Franchising

It appears that any person thinking about starting their own carpet cleaning business today will probably at one point or another consider a franchise. All things considered it just seems to make sense to benefit from the experience of other people. The franchise is additionally appealing since most of the time the new business owner will have immediate name recognition and business assistance.

The field of carpet cleaning has numerous franchise businesses to take into account. The problem is that when researching a certain franchise for a buddy, I really could not find any genuine review which could not be attributed to somebody marketing a specific franchise. So I guess it's time to provide an independent view of carpet cleaning franchise enterprises in general. Whatever the name of the franchise is, all of them have some things in common which a person must evaluate prior to accepting any contractual agreement.

First: why do potential business owners think about a franchise? In most cases an honest individual will claim its the name recognition or sensation of safety of being linked to a sizable business franchise. However in actuality, quite a few feel they'll never be able to compete against the big franchise businesses so they may as well join them. We will consider the real truth of this later, but what does joining a carpet cleaning franchise truly include?

Any kind of franchise business is founded on the experience and business plan of the former of the franchise. This might seem great but logically think about what that will mean just about the service itself of carpet cleaning. For instance: if a franchise has created a company using high priced truck mount carpet cleaning machines you know what your own kind of cleaning will include? Of course you'll need to possess the same apparatus whether its marketed directly from them or using their resources. The point that somebody not used to the field will not appreciate is the fact that cleaning technology has advanced by a lot during the past five years alone. Some of those truck mount operations can cost anywhere from $75,000 to $135,000 and even more and a lot of honest and knowledgeable operators will confess they do not provide the most effective service. If you notice in advertising and marketing, more and more commercials talk about making use of multiple methods of cleaning. That is because a lot of us in the field have stopped using the truck mounts years ago and started making use of newer and much less costly equipment. I've heard of guys through the country that have their truck mounts in the garage where they now concentrate on low moisture cleaning. Now the problem is the franchise nevertheless calls for exactly the same products they've used for the last twenty years.

This applies to any products used by a franchise. A few call themselves dry cleaning, low moisture, chemical cleaning, natural cleaning and on and on. The point is the fact that buyer of a franchise is going to be tied to any cleaning method, cleaning materials and machines employed by that franchise. Although you may come across something which supplies far better results, you'll be hesitant to change. Naturally, generally you need to obtain your materials and equipment through the franchise and in some cases if not, you are still stuck with their equipment.

The franchise operations usually demand a specific regular payment dependent on a percentage of your business also. They claim that insures your legal rights and marketing costs on a national level. This could be legitimate but just how will you feel writing a check out to your franchise at the end of every month when you did all the actual physical work? After decades in the business I have come across a lot of men who dropped out of their franchise agreements to go it alone. The issue with that is they are still stuck with unneeded machines and supplies in most cases.

As stated earlier, many are searching for name recognition and security when joining a franchise. Coming from my experience and that of many of my contacts, a good business plan will serve you far better. Keep in mind those men with franchises have got to keep making use of outdated cleaning techniques and this also permits new operators to cash in on technology. These days people desire safe cleaning products, good results, fast service and fast drying of their carpets. Those of us skilled in the field recognize you can't fill that bill by following the "corporate line" of any particular franchise. Thus for best results, find a good business plan from somebody experienced in the industry who'll share the secrets of this business. Don't throw your money away on franchise operations.