hi there,
cleaning franchise companies have a different reputatin in the franchise amrtket to other industries such as sandwiches, burgers, drain companies as an example.
cleanig franchise ( or supposed franchises) trade on a very low tech basis.
they have the ability to obtain a cleaning contract from Client Ltd. they then assign the burden of that contract to Cleaner Ltd.
the assigning of the contract earns the selling companyh an amount of money, in some form or other, whether that be in a "finders fee" or "management fee" however they want to dress it up.
the franchise company then collects their money , and pays the rest to the sevice provider (namely the cleaner)
what then happesns id the END CUSTOMER at some point in the future will decide to terminate that cleaning requirement.
and the only people that loose out are THE CLEANERS.
where as how many burger, or drain cleaning companies do you see closing down, not many.
yes it is very easy to look at these franchises and see them as an EASIER route to market, an easier way to generate sales, and therefore cashflow.
maybe in the short term cheaper than doing the selling yourself or employing someone to do the selling for you.
A lot of companies on this forum, do not need hundreds of customers, they need a number of clients, that you can look after and build that reltioanship with over a period of time, so that you protect your client base.
yes getting customers takes time, effort and money,
why are you working for yourself? CAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSES BENEFIT. sadly in the clenaing industry the franchise route SOMETIMES does that
Yes there are some very good franchise companies in the market place today, rainbow, chemdry-- these are organisation that in a totally different league to the procare, global, dublecheck, and jani king of the world.
regards
martin