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@117 CHAP 3
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING A FRANCHISE │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
"Promises are like piecrusts; they are made to be broken."
-- Mao Tse-tung
(A) THE FRANCHISE:
. Did your lawyer approve the franchise contract you are
considering after he studied it paragraph by paragraph?
. Does the franchise call upon you to take any steps
which are, according to your lawyer, unwise or illegal
in your state, county, or city?
. Does the franchise give you an exclusive territory
for the length of the franchise or can the franchisor
sell a second or third franchise in your territory?
. Is the franchisor connected in any way with any other
franchise company handling similar merchandise or
services?
. If the answer to the last question is "yes," what is
your protection against this second franchisor
organization?
. Under what circumstances can you terminate the
franchise contract and at what cost to you, if you
decide for any reason at all that you wish to cancel
it?
. If you sell your franchise, will you be compensated
for your goodwill or will the goodwill you have built
into the business be lost by you?
(B) THE FRANCHISOR:
. For how many years has the firm offering you a franchise
been in operation?
. Does it have a reputation for honesty and fair dealing
among the local firms holding its franchise?
. Has the franchisor shown you any certified figures
indicating exact net profits of one or more going firms
which you personally checked yourself with the franchisee?
. Will the firm assist you with:
- A management training program?
- An employee training program?
- A public relations program?
- Capital?
- Credit?
- Merchandising ideas?
. Will the firm help you find a good location for your new
business?
. Is the franchising firm adequately financed so that it
can carry out its stated plan of financial assistance
and expansion?
. Is the franchisor a one-man company or a corporation with
an experienced management trained in depth (so that there
would always be an experienced person at its head)?
. Exactly what can the franchisor do for you which you
cannot do for yourself?
. Has the franchisor investigated you carefully enough to
assure itself that you can successfully operate one of
their franchises at a profit both to them and to you?
. Does your state have a law regulating the sale of
franchises and has the franchisor complied with
that law?
(C) YOU--THE FRANCHISEE:
. How much equity capital will you have to have to purchase
the franchise and operate it until your income equals your
expenses? Where are you going to get it?
. Are you prepared to give up some independence of action
to secure the advantages offered by the franchise?
. Do YOU really believe you have the innate ability,
training, and experience to work smoothly and profitably
with the franchisor, your employees, and your customers?
. Are you ready to spend much or all of the remainder of
your business life with this franchisor, offering its
product or service to your public?
(D) YOUR MARKET:
. Have you made any study to determine whether the product
or service which you propose to sell under franchise has
a market in your territory at the prices you will have
to charge?
. Will the population in the territory given you increase,
remain static or decrease over the next five years?
. Will the product or service you are considering be in
greater demand, about the same, or less demand five years
from now than today?
. What competition exists in your territory already for the
product or service you contemplate selling?
- From nonfranchise firms?
- From franchise firms?
Source: Franchise Opportunities Handbook, U.S. Department of
Commerce (Washington, D.C.)