Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Investment | 76500 - 433300 | 53070 - 72390 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 8% | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | Brand Fund: 3% / Mo; Local Requirement: $500 / Mo | |
| Year Founded | 1992 | 2014 |
| Year Franchised | 1999 | 2019 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Experience | General business experience Marketing skills Sales experience helpful | It takes great people to build a great business! We re looking for smart, motivated perfectionists who want to grow their own business while becoming an important part of a team committed to building the most respected brand in the carpet, tile and upholstery cleaning industry. Are you passionate about delivering exceptional customer service? Would it energize you to improve the lives of your customers by changing how they feel about their home or business? If so, you may be a great fit for this opportunity. While we plan to build a national presence, our initial focus for franchise sales is in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Montgomery County and Bucks County) and southern New Jersey. |
Financing Options |
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| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Franchise Fees | Yes | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Training | Your training begins with the Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning MBA, an intense week-long class covering everything you ll need to know to get your business off the ground. This includes service operations and maintenance, the science of cleaning, sales and marketing and training in our technology infrastructure. We follow that up by sending a home office senior technician to work with you in your territory for three days in order to solidify the concepts from your MBA as you start to build your business. As you operate, you ll have our detailed Operations Manual and a video library available for reference as well as phone support with the home office during business hours. If needed, additional training in your territory can be procured. | |
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | We ve built a great business, and we re committed to building a great family of successful franchisees. To do this, we re focused on delivering the best support infrastructure available. This includes our intense initial training, as well as: - An extensive video and documentation library, along with business hour phone support - Use of our proprietary, end-to-end customer relationship management system - Instruction, assistance and materials for implementing our proven marketing strategy |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning s marketing strategy involves three channels: digital marketing, (local or national) mass media, and direct customer or influencer contact. We ll provide support for you in all of these areas, and in several, we ll take care of it for you. With digital marketing, we ll maintain an SEO optimized, high quality website that will include general pages that apply to all Advanced Degree locations and location specific pages that will apply to your territories alone. We ll maintain all the web pages and the search optimization as part of our Brand Fund activities. We ll also run pay per click (PPC) ads for you in your local area as part of the Brand Fund. Finally, we ll maintain a social media presence on Facebook for the entire network. Mass media (TV, radio, print and billboards) will be potential pieces of your local marketing, and we ll provide ad content and scripts that you can place. Finally, we ll provide scripts and marketing materials to use when direct selling to customers and referral partners. |
| Operations | Franchise can be run from home. 35% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3 - 10 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (98% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | The carpet cleaning market segment is growing, and is estimated at around $5 billion today. Customers are frustrated by the many rush in / rush out or gimmicky services they see and are looking for a high-end solution. The Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning opportunity delivers super-premium services along multiple product areas, including: - Carpet cleaning - Tile and grout cleaning (ceramic, natural stone and linoleum) - Upholstery cleaning - Emergency water extraction - Wood floor deep cleaning (available once a franchisee has mastered the core services) |
Expansion Plans |
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| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| US Expansion | Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming | |
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | 8% |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | 5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | Brand Fund: 3% / Mo; Local Requirement: $500 / Mo |
| Year Founded | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | 1992 |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | 2014 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | 1999 |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | 2019 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | 10 years |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | 7 years +5+5+5 |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | $2.5K |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | 75% of then current Franchise Fee |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | General business experience Marketing skills Sales experience helpful |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | It takes great people to build a great business! We re looking for smart, motivated perfectionists who want to grow their own business while becoming an important part of a team committed to building the most respected brand in the carpet, tile and upholstery cleaning industry. Are you passionate about delivering exceptional customer service? Would it energize you to improve the lives of your customers by changing how they feel about their home or business? If so, you may be a great fit for this opportunity. While we plan to build a national presence, our initial focus for franchise sales is in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Montgomery County and Bucks County) and southern New Jersey. |
Financing Options |
|
| Franchise Fees | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Yes |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | Yes |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Equipment | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care} | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Inventory | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Receivables | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| Payroll | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
Training & Support |
|
| Training | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | Your training begins with the Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning MBA, an intense week-long class covering everything you ll need to know to get your business off the ground. This includes service operations and maintenance, the science of cleaning, sales and marketing and training in our technology infrastructure. We follow that up by sending a home office senior technician to work with you in your territory for three days in order to solidify the concepts from your MBA as you start to build your business. As you operate, you ll have our detailed Operations Manual and a video library available for reference as well as phone support with the home office during business hours. If needed, additional training in your territory can be procured. |
| Support | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | We ve built a great business, and we re committed to building a great family of successful franchisees. To do this, we re focused on delivering the best support infrastructure available. This includes our intense initial training, as well as: - An extensive video and documentation library, along with business hour phone support - Use of our proprietary, end-to-end customer relationship management system - Instruction, assistance and materials for implementing our proven marketing strategy |
| Marketing | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning s marketing strategy involves three channels: digital marketing, (local or national) mass media, and direct customer or influencer contact. We ll provide support for you in all of these areas, and in several, we ll take care of it for you. With digital marketing, we ll maintain an SEO optimized, high quality website that will include general pages that apply to all Advanced Degree locations and location specific pages that will apply to your territories alone. We ll maintain all the web pages and the search optimization as part of our Brand Fund activities. We ll also run pay per click (PPC) ads for you in your local area as part of the Brand Fund. Finally, we ll maintain a social media presence on Facebook for the entire network. Mass media (TV, radio, print and billboards) will be potential pieces of your local marketing, and we ll provide ad content and scripts that you can place. Finally, we ll provide scripts and marketing materials to use when direct selling to customers and referral partners. |
| Operations | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | Franchise can be run from home. 35% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3 - 10 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (98% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | The carpet cleaning market segment is growing, and is estimated at around $5 billion today. Customers are frustrated by the many rush in / rush out or gimmicky services they see and are looking for a high-end solution. The Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning opportunity delivers super-premium services along multiple product areas, including: - Carpet cleaning - Tile and grout cleaning (ceramic, natural stone and linoleum) - Upholstery cleaning - Emergency water extraction - Wood floor deep cleaning (available once a franchisee has mastered the core services) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |
| International Expansion | |
| Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care | |
| Advanced Degree Carpet Cleaning | |