Franchising and Royalty Payments

If you are thinking of turning your current into a franchising company you will need to determine a fair and equitable franchise royalty fee. There are a number of questions you will need to ask yourself in determining this fee such as what services you will provide to your franchisee team and what that will cost.

Franchising Businesses

Companies must take certain issues into perspective before franchising a company. The first would be to get the franchise registered with the U.S. Trade Mark office. A Trade Mark attorney would be able to take care of this process. The company needs to register the names of all the states where the franchisees are most likely to be opened. They must register for multiple units if relating to more than one franchise operation.

Getting Away from the Concept of Master Franchising

So often franchisors look for faster ways to expand their systems and extend their brand name. One of the common ways to do this for franchisors is to sell regional franchising rights or master franchising.

International Franchising; Did You Read the Agreement?

Perhaps this may amuse you in some way. Did you know one of the ways that international franchisees of a US based franchisor often try to get out of the franchise agreement is by saying that they did not read it or could not read it?

Franchising Relationships, Legal Issues, Notices and Communications

In the World of Franchising every thing must be documented as the relationships could go South and turn into litigation. It has not always been this way, however due to the number of attorneys trying to scrap the creme off the money flows in the industry it has become a constant legal game.

Name Infringement, Trademarks and Franchising Companies

Franchising companies have her responsibility to insure that their trademarks are not infringed upon. Just because a franchise company has properly registered the service Marks and trademarks with the proper state and federal agencies does not mean that some one will not try to use such Marks without permission.

Signage Clauses in Franchise Agreements for Mobile or Home Based Franchising Companies

To maintain the consistency and image of a franchising system, even a mobile-based franchise, each franchisee must maintain standards of signage. This issue will be addressed generally in the confidential operations manual set forth by the franchisor.

Initial Training Clauses in Franchising Agreements

Nearly all franchising companies require initial training to teach the new franchises how to run their franchised outlets. Some of the modern-day franchise companies have extensive training in teach people every single aspect to the business and some of these companies are not very simple and therefore neither is the training.

Multi-Level Marketing - Is It An Extension of Franchising?

Ray Kroc's franchising vs todays mlm's.

The Good And Bad of Franchising

The starting point, we believe, for anyone trying to get their head around how and why franchising works, is to read everything you can get your hands on before parting with your life savings! Do not believe what franchisor's advertisements say. Try to be as unemotional as possible as to what you really want from a franchise relationship. Like most things in life that look simple on the surface, franchising is a complex Pandora's Box, as often it is not the obvious stuff, you really need to understand.

Franchising is Not as Easy as It Looks

Many entrepreneurs wish to build up their companies and franchise it across the region, then state, then country and then the World. Well sure sounds good but it is not so easy. First it costs a lot of cash up front, about a million dollars to do it right. Then there is an abundance of lawyer fees

Change Management Issues in Franchising Companies

Change management issues in franchising companies can be critical and crucial. Consider if you will the district manager or regional representative who helps franchisees

Franchise Sales; Starting a Franchising Company and Selling the First Unit

Many executive business management teams with to propel their product or service through the marketplace and their brand name through franchising. This makes sense for many reasons, although we must also consider that franchising is a highly over regulated industry. To top it off, it is not easy selling franchises. Why is that you ask?

Business Case Study; Franchising State Registrations and Litigation Risks

For those companies considering franchising it is wise to carefully chose where you wish to franchise. Some states are completely litigious and problematic such as NY, MD, NJ, CA, TX, WA, IL and CO. States such as GA, NC, VA, NV, AZ, OH, OR, FL, WI, MI, TN are becoming more so. To top things off there are 13 registration states where Franchisors must file their UFOCs Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars

Top 7 Secrets to Franchising Your Existing Business

Many business people who are quite successful wish to franchise their businesses and sell additional outlets under their business name; brand name. It is an obvious method of expansion and makes a lot of sense, but it is not easy to build a franchise company, especially with all the rules and regulations, lawyers and bureaucratic debris out there. It might be easier to defeat Hezbollah than to franchise a company.