What rights do I acquire in the Designated Search Area for my Card My Yard business?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- A. Site Selection and Acquisition. You assume all cost, liability, expense and responsibility for locating, obtaining and developing a site for the Card My Yard business within the Designated Search Area. You acknowledge and agree that you acquire no rights in and to the Designated Search Area, other than the right to select a site for the Card My Yard business from within its boundaries. Following your selection and our acceptance of a site for your Card My Yard business, the Franchise Location will be identified in Exhibit C to this Agreement and the Designated Search Area will be of no further force or effect.
- (1) You must identify and secure a site for your Card My Yard business within your
Designated Search Area (or at a site within your Protected Area if such area has been agreed upon before you sign this Agreement). We anticipate that your site will be your home. We must accept the site as meeting our minimum standards (at least 18 feet of wall space with walls at least 8 feet high) before you may begin any construction or
renovations or use such site for your Card My Yard business. You cannot place a Card My Yard business at a site we have not first accepted in writing. We do not provide written site selection guidelines, but if you request (or we deem it appropriate) we will assist you in selecting a site that meets our minimum site standards (at least 18 feet of wall space with walls at least 8 feet high). We 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.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, within the Designated Search Area, a franchisee's primary right is to find a suitable site for their Card My Yard business. The franchisee bears all responsibility for the costs associated with securing and developing this site.
The document specifies that the franchisee gains no other rights to the Designated Search Area beyond the ability to select a location for the business. Once Card My Yard approves the site, it becomes the Franchise Location, as detailed in Exhibit C of the Franchise Agreement. At that point, the Designated Search Area loses its significance.
Card My Yard must provide written acceptance of the site before the franchisee can start any construction or renovations, or use the site for business operations. The franchisor does not offer written site selection guidelines but may offer assistance if requested, ensuring the site meets minimum standards, such as having at least 18 feet of wall space with walls at least 8 feet high.