Where can I find Extreme Art Studio's online policy for franchisee advertising?
Extreme_Art_Studio Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
all use of such sites.
If you wish to advertise online, you must follow our online policy, which is contained in our Franchise Operations Manual. Our online policy may change as technology and the Internet changes. Under our online policy, we may retain the sole right to market on the Internet, including all use of websites, domain names, advertising, and co-branding arrangements. We may restrict your use of social media. We may not allow you to independently market on the Internet, or use any domain name, address, locator, link, metatag, or search technique with words or symbols similar to the Marks. We intend that any franchisee website will be accessed only through our home page.
As long as we maintain a System Website, we will have the right to use the Brand Fund's assets to develop, maintain, and update the System Website. We may update and modify the System Website from time to time. You must promptly notify us whenever any information on your listing changes or is not accurate. We have final approval rights of all information on the System Website. We may implement and periodically modify System Standards relating to the System Website.
We are only required to reference your Extreme Art Studio Business on the System Website while you are in full compliance with your Franchise Agreement and all System Standards. You may not, without our prior written approval, develop, maintain, or authorize any website that mentions or describes you, your Extreme Art Studio Business, or displays any of the Marks. If we approve your use of a website, including social media websites, we will reserve the right to require you to obtain our written approval of its initial content and as it is updated or modified from time to time. If we develop a template or other standardized format and/or content for franchisee websites, you must agree to use our mediums. You may not sell products or services not approved by us in the Franchise Operations Manual on your Business website without our prior written approval (See Franchise Agreement – Section 9.5).
Even if we provide you a webpage on our System Website, we will only maintain such webpage while you are in full compliance with the Franchise Agreement and all System Standards we implement (including those relating to the System Website). If you are in default of any obligation under the Franchise Agreement or our System Standards, then we may temporarily remove your webpage from the System Website until you fully cure the default. We will permanently remove your webpage from the System Website upon the Franchise Agreement's expiration or termination.
All advertising, marketing, and promotional materials that you develop for your Extreme Art Studio Business must contain notices of the System Website's domain name in the manner we designate. Only we have the right to sell products sold by Extreme Art Studio Businesses on the Internet through the System Website.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 27–37)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Extreme Art Studio's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the online policy for franchisee advertising is detailed in the Franchise Operations Manual. The policy is subject to change as technology and the Internet evolve. Extreme Art Studio retains the right to market on the Internet, including websites, domain names, advertising, and co-branding arrangements. They may also restrict a franchisee's use of social media. Franchisees may be restricted from independently marketing online or using domain names similar to Extreme Art Studio's marks. Franchisee websites are intended to be accessed through Extreme Art Studio's homepage.
Extreme Art Studio maintains a System Website and has the right to use the Brand Fund's assets to develop, maintain, and update it. Franchisees must promptly notify Extreme Art Studio of any changes to their listing information on the System Website, and Extreme Art Studio has final approval rights over all information on the site. Franchisees may not develop or maintain any website that mentions their Extreme Art Studio Business or displays any of the Marks without prior written approval. If a franchisee is approved to use a website, including social media, Extreme Art Studio reserves the right to require written approval of its initial content and any updates.
Extreme Art Studio may allow franchisees to promote their business via alternate online strategies consistent with the online policy in the Franchise Operations Manual. Extreme Art Studio has the right to review and remove online content on social media sites, blogs, electronic communications, and other online sites where their trademarks are used. This is to protect the reputation and quality associated with the trademarks and maintain consistency within the System. Extreme Art Studio may require franchisees to remove questionable content or cease using the Marks on such sites. Franchisees must use Extreme Art Studio's mediums if they develop a template or standardized format for franchisee websites. Franchisees may not sell unapproved products or services on their business website without prior written approval.