Top Reasons Why You Should Consider Buying A Franchise

Jul 2
10:52

2011

Sidney Morrison

Sidney Morrison

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This article lists some of the top reasons why you should start getting into the business of franchising.

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In the list below,Top Reasons Why You Should Consider Buying A Franchise Articles you will see the top reasons why you should buy a franchise:

With franchises, you are virtually buying a proven formula for business. Buying a franchise, not like starting a business from scratch, means instantly getting a proven path to financial success. Everything from advertising campaigns, accounting systems, hiring methods to ordering procedures is done by every franchise within a certain company using the same tested methodology. All of these facets have evolved over time to provide you with best possible business practices. You will surely never be at a loss for what to do in any given situation. Simply consult your operations manual or ask another franchisee. It's that simple.

One more thing with franchises is that you are representing a big brand. So what's the importance of this? Ok, imagine yourself opening your own coffee shop, next you name your shop with something that would easily tell people that your shop is all about coffee, let's say you call it "Supreme Coffee" and see how much time it takes before people get to recognize that you're providing good tasting coffee at reasonable prices. The average new business takes from 12 to 18 months to "find its target market". Now, go open a StarBucks (provided you are on a good location) and see how much time it takes for people to come flocking in. Maybe a day max, and that's a conservative estimate. You see the difference? Actually, even lesser known names that carry a national or regional cache have a huge advantage over a single owner spot.

Another thing to like about franchising is that in many cases, corporations that franchise their operations to independent buyers provide in-house financing at some very attractive rates. This can come in especially handy once you're on your feet and are considering on expanding your reach. Franchisors just love to see their owner operators open multiple locations, it's to their credit anyway. It provides them with additional exposure in a particular market, plus it's a great selling point to show off to prospective buyers. It's equivalent to telling people "Would you look at that? Our franchisees are SO successful that they can't help but build more stores."

And Surely, the highly sophisticated training you get from these companies is another thing to like about the whole thing. Every franchise for sale has a dedicated training program for its new owners. In many cases, you will be asked to go to the home office and spend days or even weeks learning everything you need to know about running one of their franchise stores. And of course, the company's trainors have been training scores or even hundreds of franchisees before you, so most of the time, these trainors have developed a way to make the whole training regimen sleek, sophisticated, and simple to understand.

And what's more is that the support doesn't stop after you finished your training. These franchise companies offer regular support and ongoing training. The home office is there to provide regular support as long as you're a member of their family. As new products are developed or current business thinking evolves, you're a part of it all.