Will Annex Brands prepare and post a designated area on its website to promote a franchisee's center?
Annex_Brands Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We must approve any website (or equivalent electronic advertising) that utilizes the Marks before publication and approve any modification prior to publishing updates.
If we establish our website, we will prepare and post a designated area on our website for the purpose of promoting your Center ("your website").
Your website will be accessible without charge to anyone with access to the Internet.
You may not maintain another website without our prior written consent. (The terms "Franchisor's prior written consent", and "our prior written consent", as used in the franchise agreement, and its attachments, and this Agreement, mean consent that is given by Franchisor based on then-current circumstances, but that may be
withdrawn by Franchisor, if Franchisor later determines in its sole discretion that circumstances have changed, effective upon giving Franchisee 30 days' prior written notice of withdrawal.)
- (a) Standard Web Pages.
The initial fee for creation and posting of standard web pages is currently included in your technology services fee, but we reserve the right to change this in the future.
We will design the content of standard web pages.
- (b) Customized Standard Web Pages or Website.
If we offer customization services, you may request us to customize portions of your standard web pages or create a customized website for you.
We will not commence any design or programming work for you that will entail additional charges without your prior written approval.
Once you agree, we will charge you at our then-current rate for design or programming services, and we may charge you an annual fee for maintaining a customized website for you.
We will design the layout, including but not limited to determination of content, number of pages, consideration of alternate pages for graphics or text, and the overall navigation; create the programming code for display on the Internet including but not limited to the encoding of images, the creation of hyperlinking of both text and images, and the creation of email hyperlinking; and test the programming code.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 109–110)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Annex Brands' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if Annex Brands establishes a website, they will prepare and post a designated area on their website to promote a franchisee's center. This franchisee website will be accessible without charge to anyone with access to the Internet. However, franchisees may not maintain another website without Annex Brands' prior written consent, which can be withdrawn with 30 days' notice if circumstances change.
Annex Brands must approve any website (or equivalent electronic advertising) that utilizes their marks before publication and approve any modification prior to publishing updates. The initial fee for creating and posting standard web pages is currently included in the technology services fee, but Annex Brands reserves the right to change this in the future. Annex Brands will design the content of standard web pages.
If Annex Brands offers customization services, franchisees may request them to customize portions of their standard web pages or create a customized website. Annex Brands will not commence any design or programming work that will entail additional charges without the franchisee's prior written approval. Once agreed, Annex Brands will charge at their then-current rate for design or programming services and may charge an annual fee for maintaining a customized website. Annex Brands will design the layout, create the programming code, and test the programming code for customized websites.