Hi Dan
I know you are not taking the pee and I do welcome yours and all others feedback.
My franchise deal is the same that Ian Lancaster does and has suceeded in, Ian has also sold his deal to other cleaners who have also suceeded in getting 1 or more franchisees.
All of these franchisors offer they same deal, but a few have small differences, some in the purchase price and other small details but the main structure of Ians deal is the same.
So now we have a franchise package that does work with different individuals, so its not something that is unique to Ian.
On all the deals the franchisee is allocated £10k of work on day one and £500 of new work is added to their round every month, until they reach a yearly turnover of £50k.
Of course if the franchisee wants and can cope with more work then he/she will be given more, if not and they are happy with £50k per year then the added work will stop once they reach the £50k barrier or £962 per week.
I don't know what training the other franchisors offer but when I take on new staff they go though a training programme of 3 months, I see no reason why a franchisee should be any different.
Also where I may differ from the others is that I loan the franchisee a member of my staff to train them up, this is not a very expensive thing if you look that with my setup I have a daily worksheet for 1 person set at £200 per day and with 2 this rises to £300.
So on week 1 the franchisee only works 1 day a week on cleaning, on week 2 a 2 day week and so on, by the time they get upto £962, the franchisee will be working 4 days a week.
All of this is just based on domestic work, my commercial side is higher.
Contrary to what a lot might think of me, I don't move forward with anything untill I have all the facts, this franchising is a long term in the making, me and Ian was talking by phone, email and text for over 3 years before I have given it the green light.
Last year I was ready to start my first one, but something can up which needed it to be postponed, this has been recified and I am now in the position to start my first of many franchisees.
A potential franchisee has to be sure that all that I say will work, and for that reason I also offer a buy before you try, so for 4 weeks before they have parted with any money they will work with me, they will see their customers, they will clean their windows, they will see what I charge and earn per day, per week and per hour.
I will also show them aworka which has recorded every day I have worked for the last 12 months or more, to prove that I am not stacking all the work up into 1 month.
the next question they and others have asked is why franchise, why not expand with more staff and earn more.
There are 2 answers to this question, the first is Vat, the limit at the moment is £77k and then I lose 20% of my turnover minus what i can claim back, say 8%.
The other is getting the right staff, I have severe quality issues and even though you can get good workers, its not their business and they don't have the passion for it that I do, a franchisee is different, they have invested a lot of money, its their business now, so now they will have passion.
This is my thinking, will I get a franchisee, yes I will, will I get them to the level I said I will, yes I will, will I then expand into more franchisees then yes I will. will everyone believe this
NOT ON YOUR LIFE
these are the same people who said in a previous life that Christopher Columbus would fall off the edge of the world, when he went on his trip to the new world.
Do I care, not really because if they thought I was a "willy waver" before, imagine what I am going to be like when I get to franchise number 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or even more, I will even pay for tv adverts just to p them off.
and Vanvest will be fun then, I do hope they have a very large van park
