Where in the Mr. Sandless franchise agreement can I find information about marketing?
Mr_Sandless Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
les promotional and advertising materials you desire to use. Our failure to approve or disapprove the materials within such twenty-one (21) day period will be deemed disapproval. You may not use any advertising or promotional materials for which we have has not given our specific, prior written approval. At our request, you must include certain language in your local advertising and promotional materials, such as "Franchises Available" and our website address and telephone number.
If you fail to get approval prior to using any piece of marketing in your Business, or use generally any unapproved marketing efforts including online, you will be fined Five Hundred Dollars ($500) per occurrence.
13.2 Territorial Marketing Restriction
You are not permitted to solicit customers and/or advertise outside the Designated Territory, except to the extent that you have received our prior written approval to do so. Such approval to be granted or denied is at our sole discretion. We may condition our authorization upon your agreement to offer System franchisees that are operating Businesses in contiguous territories the opportunity to participate in, and share the expense of, such solicitation and/or advertising. You may not advertise your Business or any products or services offered by the Business via the Internet without our prior written consent, which may be given or withheld in our sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we recognize that certain methods of advertising (such as radio and television) may reach a larger audience outside of your Designated Territory and, in such event and provided you have offer other System franchisees the opportunity to participate in such advertising, you will not be in violation of this Agreement.
13.3 Internet Website
We may establish a website that provides information about the System and the Mr. Sandless products and services. We may use part of the monies from the Advertising Fund (described in Section 13.4 below) that we collect under this Agreement to pay or reimburse the costs associated with the development, maintenance and update of such website. We will be the webmaster, either directly or through a third party, and we
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 42)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Mr. Sandless Franchise Disclosure Document, details regarding marketing can be found in multiple sections of the franchise agreement. Specifically, section 13.1 addresses the consequences of using unapproved marketing materials, stating that a franchisee may be fined $500 per occurrence for using marketing that has not been pre-approved by Mr. Sandless.
Additionally, section 13.2 outlines territorial marketing restrictions, noting that franchisees are generally not permitted to solicit customers or advertise outside of their designated territory without prior written approval from Mr. Sandless. This approval is at Mr. Sandless's sole discretion and may be conditioned on the franchisee offering other franchisees in nearby territories the opportunity to participate in and share the expense of such advertising. The agreement also states that franchisees cannot advertise their Mr. Sandless business or its products/services via the Internet without prior written consent from Mr. Sandless.
Finally, section 13.3 discusses the Mr. Sandless website, which Mr. Sandless may establish to provide information about the Mr. Sandless system, products, and services. Mr. Sandless has sole discretion and control over this website and may use funds from the Advertising Fund to cover the costs of development, maintenance, and updates. Franchisees are not allowed to maintain their own individual websites related to the Mr. Sandless business or use URLs incorporating any variation of the "Mr. Sandless" name or proprietary marks without prior written approval from Mr. Sandless.