[Robert T]

Would you guys consider door hangers soliciting?

[papercutter]

I'd call it a gray area...

[Pelican]

It does fit the dictionary definition, but I think most people consider soliciting to be in your face and personal.

I'm guessing you've encountered an area you'd like to tag with a "No soliciting" rule. Why not call the administration of the area and ask if your door hangers would be permitted?

[Dot Pecson]

I'd consider a postcard mailing for that area. It's not expensive. Just be sure you have a great photo of your work and tell why you're the best for them.
Dot

[Lawn Lad]

Ask the police department as the definition may be different in your area than ours.

Door hangers are a nice option to flyers or other paper leave behinds that may otherwise blow away. Door hangers are stable. Solicitation in our part is the personal contact. Door hangers are labor intensive to distribute - in expensive to print. (www.jakprints.com). Post cards cost a little more to do saturated mailings by carrier route - and may not provide the same impact since 'junk mail' gets tossed quicker. People open their mail over the trash can. The door hanger gives you a few moments longer to make an impression before it hits the trash can.

We had a graphic designer layout our door hanger using a common back side with different themes on the front for the season and message. Four color on both sides 4.25" x 11" with die cut - about $0.105 each for 5000 or 7500 quantity.

[kinnanscaping]

Door hanger leads provided me some opportune jobs this past summer. One lady even took it from me while saying that she would probably not need me. She then called me up to do a quickie job about 6 weeks later. Who would have thought?

I had around 3000 hung this last summer. Our rule of thumb was this: If the house had a specific plaque or notice stating "No Soliciting" then we skipped it, mostly out of courtesy. I never had a single problem, but I did land at least 10 calls from them.

I used 3000doorhangers.com and only paid $180, shipped. I then paid high school kids to hang them. Some may say I paid too much, others too little, but I paid them $.10/hanger. All said and done, I more than recouped my $380 advertising investment (I hung a lot to begin with before getting smart and hiring out the kids, which freed me up to do the bids!)