Are there any restrictions on advertising on the internet or having my own website online as a Healthsource Chiropractic franchisee?
Healthsource_Chiropractic Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- Review and approve or disapprove your advertising, marketing, and promotional materials (Franchise Agreement – Section 11.2). Our actual or deemed approval will not mean that we have analyzed or approved any advertising materials with respect to any state, local or administrative law, rule or regulation that may be applicable to a franchise's practice of chiropractic in its State of licensure. Advertising on the internet or having your own website online is restricted by your Franchise Agreement.
We may require you to use a website controlled by us and to require you to use search engine optimization services. In the event we establish a website, or series of websites, for our Systems and Clinic franchises, you agree to give us information and materials that we may periodically request concerning your Clinic franchise, and to otherwise participate in the System website in the manner that we may require. If we establish a System website, all advertising and promotional materials that you develop for your Clinic franchise must contain the URL of the System website in the manner that we may designate.
You may develop, at your cost, advertising and promotional materials for your own use, but may not use them until after we have approved them in writing. You must submit to us for our approval samples of all advertising and promotional materials not prepared or previously approved by us that you wish to use. We will not unreasonably withhold our approval. If we do not disapprove any materials submitted to us within 15 days of receiving them, they will be deemed approved. Our actual or deemed approval will not mean that we have analyzed or approved any such materials with respect to any state, local or administrative law, rule or regulation that may be applicable to a franchise's practice of chiropractic in its State of licensure. In addition to any Advertising Fees for an Ad Fund (see below) and the Technology Fee, each HealthSource Chiropractic Clinic must spend, at a minimum each month, the greater of $3,000 or 5% of its gross revenues for local advertising, promotion, and marketing. Your 60-day marketing plan expenditures (see Item 7) and telephone and internet directory advertising expenditures (see below) count towards this requirement.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 34–44)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Healthsource Chiropractic's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, there are restrictions on advertising on the internet or having your own website. Specifically, Item 11 states that online advertising and website activities are governed by the Franchise Agreement.
Healthsource Chiropractic may require franchisees to use a website controlled by them and to utilize their specified search engine optimization services. If Healthsource Chiropractic establishes a website for its franchise system, franchisees must provide requested information about their clinic and participate in the system website as required. All advertising and promotional materials developed by the franchisee must include the URL of the Healthsource Chiropractic system website as designated by the franchisor.
Furthermore, franchisees have the option to develop their own advertising and promotional materials, but these must be submitted to Healthsource Chiropractic for written approval before use. The franchisor commits to not unreasonably withhold approval, and materials are considered approved if no disapproval is communicated within 15 days of submission. However, any approval, whether actual or implied, does not indicate that Healthsource Chiropractic has assessed the materials for compliance with state, local, or administrative laws applicable to chiropractic practices in the franchisee's state. Franchisees are also required to spend a minimum of $3,000 or 5% of gross revenues each month on local advertising, promotion, and marketing, which can include expenditures on the 60-day marketing plan and telephone and internet directory advertising.