- Door hangers work best right after a job, on the homes that saw your truck. The work next door is the proof.
- Keep the top of the hanger clear: the hole and the slit take up the first couple of inches.
- Hang them on the knob, never in the mailbox, and skip homes with a no soliciting sign.
How to make a door hanger
- Pick your trade. The headline, services and colors fill in. Change any of it.
- Add your name, phone and website. The website becomes a QR code at the bottom, next to the phone number.
- Add a logo and a photo. Both stay in your browser. A photo from a job on the same street is the strongest thing you can put on a hanger.
- Write the offer. A neighbor offer fits door hangers well. Leave it empty for no offer box.
- Choose how you will print. For a home printer, keep the hole marked and turn on two per letter sheet: two hangers are exactly as wide as a letter page. For a print shop, turn the hole mark off and download the PNG with the bleed.
Need a full page instead? Switch the format in the tool, or open the flyer maker.
Door hanger size and template
| This tool | What printers list | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 4.25 x 11 in | GotPrint: 3.5 x 8.5 in and 4.25 x 11 in as its two standard sizes |
| Hole | 1.18 in across, centered near the top | Vistaprint: a 1.18 in (30 mm) hole on both of its sizes |
| Bleed | 0.125 in, optional on the PNG | GotPrint: a 0.125 in bleed on door hanger files |
| File | 1,275 x 3,300 pixels, PNG | Most shops take a PNG or PDF at 300 pixels per inch |
Sizes differ a little from shop to shop: Vistaprint's large hanger is 4.5 x 11 in, PsPrint lists 4.125 x 11 in. If your shop's size is not 4.25 x 11, use the tool for the words and layout and ask them to fit it to their template, or check where their hole sits before you order.
What to put on a door hanger
- A headline about the street. Something the neighbor can picture, like the job you just did next door.
- Three to five services. A hanger is narrow; long lists get cut off.
- One offer with its limits, if you have one.
- The phone number, large, at the bottom where the eye lands last.
- A QR code to your website or booking page, for the people who will not call.
Write on the back by hand if you want a personal touch: the address you worked at and your first name. The tool prints the front.
How to hand out door hangers
Walk the street the day you finish the job, or the next morning. Hang each one on the knob, close the screen door if there is one, and move on without knocking. GotPrint's own guidance calls this canvassing, not soliciting, and says to keep a list of anyone who asks you to stop and honor it.
Do not put flyers or door hangers in mailboxes. Federal law (18 U.S.C. 1725) fines anyone who puts mailable matter with no postage paid in a mailbox. Hang them on the door, hand them over, or send them as postcards through the mail.
Check your town's rules before a large drop. Some towns and neighborhood associations limit handouts, and many people post no soliciting signs; skip those homes.
Door hangers or postcards
| Door hangers | Postcards in the mail | |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | You or a helper walks the street | The post office delivers |
| Who gets one | Every door you walk to | The addresses you pick |
| Rules | Door only, never the mailbox | Postage paid, so the mailbox is fine |
| Best for | The street around a job, a small area | A wider area, or when there is no time to walk |
Koira can do the second one for you: after each job, neighbor postcards picks the homes nearby most likely to hire you, prints a card with the photo from the job and mails it. One flat price per card covers printing and postage, on every plan. See pricing.
Last checked October 9, 2026.