Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Safe Ship | Unishippers | |
| Investment | 54900 - 153900 | 19565 - 233300 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | $100-$300/month | 15% -18.5% |
| Advertising Fee | 1% | |
| Year Founded | 1990 | 1987 |
| Year Franchised | 2008 | 1987 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Safe Ship | Unishippers | |
| Experience | ||
Financing Options |
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| Safe Ship | Unishippers | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Safe Ship | Unishippers | |
| Training | Extensive 2 weeks Instore | |
| Support | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations | |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media | |
| Operations | Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 1 | Franchise can be run from home. International franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 40% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (97% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| Safe Ship | Unishippers | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Safe Ship | $100-$300/month |
| Unishippers | 15% -18.5% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | 1% |
| Year Founded | |
| Safe Ship | 1990 |
| Unishippers | 1987 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Safe Ship | 2008 |
| Unishippers | 1987 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | 5 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | $5K |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Equipment | |
| Safe Ship} | |
| Unishippers | |
| Inventory | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Receivables | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Payroll | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Safe Ship | Extensive 2 weeks Instore |
| Unishippers | |
| Support | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations |
| Marketing | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media |
| Operations | |
| Safe Ship | Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 1 |
| Unishippers | Franchise can be run from home. International franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 40% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (97% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |
| International Expansion | |
| Safe Ship | |
| Unishippers | |