Is the Franchise Location for a Card My Yard business located by the franchisee?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
will not provide an on-site evaluation for any proposed site before receiving all required information and materials required pursuant to Section III.A(2) below.
- (2) If you wish to operate your Card My Yard Business from a location that is not your primary residence, then before acquiring a site for the Card My Yard business, you must submit to us, in the form specified by us, a description of the site, evidence satisfactory to us demonstrating that the site satisfies our site selection guidelines, and such other information and materials as we may reasonably require,including, but notlimited to, a final, complete copy of the lease (which must incorporate a rider in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F) or contract of sale for the site for your Card My Yard business. Such lease or contract for sale may not be signed by you unless it includes a rider in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F and is submitted to, and approved by, us in advance.
- (3) We shall have fifteen (15) days after receiving all required site information to accept or reject, in our sole discretion, the proposed site as the location for your Card My Yard business. No site may be used for a Card My Yard business unless it is first accepted in writing by us, and you shall not make any binding commitment with respect to a site for your Card My Yard business unless the site is first accepted in writing by us. If we accept multiple sites for the Card My Yard business, you shall notify us in writing within five (5) days of the date of such acceptance of the site that you intend to acquire for the Card My Yard business. You acknowledge that our acceptance of a prospective site and the rendering of assistance in the selection of a site does not constitute a representation, promise, warranty or guarantee, express or implied, by us that the Card My Yard business operated at that site will be profitable or otherwise successful.
- (4) If you obtain rights to a site other than your home, then promptly following our acceptance of the site for your Card My Yard business, you shall acquire the site by purchase or lease, at your expense. You agree to furnish to us a copy of the executed lease or contract of sale within ten (10) days after execution.
- (5) After we accept the site and you acquire the site pursuant to this Agreement, the address of the site shall be entered on Exhibit C to this Agreement as the Franchise Location and the Protected Area around the Franchise Location will be described on Exhibit C.
- B. Franchise Location; Relocation. You have been granted the right to operate a Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location listed in Exhibit C to this Agreement. You must not relocate the Card My Yard business without our express prior written consent, except that our consent will not be required if your Franchise Location is your home and you move to a new residence within your Protected Area. If you are unable to continue the operation of the Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location because of the occurrence of an event of Force Majeure or for other reasons not constituting an event of default under this Agreement, you may request our consent to relocate the Card My Yard business to another location in the Protected Area. Such request must be submitted to us as soon as possible (but in no event longer than 10 days) after the date you discover you will be unable to continue the operation of the Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are responsible for finding a location for their business, but Card My Yard retains approval rights over the site. If a franchisee wishes to operate their Card My Yard business from a location that is not their primary residence, they must submit a description of the site and evidence that it meets Card My Yard's site selection guidelines. The franchisee must also provide any other information Card My Yard reasonably requires, including a final copy of the lease or sales contract, which must include a rider in the form attached as Exhibit F. The franchisee cannot sign the lease or contract until Card My Yard approves it.
Card My Yard then has 15 days to either accept or reject the proposed site. The document states that no site can be used for a Card My Yard business until Card My Yard provides written acceptance. If Card My Yard accepts multiple sites, the franchisee must notify Card My Yard within five days which site they intend to acquire. The franchisee is responsible for acquiring the site by purchase or lease at their own expense after Card My Yard accepts the site. The franchisee must provide Card My Yard with a copy of the executed lease or sales contract within 10 days of execution. After Card My Yard accepts the site and the franchisee acquires it, the address will be added to Exhibit C as the Franchise Location, and the Protected Area around the location will be described on Exhibit C.
Notably, the FDD states that Card My Yard's acceptance of a site does not guarantee the business's profitability or success at that location. The franchisee is also responsible for obtaining all zoning classifications and clearances required for the construction and operation of the Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location. They must also ensure the premises comply with local ordinances and building codes at their expense. Before starting construction, the franchisee must obtain all necessary approvals, clearances, permits, licenses, and certifications and provide written certification to Card My Yard that they have been obtained and that the required insurance coverage is in effect. Card My Yard may request copies of these documents.