Can I separately register a domain for my Kitchen Solvers franchise?
Kitchen_Solvers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You may not separately register any domain name or operate any web site containing any of the Trademarks without our written approval. At no time during the term of this Agreement, will you have a separate or a conflicting website or engage in another electronic media (including social media) representing us, KSLILLC, Kitchen Solvers franchise system or your Kitchen Solvers franchise. The only website approved is the website or landing page provided by us. We will retain all rights relating to our web site and our intranet system and may alter or terminate our web site or our intranet system without prior notice to you. Your general conduct on our web site, our intranet system or on other online communications and specifically your use of the Trademarks or any advertising on any web site or other online communications is subject to the provisions of this Agreement. You acknowledge that certain information obtained through your participation in our web site and our intranet system may be considered Confidential Information, including access codes and identification codes. Your right to participate in our web site and our intranet system or otherwise use the Trademarks or System on the internet or other online communications will terminate when this Agreement expires or terminates.
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD page 49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Kitchen Solvers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are restricted from independently registering domain names. Kitchen Solvers requires franchisees to participate in their designated website and intranet system.
The FDD states that franchisees may not register any domain name or operate any website containing any of the Trademarks without Kitchen Solvers' written approval. During the term of the Franchise Agreement, franchisees are prohibited from having a separate or conflicting website or engaging in other electronic media representing Kitchen Solvers, KSLILLC, the Kitchen Solvers franchise system, or their specific Kitchen Solvers franchise. The only approved website is the one provided by Kitchen Solvers.
Kitchen Solvers retains all rights relating to their website and intranet system and may alter or terminate them without prior notice. A franchisee's general conduct on the website, intranet system, or other online communications, including the use of Trademarks or advertising, is subject to the provisions of the Franchise Agreement. Franchisees acknowledge that certain information obtained through their participation in the website and intranet system may be considered Confidential Information.
The right to participate in Kitchen Solvers' website and intranet system or otherwise use the Trademarks or System on the internet or other online communications will terminate when the Franchise Agreement expires or terminates.