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Be right back sign maker

For a front desk, counter or shop door. Add the time you'll be back and a way to reach you.

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Live: the QR on your paper opens a page you change from your phone. Design previews are free. Printing and PDF export require Pro ($9/month or $90/year). Paper stays fixed; only the scan page changes.

Printed example

Be right back sign, printed on US Letter paper
The default be right back sign from this page, as it prints. Change any line above.

What to write on your be right back sign

Be right back · Back by 10:45

Please have a seat.

Be right back

Stepped away from the desk. Ring the bell for help.

Back in a few minutes · Back by 3:20

Text 716-555-0100 if it's urgent.

BRB · Back by 11:00

Packages can go on the counter.

Tips

  • At a front desk, say where to wait. "Please have a seat" stops people from wandering into the back.
  • Add a bell or a number. "Be right back" with no way to reach you only works if you really are back in two minutes.
  • Laminate or slide it into a sheet protector and write the time with a dry-erase marker each time.

Change the page behind this QR from your phoneA paper sign says “back at 1:15” even when you're back at 2. With EntryPing, the QR code on this sign shows whatever you last set from your phone, and Pro visitors can leave a request in your inbox.

On your door
Your shop
Right now
Updated just now
Back at 2:45
Ran out for parts. Call or text.
CallText
What a scan shows
  • Print the sign once. When plans change, type “Back at 2:45” on your phone and the page behind the QR says it.
  • Visitors get Call, Text and your hours, even when you're out.
  • The code on the paper never changes and never expires.

One live page can be previewed free. Printing and visitor request handling require Pro.

Pro · $9 a month

Every sign live, on every door.

Print with Pro. Update the scan page from your phone, manage visitor requests in your inbox, and schedule selected holiday messages. Printed words stay unchanged.

  • Up to 100 live QR pages per account
  • Your logo, colors and font
  • Selected holiday scan-page messages
  • Visitor requests: acknowledge and resolve in your inbox
  • A reserved spot on the e‑ink plate waitlist
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Same paper, updated scan page
  1. Open. Come on in.
  2. Out to lunch. Back at 1:15.
  3. Running late. Back at 1:45.
  4. Closed for Thanksgiving. Automatic.

Printed wording stays fixed. Replace the paper to change its visible message.

Questions

Is "be right back" or "back in 5 minutes" better?

Neither tells the visitor much. A clock time ("back by 10:45") is the only version that stays accurate after you leave.

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