What information must a Degree Wellness franchisee submit for approval before establishing a website?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
(4) If you propose any material revision to the Website or any of the information contained on the Website, you will submit each such revision to us for our prior written approval.
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We reserve the right to require you to use a Website controlled by us and to require you to use search engine optimization services.
Further, we may establish a Website or a series of Websites for our System and Studios (collectively, the "System Website").
If we include information about the Franchised Business on the System Website, you agree to give us the information and materials that we may periodically request concerning the Franchised Business, and to otherwise participate in the System Website in the manner that we may periodically require.
By posting or submitting to us information or materials for the System Website, you are representing to us that the information and materials are accurate, not misleading, and do not infringe on any third party's rights.
We shall own all intellectual property and other rights in the System Website and all information it contains.
We may implement and periodically modify standards relating to the System Website and, at our option, may discontinue the System Website at any time.
If we establish a System Website, all advertising, marketing, and promotional materials that you develop for your Franchised Business must contain the URL of the System Website in the manner that we periodically may designate.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 66–257)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if a franchisee proposes any material revision to their website or the information contained on it, they must submit each revision to Degree Wellness for prior written approval. This ensures that all online content aligns with the brand's standards and messaging.
Degree Wellness also reserves the right to require franchisees to use a website controlled by them and to utilize specific search engine optimization services. Furthermore, Degree Wellness may establish a System Website for all franchises, and if a franchisee's business is included on this System Website, they must provide any information and materials requested by Degree Wellness and participate as required.
By posting or submitting information for the System Website, the franchisee represents that the information is accurate, not misleading, and does not infringe on any third party's rights. Degree Wellness retains ownership of all intellectual property and rights related to the System Website and may modify or discontinue it at any time. If a System Website is established, all advertising, marketing, and promotional materials developed by the franchisee must include the URL of the System Website as designated by Degree Wellness.