign repair team handles boards we made and many we did not, across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and the other emirates.
Yes. We build in Ajman and install in all seven emirates. The site visit is free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman, and multi-branch rollouts for jewellery or exchange chains are coordinated by one project manager.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.