is this possible?

That is very interesting, i thought about a franchise many years ago when i first started the business, but when i looked into it i got lost, we were turning over serious money at that stage, whereas now we are more ticking over due to ill health a couple of years back. We are starting to rebuild the business but my business partner (also is my wife) has now retired and so it is just me. the weather is not helping and i would live to look back at selling it on as a franchise so that i do earn a bit for all of my hard work, and i would certainly train people into whichever part of the business they require training.
You have rekindled my thoughts and so i will spend all day searching and seeing what to do. i already have interested parties but they want me to finance it all, whereas if i could get people interested at a low cost for the franchise they could use our name and their vehicles etc with leads from us.
But do i not need to have a lot of turnover to franchise a business?

I'd be tempted into franchising this if I were you. I think it'd be very easy to do so too!

People are interested in different things so it depends more on what the buyer wants rather than what you try to 'sell' them. Put it this way, I work to live, not live to work. In your terms your franchisers would be interested more in time to themselves and some money rather than making a fortune. That means you could market it to the likes of those with half a braincell and an interest in helping others. So the problem to solve first is what do you want to sell it for?

What equipment is required in terms of cost?
What is the current turnover?
What is the profitability of the business?
Do you need franchisers to have a limited company or can they run it as a sole trader?
What training/legal issues are there for a new start up?

Have you looked on eBay? Do a search in eBay for 'business franchise' and you will see what I am thinking about...

Nathan.

Thanks for the input, these are all thoughts and directions that i once had, but am now looking at it from a different angle.
You have given me a lot to think about and try to sort out, this i am about to do, and at the same time re sort out the website in anticipation of me carrying it forward. as a pest controller i found that a lot are in the same position as me this year due to the weather, but because of the damp weather the mould side of the business is still running. I am long term looking to have some kind of income to live on whilst still having a business, and so i could quite easily market the business as a franchise but without promises of work as it is seasonal, in which case it would be as per any business upto the owner of the business to push it as well.
I have new directions and you have rekindled old ideas but with a twist.

Thanks for the input

If you want any other information or want to discuss any aspect, please feel free to get in touch!

I do web design too so if you want any help on that front or want to consider the idea of me doing a website for new franchisers, I can do a copy and paste website with a different name for around

Thanks Nathan
i am just looking into exactly that, i am looking at putting a box into the current website or a new simpler version via someone like you, whereby the customer can put in their postcode and find the nearest contractor . franchisee to them. similar to greenthumbs website
i will certainly keep this conversation in mind. also if you designed the webby for our needs and as a copy and past i presume that i could then add bits onto it as things change

Hi,

Yes it can easily be altered by the owner if I do one for a new franchise or by yourself. No programming is required!

Doing anything on a website that involves a database is a world of pain cost wise, however, it is possible to update a page with locations available much more easily!

You can alter the website at any time and as often as you like, and the change is instant. You can advertise on it and everything else. You can have as many email addresses as you like too.

Nathan.

cheers i will bear that in mind, my brain is in overdrive at the moment cos as you probably have seen i have several websites and i am not sure which way to go.
i run with a serif programme at the moment i have used others but have found this one easy once i had a bit of practice, presumably once you have designed it etc i would then host it after deciding which domain to have, i have approx 20 all directed to various sites i own.

You can do what you want in many ways.

If I was doing this for myself I would do it in a different way:

I'd have one umbrella website and then set the others to redirect to a spcific page on one main site. It reduces the amount of work in running them and creates a more wholesome company image. It would be very simple to do it by using sub domains.

I can't put url's on yet as I only joined the forum today, however, if you go to www dot sandau dot biz you will see my website and see what I mean.

I'd have a main homepage and then links from that to the individual ventures you have. It would also be much cheaper to run them all too, in theory.

As for hosting, you can if you wish but I always use a hosting company which relieves me of loads of work on that side of things. If you use a good one they are cheap enough and miles easier than hosting yourself.

Nathan.

hi
i see what you have done, and that is similar to how mine used to look.
I am seriously looking at offering the training as a side line to my present business and see where it takes me from there

If I can help in any way let me know, if you are having brain melting issues I find mind mapping works brilliantly to calm things down and organise my thoughts. If you want a hand with it, just let me know.

Nathan.