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Why Not A Franchise?

The UFOC

The Investment

 

 



"When you call Sign Biz, Inc. any work day of the year, you reach a real-- and knowledgeable-- person.
The policy is-- you're too important for voicemail.
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About the Sign Biz Model for Success

Sign Biz Inc. does not employ brokers to sell to you on commission. Their $8,000 to $12,000 average fees are instead channeled back into product and services for each new Network Member. You get far more for yourFranchise Business Brokers investment this way!  There can be other disadvantages to the "broker format" of business solicitation as well. To learn more, click on "Broker Beware."

Why not a franchise?
If you read a franchise contract carefully, you will see that the percentage paid every month to the franchisor by its franchisees is strictly for the use of a common name.

Sign Industry StatisticsAccording to the Woodrow Wilson Institute of Scholarly Research in Washington, DC, some industries merit a franchise format, i.e. when the name can bring business. The fast-food industry is such as case, where uniformity is key and consumer advertising is relevant.

Whereas a franchise organization will collect 6 to 8% of their business owners' gross sales each and every month, whether or not that business is operating in the black, Sign Biz Inc operates as the only full-service VAR for all of the industry's leading software and hardware suppliers. 

Sign Store That means that by assisting our stores in channeling their profits back in to their local marketplace and their business, we can create the phenomenal success that leads to prolific sales of products and services. We call this the Sign Biz Merit System.

We offer a free business plan tutorial you can visit right now to learn how different business formats impact on business revenues. Warning: This is not for the faint-hearted!

What about the UFOC?
Here is an important document if you take the time to read it carefully. Near the front of the document you will find disclosure of all lawsuits filed by franchisees against the franchisor in progress, completed, or pending. Note too that franchisors are required to disclose which franchisees "left the system" in the past 12 months. This information is usually located near the end of the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular. You may find anywhere from 12 to 36 former franchisees listed there, for the most recent 12-month period. The Federal Trade Commission states that as part of normal due diligence, it is important to contact these individuals to learn why they left the franchise operation behind.

According to the same study mentioned above by the Woodrow Wilson Institute of Scholarly Research, 42% of franchise location close or are resold by the franchisor. In this way the franchisor does not have to include those resales in their total of "failed" locations. A franchisor that resells a failed location more than once is suspect for "churning"-- wherein the franchisor can be accused of having an interest only in gaining hefty franchise fees, transfer fees and training fees during the resale, rather than an interest in the ultimate success of a franchisee in that location.

Sign Biz Inc, a full-service business development company, provides a disclosure document (the business opportunity equivalent to a franchise's UFOC) which reveals the following:

  • Sign Biz Inc. has had fewer than one-half of one percent of its stores available for resale in any of the past 12 years.

  • Sign Biz Inc. has never had a lawsuit filed against it by any of its Network Members.

The Investment
Do you have $45K to invest plus home equity? The Sign Biz SBA loan business plan and loan counselors achieve 99%+ approval! To date, more than $19,000,000 in SBA financing has been funded for new Sign Biz enterprises.

Simply call the number below for a free information package to learn more about this $126,000 sign business package.

"Sign Biz has provided the needed support with a smile! When I think of how much money we would have paid in franchise fees over the last 8 years, I smile to myself because I definitely made the right decision!"
--Linda Levitan, Million Dollar  Milestone Club Member
Clearwater, Florida

If you would like to speak with someone, please call our Customer Service Department toll free at 1-800-633-5580.
If you have any further questions or would like additional information about Sign Biz Inc., please contact:

Greg Salzano
VP, Business Development
24681 La Plaza, Suite 270
Dana Point, CA 92629
800-633-5580
gregs@signbiz.com



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