Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Our Town America | Intrigue Media | |
| Investment | 63300 - 86250 | 26100 - 123100 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 5% | Percentage of sales |
| Advertising Fee | up to 1% | |
| Year Founded | 1972 | 2007 |
| Year Franchised | 2004 | 2011 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Our Town America | Intrigue Media | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills | |
Financing Options |
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| Our Town America | Intrigue Media | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Our Town America | Intrigue Media | |
| Training | On-The-Job Training: 40 hours Classroom Training: 40 hours Additional Training: At designated location | 4 weeks at head office and 1 week in the territory. |
| Support | Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Online Support Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform | |
| Marketing | Social media Email marketing Loyalty program/app | |
| Operations | Franchise can be run from home. Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)Number of Employees Required to Run: 1 | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Our Town America | Intrigue Media | |
| US Expansion | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | |
| Canada Expansion | 0 | |
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Our Town America | 5% |
| Intrigue Media | Percentage of sales |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Our Town America | up to 1% |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Year Founded | |
| Our Town America | 1972 |
| Intrigue Media | 2007 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Our Town America | 2004 |
| Intrigue Media | 2011 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Our Town America | 10 years |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Our Town America | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills |
| Intrigue Media | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Our Town America | No |
| Intrigue Media | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Equipment | |
| Our Town America} | |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Inventory | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Receivables | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Payroll | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Our Town America | On-The-Job Training: 40 hours Classroom Training: 40 hours Additional Training: At designated location |
| Intrigue Media | 4 weeks at head office and 1 week in the territory. |
| Support | |
| Our Town America | Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Online Support Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Marketing | |
| Our Town America | Social media Email marketing Loyalty program/app |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Operations | |
| Our Town America | Franchise can be run from home. Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)Number of Employees Required to Run: 1 |
| Intrigue Media | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Our Town America | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Intrigue Media | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Our Town America | 0 |
| Intrigue Media | |
| International Expansion | |
| Our Town America | |
| Intrigue Media | |