Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| iLoveKickboxing | Extra Innings | |
| Investment | 214944 - 559494 | 239000 - 650000 |
| Franchise Fee | ||
| Royalty Fee | 6% | Varies |
| Advertising Fee | 1% | Varies |
| Year Founded | 2009 | 1996 |
| Year Franchised | 2012 | 2004 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| iLoveKickboxing | Extra Innings | |
| Experience | Our team members have diverse backgrounds. Experience playing or coaching at the high school, collegiate, or professional level is helpful. However, if a franchisee lacks this type of background, he or she must be able to hire individuals with this baseball and softball experience. Although we would never dictate how a coach should teach, the terms they should use, or their particular philosophical beliefs we do offer ongoing training in these areas. The franchise company provides the program structure and techniques to maximize revenue with every lesson and clinic that your facility provides. | |
Financing Options |
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| iLoveKickboxing | Extra Innings | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| iLoveKickboxing | Extra Innings | |
| Training | Your live training at our headquarters in Long Island, NY literally covers everything: hiring the perfect staff, creating an amazing atmosphere for your kickboxing members, how to make sales presentations feel more like natural conversations, customer retention, construction and layout challenges and how to overcome them, and a lot more. Hired a couple of new instructors and want to quickly get them up to speed? Or maybe you want your current instructors to "freshen" up on their skills? Twice a year we hold complimentary training for all of our franchisees' staff members. For new staff, we'll train them from the bottom up to be the most passionate, knowledgable instructors that they possibly can be. For "veteran" staff, we'll brush up on their kickboxing technique, their customer-relation skills, sales skills and more. Classroom Training: 42 hours | |
| Support | Our headquarters are open to you for questions and guidance Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm EST. If you have an urgent situation and need attention ASAP, we've got you covered too. There's a special line you can reach. When you call, you'll be treated with courtesy, respect and consideration. The last thing you'll feel is "brushed aside." We'll spend however much time you need to get the question or challenge you're facing sorted out. And of course we're available via email too for those quick questions you have that can be answered in a few sentences. Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software | As an Extra Innings franchisee, here is just some of the ongoing support you will receive to help grow your business: * Continued access to the "The Clubhouse," our company wide intranet training and communication site. Franchisees are able to tap into the knowledge and experience of the entire Extra Innings team, including all other franchisees and managers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You are never alone in the batters box when you join our team. * Comprehensive e-mail marketing and social media system which promotes your facility's programs and special events. You benefit from our proven strategy developed and executed by advertising, internet and social media professionals. * Custom mobile responsive website and eCommerce developed, maintained and optimized by contracted web & digital marketing professionals. * Access to a proprietary schedule manager software that will help streamline your business and enhance your facility's marketability through email and text reminders to your customers. * Continued marketing and public relations development provided by a contracted professional communications firm. * Ongoing training on how to take advantage of the Extra Innings buying power that enables you access to the Extra Innings approved vendors and distributors. This access includes unprecedented pricing and distribution programs made available to each franchisee on the Extra Innings team. These companies provide nationally recognized products and equipment for you to sell in your Pro Shop or use in your facility. * Approved vendor and distributor web training forums hosted on the "The Clubhouse". This training includes representatives from the nation's top baseball and softball manufacturers. Each one of these forums is designed to educate your employees about the exciting product they will be selling in your Pro Shop. * Assistance and analysis with ongoing administrative functions such as accounting, finance, inventory control, and insurance. * Continued performance analysis including a sales bench marking module. By using this module, your performance can be compared historically to other team members. This bench marking module gives you a competitive advantage when trying to recognize potential problems or areas that need improvement. * Continued in facility reviews and training. A senior member of the EIFC team will make routine visits to your facility to continually train and observe your employees and programs in action. These visits result in a report to you with suggestions on how to improve your facility's performance. * An annual owners meeting and trade show that consists of continued education programs, hands-on training techniques, executive round tables, vendor and distributor booths, social events and special guests. This meeting is the highlight of the year with a unique combination of business education, product review and social interaction with other team members. |
| Marketing | 1)From top to bottom we've crafted a website that's proven to convert visitors into qualified leads. Your location will receive such a site, customized for your area. And because the site gets visitors to enroll on a paid trial membership - you know only extremely qualified leads are coming through your doors. Most fitness centers offer free trials. This produces leads that waste your time, without ever intending to buy from you. However, a lead that pays for a trial is very serious about fitness and weight loss, and willing to pay for it. 2) Your website offers prospects access to the web special in exchange for their name and email address. Sometimes, people don't purchase the trial membership right then and there. When this happens, they'll automatically roll over to our Done-for-You Email Marketing program that sends them a mixture of valuable fitness content, and sales messages, to convert them to your customer down the road. Of course you don't lift a finger through all of this. We take care of it for you. 3)In your in-person training, as well as in your operations manual, you'll see exactly how to use these Social Media outlets to build your business - without being salesy, pitchy, or a nuisance to the community (many businesses spam these outlets with their sales messages - which just pushes away prospects). In fact, when following our proven plan, it's actually a lot of fun and very rewarding to interact with the community through these channels. In addition, we run the nationwide Facebook Fan Page & blog which gets traffic from all over the country, and directs it to each location's website. 4) On top of all of this, we constantly use a blend of article marketing, blog marketing, search engine marketing, video marketing, social bookmark marketing and more to get your website ranked in the search engines - and deliver you high-quality traffic. Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing | Extra Innings provides a comprehensive email marketing system to help effectively promote your facility's programs and drive traffic to your website. |
| Operations | ||
Expansion Plans |
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| iLoveKickboxing | Extra Innings | |
| US Expansion | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | |
| Canada Expansion | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory | 0 |
| International Expansion | Worldwide, |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| iLoveKickboxing | 6% |
| Extra Innings | Varies |
| Advertising Fee | |
| iLoveKickboxing | 1% |
| Extra Innings | Varies |
| Year Founded | |
| iLoveKickboxing | 2009 |
| Extra Innings | 1996 |
| Year Franchised | |
| iLoveKickboxing | 2012 |
| Extra Innings | 2004 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| iLoveKickboxing | 5 years |
| Extra Innings | 10 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | $5,000 |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | Our team members have diverse backgrounds. Experience playing or coaching at the high school, collegiate, or professional level is helpful. However, if a franchisee lacks this type of background, he or she must be able to hire individuals with this baseball and softball experience. Although we would never dictate how a coach should teach, the terms they should use, or their particular philosophical beliefs we do offer ongoing training in these areas. The franchise company provides the program structure and techniques to maximize revenue with every lesson and clinic that your facility provides. |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | |
| Start-up Costs | |
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| Extra Innings | |
| Equipment | |
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| Extra Innings | |
| Inventory | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | |
| Receivables | |
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| Extra Innings | |
| Payroll | |
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| Extra Innings | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| iLoveKickboxing | Your live training at our headquarters in Long Island, NY literally covers everything: hiring the perfect staff, creating an amazing atmosphere for your kickboxing members, how to make sales presentations feel more like natural conversations, customer retention, construction and layout challenges and how to overcome them, and a lot more. Hired a couple of new instructors and want to quickly get them up to speed? Or maybe you want your current instructors to "freshen" up on their skills? Twice a year we hold complimentary training for all of our franchisees' staff members. For new staff, we'll train them from the bottom up to be the most passionate, knowledgable instructors that they possibly can be. For "veteran" staff, we'll brush up on their kickboxing technique, their customer-relation skills, sales skills and more. Classroom Training: 42 hours |
| Extra Innings | |
| Support | |
| iLoveKickboxing | Our headquarters are open to you for questions and guidance Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm EST. If you have an urgent situation and need attention ASAP, we've got you covered too. There's a special line you can reach. When you call, you'll be treated with courtesy, respect and consideration. The last thing you'll feel is "brushed aside." We'll spend however much time you need to get the question or challenge you're facing sorted out. And of course we're available via email too for those quick questions you have that can be answered in a few sentences. Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software |
| Extra Innings | As an Extra Innings franchisee, here is just some of the ongoing support you will receive to help grow your business: * Continued access to the "The Clubhouse," our company wide intranet training and communication site. Franchisees are able to tap into the knowledge and experience of the entire Extra Innings team, including all other franchisees and managers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You are never alone in the batters box when you join our team. * Comprehensive e-mail marketing and social media system which promotes your facility's programs and special events. You benefit from our proven strategy developed and executed by advertising, internet and social media professionals. * Custom mobile responsive website and eCommerce developed, maintained and optimized by contracted web & digital marketing professionals. * Access to a proprietary schedule manager software that will help streamline your business and enhance your facility's marketability through email and text reminders to your customers. * Continued marketing and public relations development provided by a contracted professional communications firm. * Ongoing training on how to take advantage of the Extra Innings buying power that enables you access to the Extra Innings approved vendors and distributors. This access includes unprecedented pricing and distribution programs made available to each franchisee on the Extra Innings team. These companies provide nationally recognized products and equipment for you to sell in your Pro Shop or use in your facility. * Approved vendor and distributor web training forums hosted on the "The Clubhouse". This training includes representatives from the nation's top baseball and softball manufacturers. Each one of these forums is designed to educate your employees about the exciting product they will be selling in your Pro Shop. * Assistance and analysis with ongoing administrative functions such as accounting, finance, inventory control, and insurance. * Continued performance analysis including a sales bench marking module. By using this module, your performance can be compared historically to other team members. This bench marking module gives you a competitive advantage when trying to recognize potential problems or areas that need improvement. * Continued in facility reviews and training. A senior member of the EIFC team will make routine visits to your facility to continually train and observe your employees and programs in action. These visits result in a report to you with suggestions on how to improve your facility's performance. * An annual owners meeting and trade show that consists of continued education programs, hands-on training techniques, executive round tables, vendor and distributor booths, social events and special guests. This meeting is the highlight of the year with a unique combination of business education, product review and social interaction with other team members. |
| Marketing | |
| iLoveKickboxing | 1)From top to bottom we've crafted a website that's proven to convert visitors into qualified leads. Your location will receive such a site, customized for your area. And because the site gets visitors to enroll on a paid trial membership - you know only extremely qualified leads are coming through your doors. Most fitness centers offer free trials. This produces leads that waste your time, without ever intending to buy from you. However, a lead that pays for a trial is very serious about fitness and weight loss, and willing to pay for it. 2) Your website offers prospects access to the web special in exchange for their name and email address. Sometimes, people don't purchase the trial membership right then and there. When this happens, they'll automatically roll over to our Done-for-You Email Marketing program that sends them a mixture of valuable fitness content, and sales messages, to convert them to your customer down the road. Of course you don't lift a finger through all of this. We take care of it for you. 3)In your in-person training, as well as in your operations manual, you'll see exactly how to use these Social Media outlets to build your business - without being salesy, pitchy, or a nuisance to the community (many businesses spam these outlets with their sales messages - which just pushes away prospects). In fact, when following our proven plan, it's actually a lot of fun and very rewarding to interact with the community through these channels. In addition, we run the nationwide Facebook Fan Page & blog which gets traffic from all over the country, and directs it to each location's website. 4) On top of all of this, we constantly use a blend of article marketing, blog marketing, search engine marketing, video marketing, social bookmark marketing and more to get your website ranked in the search engines - and deliver you high-quality traffic. Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing |
| Extra Innings | Extra Innings provides a comprehensive email marketing system to help effectively promote your facility's programs and drive traffic to your website. |
| Operations | |
| iLoveKickboxing | |
| Extra Innings | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| iLoveKickboxing | Nationwide, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming |
| Extra Innings | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| iLoveKickboxing | Nationwide, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory |
| Extra Innings | 0 |
| International Expansion | |
| iLoveKickboxing | Worldwide, |
| Extra Innings | |