What is the 'Website' referring to in the context of a Devon Creek franchise?
Devon_Creek Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
site or other listing on the Internet except as provided and specifically permitted herein.
- 12.3.6. Franchisor has established a website that provides information about the System and the services and products offered by the Devon Creek System (the "Website"). Franchisor has sole discretion and control over the Website. Franchisor shall include a listing on its Website of Franchisee's contact information and permit Franchisee to upload previous completed work. Franchisee has no ownership or other proprietary rights to Franchisor's Website and Franchisee will lose all rights to such listing of Franchisee's contact information upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.
- 12.3.7.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 45)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Devon Creek's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the 'Website' refers to the website established by the franchisor, Devon Creek Franchise Group, LLC, that provides information about the Devon Creek system, its services, and products. The franchisor has sole discretion and control over this website.
As a Devon Creek franchisee, your contact information will be listed on the franchisor's website, and you're allowed to upload examples of your completed work. However, you won't have any ownership or proprietary rights to the website itself. Upon termination or expiration of the Franchise Agreement, your listing will be removed.
As a franchisee, you are prohibited from establishing your own website or any other internet listing unless specifically permitted by the franchisor. You are required to maintain adequate hardware and software to access the internet at the speed required by Devon Creek from time to time and must use the electronic mail account provided by the franchisor.