Can a Card My Yard franchisee operate the Franchised Business from their personal residence?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
hise Agreement, Section VIII.A.).
ITEM 12: TERRITORY
The Franchise Agreement gives you the right to operate a Card My Yard business at a site we accept as meeting our site selection guidelines (the "Location"). We anticipate that most, if not all, of our franchisees will operate their Card My Yard businesses from their homes. However, if you elect to operate from a site other than your home, then you must select the site for your Card My Yard business from within a non-exclusive "Designated Search Area" that will be agreed upon and identified in Exhibit C to your Franchise Agreement. If applicable, the Designated Search Area will be agreed upon by you and us before your execution of the Franchise Agreement. If you choose to operate your Card My Yard business from your home then there will be no need to identify a Designated Search Area. You will have no exclusivity or other rights within the Designated Search Area other than the right to identify a proposed site for your Card My Yard business. After you locate a site acceptable to us or notify us that you will operate your Card My Yard business from your home we will grant you a "Protected Area" around your site as described below.
Franchise Agreement
You must operate the Franchised Business only from your home or another location approved by us in writing within the agreed upon "Protected Area" set forth in Exhibit C of the Franchise Agreement (the "Protected Area"). We anticipate that most franchisees will operate their Franchised Business from their personal residence (provided that such residence must be located within the franchisee's Protected Area), but you may also propose other locations for your Franchised Business, provided that any proposed location will be subject to our review and approval or rejection as described in the Franchise Agreement. In any event, the location to be used for your Franchised Business must not violate applicable zoning laws or restrictions.
If you remain in compliance with the Franchise Agreement and any other agreements you have with us or our affiliates, we and our affiliates will not establish, or authorize anyone except you to establish, a Card My Yard business in your Protected Area during the term of the Franchise Agreement. The Protected Area boundaries will be agreed upon by you and us and will be defined by zip codes.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 43–46)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees can operate the business from their personal residence. The FDD anticipates that most, if not all, franchisees will operate from their homes. However, the residence must be located within the franchisee's Protected Area.
If a franchisee chooses to operate from a site other than their home, they must select a site within a non-exclusive Designated Search Area, which will be agreed upon and identified in Exhibit C of the Franchise Agreement. If operating from a location other than a home, the location must be approved by Card My Yard in writing and must not violate applicable zoning laws or restrictions.
Franchisees must operate the Card My Yard business only from their home or another location approved by Card My Yard within the Protected Area. The franchisee cannot relocate the Card My Yard business under any circumstances without Card My Yard's consent, which will only be granted if the Location is the franchisee's home and they move to a new residence within their existing Protected Area. A request to relocate must be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 10 days after discovering the inability to continue operating the business at the current Location.