Under what conditions can a Spray Net franchisee be authorized to offer Ancillary Services?
Spray_Net Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- Once you have launched your Franchised Business and been operating in compliance with your Franchise Agreement for a period of one (1) year (or other period of time we agree to in a separate writing outside our standard franchise offering), you may request the right to provide one (1) or more of the Ancillary Services that we generally allow only our more experienced Business operators promote and perform on behalf of Clients. As of the Issuance Date, we may condition our approval of any request you make to provide a given Ancillary Service on the following (the "Current Ancillary Service Conditions" or "CASCs"):
- o Your operation of the Franchised Business over the one (1) year period disclosed above;
- o You demonstrating to us that the Franchised Business has otherwise been able to timely provide the Approved Services and progress Client Projects without Client complaint, or any reporting or other issue;
- o Acquiring any additional equipment and/or other operating supplies we designate as necessary to commence offering the Ancillary Service(s) at issue (total cost of this is approximately $20,000 to $30,000), as well as any additional or supplemental training we require and additional marketing expenditures for such Ancillary Service(s) (approximately $25,000), at your expense and prior to you offering or providing such Ancillary Service(s) via your Franchised Business in any manner;
- o Your Franchised Business generating Gross Sales necessary to meet and exceed your thencurrent Minimum Gross Sales under the Franchise Agreement by 15% for a period of at least three (3) consecutive months; and
- o You entering into a form of addendum to the Franchise Agreement memorializing your satisfaction of the above conditions, the specific Ancillary Service(s) you will be authorized to offer moving forward until such time that we advise you that (a) you are in material default of your Franchise Agreement and must therefore cease provision of the Ancillary Services until such default is cured, or (b) we are no longer authorizing the provision of the Authorized Services by your Franchised Business and the bases for this decision (with at least 30 days' prior notice, if and as possible), which may also contain a general release by you of us and our related parties.
We may modify the CASCS in the Manuals or otherwise in writing to our System franchisees, but we expect and intend to use the above conditions as the primary criteria for evaluating any request to provide such Ancillary Services.
In the event a given System franchisee has not undertaken on its own to request and obtain the right to provide certain Ancillary Services after operating for a period of two (2) years, we may require you to commence providing certain Ancillary Services and acquire the necessary equipment/training to do so.
We do not impose any other restrictions in the Franchise Agreement as to the customers to whom you may sell.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD pages 55–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Spray Net's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee may request the right to provide Ancillary Services after operating in compliance with the Franchise Agreement for one year (or another agreed-upon period). However, Spray Net generally allows only more experienced business operators to promote and perform these services.
Spray Net may condition approval of a franchisee's request to provide Ancillary Services based on several factors. These conditions include operating the franchised business for at least one year, demonstrating the ability to provide Approved Services and progress client projects without client complaints or other issues, and acquiring necessary additional equipment and operating supplies. The estimated cost for the equipment and supplies ranges from $20,000 to $30,000. Franchisees must also complete additional or supplemental training and cover additional marketing expenditures, estimated at approximately $25,000, before offering Ancillary Services.
Additional conditions include the franchised business generating gross sales exceeding the current minimum gross sales requirement under the Franchise Agreement by 15% for at least three consecutive months. Finally, the franchisee must enter into an addendum to the Franchise Agreement that formalizes the satisfaction of these conditions and specifies the Ancillary Services the franchisee is authorized to offer. Spray Net retains the right to require franchisees to commence providing certain Ancillary Services after operating for two years, even if the franchisee has not requested to do so on their own. Spray Net may also stop authorization of Ancillary Services if the franchisee is in material default of the Franchise Agreement or if Spray Net is no longer authorizing the provision of the Authorized Services by the Franchised Business.