Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Glass Doctor | Glass Mechanix | |
| Investment | 108800 - 289000 | 29300 - 50100 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 5-7% | $500/ month |
| Advertising Fee | 2% | |
| Year Founded | 1962 | 2006 |
| Year Franchised | 1977 | 2007 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Glass Doctor | Glass Mechanix | |
| Experience | It is helpful, but not necessary to have industry specific, general business and marketing experience. | |
Financing Options |
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| Glass Doctor | Glass Mechanix | |
| Franchise Fees | Yes | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Glass Doctor | Glass Mechanix | |
| Training | 2 weeks Basic Training Annual Conference Technical and Sales Training available | * Available at headquarters: 5 days * At franchisee's location: 2 days * Additional on-site training by request |
| Support | We produce and distribute various training materials, programs, manuals and newsletters to our franchisees, and we facilitate the holding of local, regional and/or national conferences in order to encourage networking and exchange of ideas for the purpose of making your franchise more profitable. Other support for our franchisees includes a purchasing co-op, a grand opening program and a national website. | |
| Marketing | Typical marketing for our franchise includes door hangers, flyers, newspaper and magazines ads, yellow page ads, television and radio commercials, the use of social media, co-op advertising, ad slicks and national media. | |
| Operations | International franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 5% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 - 6 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Glass Doctor | Glass Mechanix | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Glass Doctor | 5-7% |
| Glass Mechanix | $500/ month |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Glass Doctor | 2% |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Year Founded | |
| Glass Doctor | 1962 |
| Glass Mechanix | 2006 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Glass Doctor | 1977 |
| Glass Mechanix | 2007 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Glass Doctor | 10 years |
| Glass Mechanix | 10 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Glass Doctor | $5,000 |
| Glass Mechanix | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Glass Doctor | It is helpful, but not necessary to have industry specific, general business and marketing experience. |
| Glass Mechanix | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Glass Doctor | Yes |
| Glass Mechanix | Yes |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Equipment | |
| Glass Doctor} | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Inventory | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Receivables | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Payroll | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Glass Doctor | 2 weeks Basic Training Annual Conference Technical and Sales Training available |
| Glass Mechanix | * Available at headquarters: 5 days * At franchisee's location: 2 days * Additional on-site training by request |
| Support | |
| Glass Doctor | We produce and distribute various training materials, programs, manuals and newsletters to our franchisees, and we facilitate the holding of local, regional and/or national conferences in order to encourage networking and exchange of ideas for the purpose of making your franchise more profitable. Other support for our franchisees includes a purchasing co-op, a grand opening program and a national website. |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Marketing | |
| Glass Doctor | Typical marketing for our franchise includes door hangers, flyers, newspaper and magazines ads, yellow page ads, television and radio commercials, the use of social media, co-op advertising, ad slicks and national media. |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Operations | |
| Glass Doctor | International franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 5% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 5 - 6 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Glass Mechanix | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |
| International Expansion | |
| Glass Doctor | |
| Glass Mechanix | |