{"id":1387,"date":"2011-06-14T17:57:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T22:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:05:26","slug":"how-do-you-get-access-to-a-franchise-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/how-do-you-get-access-to-a-franchise-system","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Get Access to a Franchise System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s really only one way (<em>legally<\/em>) to get access to <strong>the super-secret system<\/strong> that a typical franchisor has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars and numerous hours into.<\/p>\n<p><em>One<\/em> way;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPay The <a title=\"joel libava franchise fees\" href=\"\/the-franchise-fee-fallacy\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Franchise Fee<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting; just about every time I start discussing &#8220;<strong><em>The Franchise Fee<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; in one of my franchise presentations, my specially-tuned ears pick up someone doing some serious muttering under their breath&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Muttering;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>That&#8217;s<\/strong> where those franchise companies make all of their money. It&#8217;s crazy. Paying $30,000 to a franchise company<\/em>&#8230;.&#8221; Blah Blah Blah.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, there&#8217;s normally<em> not<\/em> a lot of profit made from the franchise fees. It&#8217;s just one of the many myths that plague franchising.<\/p>\n<p>My friend, <strong>Charles Internicola<\/strong>, a <strong>franchise attorney<\/strong> in New York, just wrote a post that explains exactly what the Franchise Fee covers. As a prospective franchise owner, it&#8217;s crucial for you to know what you&#8217;re paying for, and in the case of the Franchise fee, where your money is going.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"charles intercola\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/blogs\/franchise-lawyers-when-use-one\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a title=\"hot franchises\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisedirect.com\/restaurantfranchises\/81\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Food Franchises!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6813496555553580\";\n\/* 336x280, created 8\/3\/11 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6924907087\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s really only one way (legally) to get access to the super-secret system that a typical franchisor has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars and numerous hours into. 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It&rsquo;s interesting; just about every time I start discussing &ldquo;The Franchise Fee&rdquo; in one of my franchise presentations, my specially-tuned ears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Do You Get Access to a Franchise System?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How Do You Get Access to a Franchise System?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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