Does Central Bark Doggy Day Care maintain a website to advertise Central Bark Doggy Day Care facilities?
Central_Bark_Doggy_Day_Care Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
us and the LAC any reports we or the LAC require. Each LAC must prepare annual financial statements, which will be subject to review by participating franchisees. Your CENTRAL BARK facility may not benefit directly or proportionately from its contributions to the LAC. Each LAC is developed independently, and no LAC is intended to benefit another. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to use collection
agents or initiate legal proceedings to collect amounts owed to a LAC on its behalf and at its expense, and to forgive, waive, settle, or compromise any claims by or against a LAC.
Franchise System Website
We have established a centralized website (the "Franchise System Website") to advertise, market, and promote CENTRAL BARK facilities, the products and services they offer, and the CENTRAL BARK franchise opportunity. Currently, we provide you with a microsite on the Franchise System Website; however, we are not obligated to do so continuously. While we provide you with a microsite, you must pay all applicable fees to us or our designated or approved third-party vendors. These currently include a $1,500 development fee to a designated vendor for the microsite and a $2,500 fee to a separate vendor for the first six m
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 24–32)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, Central Bark Doggy Day Care maintains a centralized website, referred to as the "Franchise System Website," to advertise, market, and promote Central Bark Doggy Day Care facilities, their products and services, and the franchise opportunity itself. The FDD states that Central Bark Doggy Day Care currently provides franchisees with a microsite on this Franchise System Website, but they are not obligated to do so continuously.
If Central Bark Doggy Day Care provides a microsite, franchisees must pay applicable fees to Central Bark Doggy Day Care or its approved third-party vendors. These fees currently include a $1,500 development fee to a designated vendor for the microsite and a $2,500 fee to a separate vendor for the first six months of search engine optimization. Franchisees may also be required to pay a monthly maintenance fee.
The FDD also states that franchisees are restricted from creating their own websites or online presences that reference the franchise, the franchised business, or any of the brand's trademarks, unless it is in accordance with Central Bark Doggy Day Care's social media policy. If franchisees are allowed to develop a website, they must maintain a privacy policy that complies with all applicable laws and system standards.