What does the Administrative Credit Card Fee for Belocal cover?
Belocal Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Type of Fee(1) | Amount | Due Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| revenues). We or our affiliate will collect | |||
| any such payments, and we have the right | |||
| to charge a fee to cover the credit card | |||
| transaction fees associated with such | |||
| payments as well as a reasonable fee for | |||
| our or our affiliate's involvement with the | |||
| administration of this payment channel | |||
| ("Administrative Credit Card Fee"). | |||
| The current Administrative Credit Card | |||
| Fee is equal to 3% of any amount paid by a | |||
| third-party using our designated credit card | |||
| processing platform to pay fees or other | |||
| amounts owed in connection with the | |||
| Publication or relating to the Franchised | |||
| Business, but we may change the amount | |||
| of the Administrative Credit Card Fee upon | |||
| 90 days' notice to you. | |||
| Currently, we only charge the | |||
| Administrative Credit Card Fee in | |||
| connection with event revenues (amounts | |||
| paid by event sponsors or others connected | |||
| with local events you have organized); but, | |||
| we reserve the right, upon 90 days' notice | |||
| to you, to charge an Administrative Credit | |||
| Card Fee in connection with any other | |||
| third-party payments of fees or other | |||
| amounts owed in connection with the | |||
| Publication or relating to the Franchised | |||
| Business made using our designated credit | |||
| card processing platform. | |||
| We may increase the amount of the | |||
| Administrative Credit Card Fee from time | |||
| to time, including due to increases in | |||
| vendor pricing, up to a maximum of 5% of | |||
| the total amount paid by any third-party via | |||
| credit card. | |||
| We may make mandatory a third-party's | |||
| use of our designated credit card | |||
| processing platform for payment of any | |||
| fees or other amounts owed in connection | |||
| with the Publication or relating to the | |||
| Franchised Business. |
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 14–31)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Belocal's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Administrative Credit Card Fee is designed to cover the credit card transaction fees and Belocal's or its affiliate's administrative involvement when third parties use the designated credit card processing platform to make payments. This applies to fees or other amounts owed in connection with the Publication or relating to the Franchised Business.
Currently, Belocal only charges this fee, which is 3% of the amount paid via credit card, in connection with event revenues from event sponsors or others involved in local events organized by the franchisee. However, Belocal retains the right to extend this fee to any other third-party payments made via the designated credit card processing platform, provided they give franchisees 90 days' notice.
Belocal also has the right to increase the Administrative Credit Card Fee, including in response to increases in vendor pricing, up to a maximum of 5% of the total amount paid by a third party via credit card. Furthermore, Belocal can mandate the use of its designated credit card processing platform for any fees or amounts related to the Publication or the Franchised Business.