What is the Pre-Print Sales Requirement for Belocal franchisees?
Belocal Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We also require you to make a minimum number of Qualified Sales in the first sixteen weeks of your operation of the Franchised Business ("Pre-Print Sales Requirement"). Although subject to change, currently the Pre-Print Sales Requirement is that you make at least ten Qualified Sales in the first sixteen weeks of your operation of the Franchised Business. If you fail to satisfy the Pre-Print Sales Requirement, we may provide you with a Business Improvement Plan with metrics and strategies for you to improve your sale of advertising contracts. Failure to successfully complete any Business Improvement Plan is a default under the Franchise Agreement and is grounds for termination of the Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 42–44)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Belocal's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, new franchisees must meet a Pre-Print Sales Requirement. Specifically, a Belocal franchisee must make at least ten Qualified Sales within the first sixteen weeks of operating their franchised business.
A "Qualified Sale" is defined as a new advertising contract with a term of at least 12 months that generates Cash Received of at least $150 per month. Failing to meet this Pre-Print Sales Requirement may lead to Belocal providing the franchisee with a Business Improvement Plan that includes strategies and metrics to improve advertising contract sales.
Failure to successfully complete the Business Improvement Plan is considered a default under the Franchise Agreement and can be grounds for termination. This requirement highlights the importance of proactive sales efforts and achieving early success in securing advertising contracts to sustain the Belocal franchise.