Can I place a Card My Yard business at a site that has not been accepted in writing by the franchisor?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- (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.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, you cannot operate a Card My Yard business from a site that has not been approved in writing by Card My Yard. Before acquiring a site that is not your primary residence, you must submit a description of the site, evidence that the site meets Card My Yard’s guidelines, and any other information Card My Yard requires, including a final copy of the lease or contract of sale with Exhibit F incorporated.
The lease or contract cannot be signed unless it includes a rider in the form of Exhibit F and is submitted to, and approved by, Card My Yard in advance. Card My Yard has 15 days after receiving all required site information to accept or reject the proposed site. You must notify Card My Yard in writing within five days of the acceptance date of the site you intend to acquire for the Card My Yard business if multiple sites are accepted.
Following Card My Yard's acceptance of the site, you must acquire the site by purchase or lease at your expense and furnish a copy of the executed lease or contract of sale within ten days after execution. After Card My Yard accepts the site and you acquire it, the address of the site will be entered on Exhibit C to the Franchise Agreement as the Franchise Location, and the Protected Area around the Franchise Location will be described on Exhibit C.