{"id":7335,"date":"2012-09-20T14:21:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2022-10-31T06:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:22:01","slug":"business-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/business-in-a-box","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Business In a Box?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/business-in-a-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/box.jpg\" alt=\"a business in a box\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you really buy a business that&#8217;s 100% set up&#8230;a &#8220;<em>business in a box<\/em>?&#8221; Let&#8217;s find out, because it sure sounds good!<\/p>\n<h2>A Business In A Box?<\/h2>\n<p>What does that <em>mean<\/em>? What do you,&#8221;<em>see<\/em>&#8221; when you read that sentence?<\/p>\n<p>I know what<em> I<\/em> see.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I see <strong>a franchise business<\/strong> that&#8217;s already set-up, and just needs someone to buy it and run it. If it&#8217;s <a title=\"well-known retail businesses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/is-this-military-veteran-rolling-the-dice-with-this-wellknown-retail-franchise\">a retail type of business<\/a>\u00a0 not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elearninghelper.com\/\">essay writing website<\/a>, all the fixtures are in, the shelves are stocked, and the point of sale system is plugged in and ready to go.<\/li>\n<li>I see a business that&#8217;s already to go, and should be<strong> easy<\/strong> to manage-since everything has been set-up.<\/li>\n<li>I see<a title=\"easy franchises to own\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/finding-easy-franchises-to-start\"> a business that should be <strong>easy<\/strong> to make money in<\/a>, since it&#8217;s already set-up and\u00a0systematized.<\/li>\n<li>And, since it&#8217;s a business in a box, I&#8217;m obviously not the first one to own one of them, so naturally it&#8217;s <em>a proven<\/em> business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who Constructed The Box?<\/h2>\n<p>Who is the entrepreneur that <em>built<\/em> the box? <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Credentials, please<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Does this person have a successful track record in business?<\/p>\n<p>Has this person&#8211;<em>the franchisor<\/em>, done real-world testing of the business?<\/p>\n<p>Does this franchisor have a top-notch team in place to support <em>numerous<\/em> boxes?<\/p>\n<p>In other words, does the franchise opportunity you&#8217;re thinking of investing in have teeth?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Teeth by Karen_O'D, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/karen_od\/2578176911\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3123\/2578176911_99f3cf709b.jpg\" alt=\"franchises with teeth\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(<em>Courtesy of Karen_O&#8217;D, on Flickr<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h2>Are Other Box Owners Profitable?<\/h2>\n<p>The <em>only<\/em> way to find out if other owners of this<a title=\"business in a box joel libava and carol roth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolroth.com\/blog\/franchise-opportunities-about-those-businesses-in-a-box\/\"><strong> business<\/strong><\/a> are happy-<em>and making money<\/em>, is to contact them personally, and ask them.<\/p>\n<p>That way, you won&#8217;t have to assume that a ready-made business-one that comes in a box, is a successful one.<\/p>\n<p>And, it&#8217;s really easy to get real answers if you know <em>what questions to ask<\/em>&#8230;and <em>how<\/em> to ask them.<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s Your Lucky Day!<\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s right; you&#8217;re in luck.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/impartial-franchise-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigated a franchise business opportunity<\/a>, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. The blog posts listed below will get you started on the right track. After all, if you&#8217;re going to <em>invest in a business in a box<\/em>, you&#8217;re going to want to know if it&#8217;s a box worth pursuing.<\/p>\n<p>So you can have a good shot at owning what you do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/buying-a-franchise-means\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Does it Mean to Buy a Franchise?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/getting-in-the-weeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Avoid Getting in The Weeds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"entrepreneur magazine franchise research article joel libava\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-research-entrepreneur-magazine-style\">Franchise Research Steps\/Entrepreneur Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchising-not-alone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Don&#8217;t Have to do This Alone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you own a business in a box?<\/strong> Do you like it? 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