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"I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost

Why Do You Franchise?
Posted by: Admin Post on August 21, 2009
Author: John Lim Cher Sern


You have decided to start a business that can cover your revenue in the shortest time possible, also generating a healthy amount of profit in the years to come. You can either generate some really innovative ideas and sell it to the market, or why not franchise an already well known business that exists in the market today.

A franchise is a smart way to enter the market. The whole concept of franchising is that business owners who pays a sum of royalties or fees to a larger parent corporation in exchange for a popular trade name to sell their products or services. Normally a franchisee refers to the semi-dependant business operators that are selling a product or a service of the parent company, which is the franchisor. Franchising is just another proven business strategy to propel a business to success if it's done the right way.

A signed franchisor does not only allow you to sell their products or services, but also allow franchisees to use the parent company's business methods or system to operate a branch. This is advantageous to business person who have little or no idea about what business that Franchise Company is doing. Franchisees can avoid costly mistakes just by following the provided business system, or also reducing the effort of trial and error during operation.

It all boils down to a collection of benefits by choosing franchising as a business strategy. Considering the management support and training given, business operators also need not worry about the product supply or goods as they will be arranged and delivered by the franchisor, advertisements being covered by franchisor and many other benefits that will help the budding businessmen along the road of success.

Before going out there to buy a franchise, a smart businessman also needs to know about what is he missing from running the particular business. For example if a businessman is about to start a coffee store but has less ideas about how to attract customers to the store, a franchise coffee store is just the right choice as it provides the quality product together with marketing, location, and also business systems and facilities too by just paying the franchise fee.

Now you would have a clearer idea about what franchising is and how it benefits businessmen. This however does not mean that you can just pay a sum of money to a franchisor and get a confirmed successful business. There are also many factors to consider about which types of franchise is suitable for you and also what you are not capable of yourself towards the business that you will need to rely on a franchisor to work on a business.

John Lim is a franchise consultant with more than 12 years of business experience. Visit http://www.iFranchiseNet.com to get proven franchise advice & find the best franchise opportunities.

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