What agreements must an All Dogs Unleashed franchisee enter into regarding software and hardware?
All_Dogs_Unleashed Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must enter into all software license agreements, "terms of use" agreements, and software and hardware maintenance agreements, in the form and manner we prescribe, and pay all fees imposed under the agreements. We anticipate the annual costs of required update and maintenance contracts to be $0.
You must purchase, install, and maintain electronic point-of-sale cash register systems to record sales and transaction data and track purchases. To operate the POS System, you will need to connect to a high-speed communications device which is capable of accessing the Internet via a third-party network. We have the right to independently access all information and financial data recorded by the system for daily polling, audit, and sales verification. You must provide us with login information and access to your POS system. Updates or replacement of the POS System, both hardware and software, may be required. There is no contractual limitation on the frequency or cost of these obligations.
You may either purchase or lease the POS system. If you choose to lease your POS system, we anticipate that there will be no upfront costs and that the annual cost of the lease will be $240. If you choose to purchase the POS system, we anticipate that your cost will be $420.
We estimate the cost of purchasing required computer hardware will be $1,500 for a Commercial Training Facility. As technology or software is developed in the future, we may require you to acquire additional, new, or substitute software, and replace or upgrade your computer system and software.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 20–26)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 All Dogs Unleashed FDD, franchisees must enter into all software license agreements, "terms of use" agreements, and software and hardware maintenance agreements in the form and manner prescribed by All Dogs Unleashed. Franchisees are also responsible for paying all fees imposed under these agreements. The FDD anticipates the annual costs of required update and maintenance contracts to be $0.
All Dogs Unleashed franchisees must purchase, install, and maintain electronic point-of-sale cash register systems to record sales and transaction data and track purchases. To operate the POS System, franchisees will need to connect to a high-speed communications device which is capable of accessing the Internet via a third-party network. All Dogs Unleashed has the right to independently access all information and financial data recorded by the system for daily polling, audit, and sales verification, and franchisees must provide All Dogs Unleashed with login information and access to their POS system. Updates or replacement of the POS System, both hardware and software, may be required, and there is no contractual limitation on the frequency or cost of these obligations.
Franchisees may either purchase or lease the POS system. If a franchisee chooses to lease their POS system, All Dogs Unleashed anticipates that there will be no upfront costs and that the annual cost of the lease will be $240. If a franchisee chooses to purchase the POS system, All Dogs Unleashed anticipates that their cost will be $420. All Dogs Unleashed estimates the cost of purchasing required computer hardware will be $1,500 for a Commercial Training Facility. As technology or software is developed in the future, All Dogs Unleashed may require franchisees to acquire additional, new, or substitute software, and replace or upgrade their computer system and software.