How can Epcon Communities withdraw the Marketing Program Fee?
Epcon_Communities Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We have the right to withdraw the Marketing Program Fee by EFT.
Your monthly Marketing Program Fee may be increased by us or Epcon Marketing from year to year. If so, it will be raised no more than 120% of the monthly Marketing Program Fee paid by you during the immediately preceding calendar year.
Franchisees who signed a Franchise Agreement with us that differs from the Franchise Agreement included as Exhibit B of this disclosure document may not be required to pay a Marketing Program Fee or may pay a fee less than that set out in the table above. However, if these franchisees wanted to develop additional projects with us, we required them to sign an amendment to their agreements that obligated them to pay a Marketing Program Fee.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 16–22)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Epcon Communities' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Epcon Communities has the right to withdraw the Marketing Program Fee by EFT (electronic funds transfer). The franchisee's obligation to pay the Marketing Program Fee continues until the last Unit in their project is sold.
The Marketing Program Fee is $625 per month for each project. However, Epcon Communities offers a discount if the franchisee has more than one project under construction and is actively marketing Units for sale in all of those projects. The monthly Marketing Program Fee may be increased by Epcon Marketing from year to year, but it will be raised no more than 120% of the monthly Marketing Program Fee paid by the franchisee during the immediately preceding calendar year.
The first Marketing Program Fee payment is due on the 15th day of each month, beginning the earlier of three conditions: (a) the 18th month after the month in which the Franchise Agreement was signed, (b) the month immediately after the month in which the franchisee requests that Epcon Communities include their Epcon community on their website, or (c) the fifteenth day of the month immediately following the month of the franchisee's first closing on a sale of a Unit within their Project. Franchisees who signed a Franchise Agreement that differs from the standard Franchise Agreement may not be required to pay a Marketing Program Fee or may pay a fee less than the standard amount.