Does Eos Worldwide allow franchisees to update or host the main Eos Worldwide website?
Eos_Worldwide Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Websites
You will not have any right to update, upgrade, amend or host the Website. We may (but we are not required to) include at the Website interior pages (sometimes referred to as microsites) containing information about you and your Franchised Business and if we do, you may, however, revise certain designated sections on the microsite for you or your Franchised Business, but the framework will be set by us. You may suggest changes to the microsite with items of news and events and related content. The Website will contain information about the EOS Franchise System. The Website may also contain other information we deem appropriate and all changes, deletions and additions are at our sole discretion. We may restrict, limit, control or designate your use of websites, the Internet, intranets, worldwide web home pages or e-mail, and require you to participate in a centralized website. Neither you, nor any of your employees, are permitted to use an e-mail address that is not associated with our Website in connection with the operation of your Franchised Business. (Sections 7.2 and 8.2 Franchise Agreement). You may not establish any separate website, blog, other World Wide Web or Internet-based presence which uses or displays any of our Intellectual Property without our prior consent. (Section 8.2(a) Franchise Agreement). Any other blog, account on a Social Media Platform, e-mail distribution list, or other World Wide Web or Internet-based presence which uses or displays any of our Intellectual Property must be conducted in accordance with our Brand Guidelines and other Franchise System Standards. Except as we may authorize in writing in advance, you cannot: (i) link or frame our Website, (ii) conduct any business or offer to sell or advertise any Services on the worldwide web, or (iii) create or register any Internet domain name in connection with your Franchised Business.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 32–43)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Eos Worldwide's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are not permitted to update or host the main Eos Worldwide website. However, Eos Worldwide may create interior pages, sometimes called microsites, on the website that contain information about the franchisee's business.
While franchisees cannot control the overall framework of these microsites, they may revise certain designated sections. Franchisees can also suggest changes to the microsite with news, events, and related content. Eos Worldwide retains the sole discretion to make any changes, deletions, or additions to the website.
Eos Worldwide also has the right to restrict or control a franchisee's use of websites, the Internet, intranets, web pages, or email. Franchisees and their employees must use email addresses associated with Eos Worldwide's website. Franchisees cannot create separate websites or blogs that use Eos Worldwide's intellectual property without prior consent, and any online presence using Eos Worldwide's intellectual property must follow the brand guidelines.