| Low Investment Cutting Board
Resurfacing and Knife Sharpening Franchise Information
Thank you for your interest in joining the
Sir Face Lift cutting board resurfacing franchise family! As a nationwide network of proactive, positive, and
enthusiastic entrepreneurs, our franchisees are on the path to making
their financial goals a reality, and we hope that you will join them
and us to share in our mutual success.
Quick Facts
At any point during reading this
information you are welcome to contact us at 1-800-504-6040 with any questions you may
have.
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As part of our Sir Face Lift franchise team, you
will be given the knowledge that we have gained from owning and
operating our own businesses, and listening to our ever growing family
of franchisees of each of our brands.
In this online information, and in our FDD (Franchise Disclosure
Document), which you can request by submitting the franchise inquiry
form; we will give you an idea of what to expect. Those materials
answer 99% of the questions that people ask us about Sir Face Lift and
Goin' Postal Franchise Corporation Obviously you may have additional
questions, and we are always happy to answer those in person, by
email, or by telephone.
Please do take the time to read this particular page and the FDD
before calling or emailing with questions, so that we can dedicate the
majority of our time to answering questions that are not answered in
these materials.
What is Sir Face Lift?
Sir Face Lift is a well developed
business system that was developed by Darryl Summerton, a Marine Corps
Vietnam veteran. Sir Face Lift offers mobile commercial
cutting board resurfacing services to a range of clients that include:
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Hospitals
- Butchers
- Supermarkets
- Fishing boats
- and anyone else with a cutting board!
When a client schedules us to resurface
their cutting boards, our mobile unit arrives at their business,
removes the dirty stained, and damaged cutting boards, and quickly
resurfaces those boards in a matter of minutes in our completely self
contained vehicle.
Why would clients resurface their old boards?
Cutting Boards are expensive! Generally, the nylon cutting
boards used by commercial institutions are around $15 per square foot
to purchase. That means a 2 foot by 4 foot cutting board would
cost around $120 to replace.
We can arrive at the location, and within minutes, have that
cutting board looking as good as new for only $5 per square foot, so
that board can continue to be used for only $40! We can usually
resurface a board 10 - 15 times before it needs to be replaced.
As a bonus for our customer, when the board finally does need to be
replaced, we'll replace it at no charge other than our standard $5 per
foot visit charge!
NEVER
BUY A CUTTING BOARD AGAIN!
We revisit most of our clients about every 3 - 6 months depending
on how busy they are to resurface their boards.
How is the mobile cutting board resurfacing industry
made up?
It isn't. There is almost zero
current competition, especially in the mobile onsite service that we
provide.
How is Sir Face Lift by Goin' Postal
Franchise Corporation different to most franchises?
Sir Face Lift offers the benefits of being
part of a large chain without that whopping great price tag, and with
some flexibility as to how you will run your own business. Goin'
Postal Franchise Corporation has a proven track record of building
successful franchisees with great branding, but at a fraction of the
price of everyone else. How? We have franchisees start their
business the way we start businesses; by starting off right with the
necessary investment, but then letting the income from the business
build it up further.
Sir Face Lift offers
- Full turn-key operation
- Fantastic Branding
- Combined chain-wide buying power
- Corporate training
- Industry leading support
- The best ROI of ANY
franchise.
PLUS. A
COMPLETE SATISFACTION GUARANTEE!
If you don't like your franchise we'll refund your money!
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Our branding for Sir Face Lift is
second-to-none. Take a look at our corporate unit. There
are only 2 or 3 mobile resurfacing operations in the country, and they
are operated out of the back of someone's old truck. We have
developed a corporate look that your clients will be comfortable
seeing parked in front of their institutions.
Due to our size and our corporate structure we can adapt quickly to
changes in the marketplace while using the growing number of mobile
units to
build awareness and name recognition for our brand. By opening a
Sir Face Lift Mobile Cutting Board Resurfacing business, for a relatively small investment, you can get the help
you need to get started, and you can own and operate your own store as
your own business.
We support our franchisees, offer free training (included in the price
of the franchise fee), free continuing education, free telephone and
email support, free networking assistance, free advertising and PR
assistance, and much, much more. Unlike those of our competitors
who are primarily interested in selling franchises (for a whopping
great price tag) to make their money and then leave you "on your own" for
problem solving and continuing education, we at GPFC are more
interested in assuring the success of our individual franchisees, and
in building strong chains of very, very happy franchisees (which in
builds our success as a leading franchisor).
What is a Franchise?
In opening a Sir Face Lift business, you are
an independent franchisee and own your business. You will incorporate
your business under your own name, and will be doing business as Sir
Face Lift , in just the same way as owning a McDonalds restaurant or a
Curves Fitness gym. We, the parent company will help you set up your
new franchised store. Once your business is operational you will benefit from
the growing awareness of The Sir Face Lift Name. In addition, we
will always be there for you when you have a problem. Also, as part
of our chain you will be able to take advantage of our increased
buying power as we negotiate better deals with vendors for everything
from shipping to health insurance. In general, a franchise is a grant
to use our Sir Face Lift name to operate a cutting board resurfacing
business
in a specific protected territory, and to use our GPFC tried-and-true trade
secrets, methods, proprietary manuals and software, and other
materials to operate that Sir Face Lift business, and to benefit from our
experience, business acumen, negotiations and advancements with
vendors and carriers, continued technical support, assistance, and
advisement for the term of your contract with us. The benefits of
owning a franchise are essentially that you get to use a trade name,
have a standardized business appearance, receive standardized training,
enjoy ongoing support, experience a reduced risk of failure (as
opposed to figuring it out on your own and "winging it"), use a
pre-tested standardized methodology to run your business, and other
perks.
What is the FDD?
The FDD is the Franchise Disclosure
Document. This is the legal disclosure document that tells you
everything you need to know that is material to the business you are
about to buy. It also includes the Franchise Agreement that
franchisees sign and send in with their franchise fee in order to
become a Hut no. 8 franchisee. The Federal Trade Commission
mandates that all franchises provide this document in an approved
format at least 14 days prior to entering into any contract with a
franchisee.
Why does GPFC only
provide the FDD on its website?
The biggest reason is economy. To
print and mail out an FDD to everyone who requests one, at our current
size, Goin' Postal Franchise Corporation would have to collect an
additional $400 per year from EACH of our franchisees just to cover
the costs. We don't think that would be fair to our franchises, so
instead of spending huge amounts of money and killing hundreds of
trees printing FDD's, and paying the Post Office $8 apiece to mail
them and lose half of what we send, we put it right on the website where you can access it
immediately, read it online, and then print it yourself for mailing
in.
Also, most companies want to get you on the phone before giving you
any information so they have more chance of pressuring you in a sale.
We prefer to give you all the information and to let you make a
decision and be comfortable before making phone contact. We
always have a lot of new franchisees joining our chains, so we don't
find it necessary to pressure anyone into buying a franchise with a
"hard sell" approach. Choosing a franchisor is very personal and
the choice has to be right for YOU, not made by some salesman.
We want franchisees that WANT to own a Sir Face Lift and will enjoy
running it, not someone that was pressured into coming to a discovery
day and then being locked in a sales office until they signed!
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What if I don't want to print it out?
Running a small business is a lot of
work, and you will invest a lot of money into it. We find that if
someone doesn't want to spend a few dollars and 10 minutes to print out the FDD,
there is no-way they will invest thousands of dollars and the
effort required building a successful business.
If you do decide to come and visit us prior to purchasing a franchise,
we will email you an FDD before your visit, and will be happy to
provide you with a printed copy while you are here as at that point
you have already made an investment of both time and in travel
expenses to come and see us so we know you're serious.
What are Sir Face Lift 's greatest assets?
Our management, drive ambition
and creative ability. We are a dynamic team dedicated to the
success of EVERY MEMBER of our business family. Our drive is apparent
just from looking at the phenomenal growth of our chains compared to
everyone else.
Our approach to customer care. We actually care about
our customers, their families, and their mail and packages. We strive
to approach each customer as a cherished friend and we provide all of
our customers with friendly service combined with professional skills
and the lowest rates, all in a polished corporate atmosphere. Our
customer care is superior to all others and we’re very, very proud of
that.
Our flexibility. We will give you a lot of flexibility
in how you run your store. Being in business is meant to be fun, and
it’s no fun to have a massive faceless corporation breathing down your
neck every moment of every day. GPFC isn't like that, and never will
be, no matter how large we become.
The opportunity to provide a service with almost no competition.
With the industry we are creating in it's infancy, you will have
virtually no competition in building your client base, which is a very
unusual and attractive prospect for any business!
We actually test our products and
services!
We pride ourselves on our main company
stores and units where we test products and services before they are released to
our franchisees of any chain. We don't believe in letting our franchisees be
guinea pigs for our ideas so we maintain corporate locations and
models for each of our franchisees where we test every idea before
they our franchisees ever see them.
We are one of the fastest growing
franchisors!
Due to our customer service and low
set-up costs, we are one of the fastest growing franchisors. Look at
other franchise chains. Most of them have been in business for ten to
twenty years and they only have a couple of hundred stores each. At
the end of 2004 after less than a year of franchising we had 21 units
operating. Less than half way into 2005 we had 70 units open or in the
process of opening, and as of the beginning of 2009 we have over 300
units open or in the process of opening. Every day we receive
inquiries from potential franchisees who have been dealing with the
other large franchise chains and these callers have realized that GPFC
can give them great training, set-up assistance and general
assistance, and continuing education and support... for a FRACTION of
the average cost that the other chains offer.
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Why is GPFC one of the fastest growing
franchisors?
We have a business model that is more
successful than our competitors, yet we help our franchisees establish
their businesses for a small fraction of the cost. If you take the
investment required to open one of the other franchises and compare it
with ours, there is no competition (and that is what's scaring our
competitors...). While there is no way to take one of our competitors
to a small town because of the higher investment and massive overhead,
our stores can open in much smaller markets and still be highly
profitable due to their low overhead. With our business model we are
able to open successful stores in ten times as many markets as our
competitors, and still leave our franchisees with more profit in their
pocket at the end of the year.
We also strive to make our franchisees happy and productive members of
our chains. While other large chains have major morale problems, we
try to turn around any issues very quickly to maintain a positive
direction for the company. A testament to our success is how our
franchisees get their families and friends involved in opening stores
so they can share their success. It is very important to us that our
franchisees are satisfied and so we work hard to avoid the problems
the other chains experience.
Also, unlike other chains, we don't have an endless line of committees
for you to go through to get something done. Every franchisee has our
direct contact info and the cell phone of at least one of our
management to have a direct line to a solution.
The bottom line
Our franchisees make money, and that's
what we're all in business for in the end...
What makes Sir Face Lift different from
the other franchises?
- Great name & logo
- 100% service so very high profit
margins
- No location necessary so no overhead
- Very low initial investment
including franchise fees and equipment
- A family business attitude.
- As a small organization, GPFC can
adapt quickly to changes in the marketplace
- Low monthly royalties
- Quick return of your initial
investment
- Work in your own time
How much will I make?
Just like every other franchisor, we
can’t project what sales your unit will do as every franchisee is going to be
different based on the location, the economic
conditions of the surrounding area, the overhead, your management
style,
your customer service skills, and a wealth of other variables.
As an example of our faith in out system, we are not selling franchise
territories in Florida as we intend to service Florida customers
ourselves.
How much work is involved?
As this a home based business your
hours are yours to set. The only hours that we mandate are those
necessary to service any corporate clients that we supply to you such
a large supermarkets or fast food chains. If we supply you with
30 customers that need to be serviced every two weeks, we expect at
least those customers to be serviced, every two weeks!
What about setting up my business?
It is a very easy business to set up
basically needing a business license, some training, and the
proprietary equipment that we supply but we will walk you through it
step by step.
What does it take to run a business?
It takes more commitment, energy, and
passion to run your own business than it does to work for someone
else. There is no taking a day off because you have a headache, or
because you want to go to the beach. It also takes a more adventurous
personality and a quick-thinking brand of intellect, as no matter how
much you plan, you never really know what is going to happen tomorrow
with your business.
Before you start a business, what you have to ask yourself is: "Am I
willing to give my business 100% of my effort for as long as it takes
in order to make it a success?". If you are, you'll be very happy
with the results.
Do I need good credit?
No, but it obviously helps. Borrowing
money is obviously easier if you have good credit. As part of our
commitment to your success, we will help in any way we can. If you
are looking to finance your business through a loan, you will
definitely need good credit.
Can I get funding?
As it's a fairly small investment most
franchisees never seek traditional funding, but it can be arranged if
necessary.
We have several lenders willing to loan money to our new franchisees.
One of the more beneficial lenders will loan you the required startup
capital as a five year lease arrangement which makes your repayments
completely tax deductible!
Accessing my IRA or 401k? How does
that work?
One of our affiliates will set up your
new corporation, and a new retirement account within the new
corporation, and then roll over your old retirement account into the
new account. Then your retirement account purchases stock in the new
company as an investment, just as it would purchase stock in GE or
Wal-Mart as an investment. The money paid to purchase the stock from
the new company is then available to the new company for everything
from your franchise fee to buying equipment and paying rent. We
aren't in the business of helping people to access their 401Ks or
IRAs, but if you have specific questions about the necessary steps and
the process, we can direct you to financial professionals who can
answer those questions for you.
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Credit Cards, etc.
Most people have several credit cards
available to them which can also be used for just about everything
involved in opening your store. GPFC is the only franchisor that has
arranged to be able to accept your franchise fee via credit card, and
we can also charge your entire equipment package to your credit card. The
only thing we don't recommend using your credit card for is cash
advances, as these carry a much higher interest rate.
How much money should I have set
aside?
We recommend setting aside
approximately 6 - 12 months' worth of BOTH living expenses (this will
vary according to your particular lifestyle, family, region, etc. so
we cannot offer a ballpark figure) AND 6 months' worth of operating
expenses (again, this will vary due to your particular area and your
specific needs) combined. If you set aside 6 - 12 month's worth of
total expenses, then you can relax a bit and can enjoy owning your own
business rather than worrying about those expenses.
How long does it take to open my
business?
A couple of weeks for us to manufacture your equipment, but it mainly depends on how long it takes you to get
here for training..
How much should I anticipate spending
to open my new business?
Our current franchise fee is $9,950 and
the equipment and training is approximately another $19,000 so you
should be in business for less than $29,000.
The majority of your investment can be financed either through loans
or credit cards, as most of it will go toward construction and
equipment. Bear in mind, however, when deciding whether to invest
cash or to put expenses on a credit card, that $20,000 on your credit
cards will give you a hefty bill to pay at the end of each month.
Can my royalty structure change once
I'm a Sir Face Lift franchisee?
No, when you become a franchisee, you
are signing for your royalties for the term that you own your store
and the royalties that are current in the Franchise Agreement you sign
are what you will pay.
Do you tell me where I can service my
customers?
The only restriction we place on where
your clients can be is that they cannot be located in another
franchisees territory.
How is the investment to have my Sir
Face Lift store broken down?
$9,950 is the amount that you pay to
GPFC for training, support and the license to use the Sir Face Lift
name and corporate identity.
The Minimum Required Purchases package is around $19,000, and includes basic
items you will need for your business such as the trailer and the
proprietary resurfacing equipment. The exact figures can be
found in our FDD.
Why do you charge a basic flat fee for your
royalties?
The general practice in the franchise
industry is to charge a monthly royalty based on your gross sales, so
the more successful the franchised location is, the more money the
parent franchisor makes. We don't think this philosophy is fair, and
just because everyone else charges more than necessary, that doesn't
make it the right thing to do.
This will be YOUR business. The harder you work and the more
customers you go and get, the more money YOU
should make. If you have to pay a royalty that is based on a
percentage of all your sales that means that the harder YOU work, the more
money the franchisor makes, and we just don't agree with that at all.
At GPFC, we have a hard time understanding how some retail shipping
franchisors can justify taking fifty or sixty thousand dollars per
year in royalties and ad fund contributions in order to provide the
same services for their franchisees that we provide for our
franchisees for a couple of hundred dollars per month.
We know what it costs us to support an established franchisee each
month, and we have set our $315 monthly royalty slightly above this
amount (after all, we ARE a business...).
The only exception to the flat fee rule is we charge a 10% royalty on
any corporate clients we provide you with. For example, if we
secure a chain of 300 supermarkets, and 5 of those are in your
territory, those 5 become your customers. If those 5 locations
yield your business $500 per month, you would pay us $50 per month as
the percentage royalty on those customers we supplied. However,
if you already serviced 3 of those stores prior to us securing the
national contract, those 3 stores would be exempt from the 10%
royalty. We charge this percentage based royalty to offset the
cost of acquiring those customers and providing back end support such
as billing and collections.
Why should I pay royalties at all?
The money to pay for the development of
the equipment, franchisee support, scheduling software, and growing the chain has to come
from somewhere. We have developed a brand new business system
for you to take advantage of, and will even supply you with customers.
By being a franchisee you make far more money than if you were an
independent business owner.
What about ad funds?
National and local ad funds are
important IF you want to concentrate on traditional media advertising,
but we have a better way. It can cost thousands and thousands of
dollars a month to make any dent in your local advertising market
using newspaper, radio, and TV ads whereas with a VERY small budget we
can show you how to fill your calendar with paying appointments.
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A $9,950 franchise fee? What do I get
for your $9,950 fee that I couldn’t do myself?
First of all, we have a business system
and proprietary equipment that you could spend a hundred thousand
dollars figuring out and lose any new customers you manage to get
while you were doing it.
When you walk into a new customer's
location to make your pitch, having the weight of a proven system
behind you is what can get you the job as it lend credibility to your
claims. If a hamburger restaurant opens in town, people may or
may not visit it. If a McDonalds opens, people will trust it from the
first day.
It sounds too good to be true. What's
the catch?
We hear that all the time...and there
is no catch! Really! It's a simple equation: your hard
work = money in your pocket. Make no mistake...Sir Face Lift is
not a get-rich quick scheme, it's a business.
How am I expected to pay the $9,950?
You are welcome to pay by credit card,
cash or check, whichever is most convenient for you. You may pay for
your minimum required purchases with a
credit card or a check when you sign up as a franchisee.
Can I get a refund?
Once we receive your initial franchise
fee you are supplied with a large amount of proprietary information
that we have developed and a protected territory. For this
reason once you have signed your franchise documents you are bound to
the non-competition agreements until the end of the term. Should
you decide that you would like to sell your franchise, we are always
happy to help in finding a suitable buyer.
How long does my initial licensing fee
last?
Unlike most franchise license terms
which typically expire after 10 years, our term is valid for 15 years.
Should this policy change in the future, all current stores will
remain under the policy in effect when they opened. There is never a
charge to renew your franchise for an additional 15 years. Your
business is your business and we don't think its fair to ask you to
pay for it again.
Why don't you charge a renewal fee?
Initial Franchise Fees help pay for all
the upfront support you receive and therefore have a huge amount of
value. Renewal fees however, are just a nice big free paycheck for
the franchisor a certain number of years into your contract that you
have to budget for, which provides no real value to you as after 5 -
15 years, you don't need retraining or anything else that could
justify a fee that runs into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Why should you spend the next 15 years budgeting $2,000 a year toward
renewing your franchise fee? Ask our competitors what their
excuse is....
Can I sell other products and services
from my mobile unit?
Yes. While we expect all stores to
offer the minimum set of services, we encourage
enterprising ideas and will happily add services that you invent, or
find to be positive, to the corporate line-up. All products and
services must be cleared with GPFC Corporate Headquarters prior to
being offered. This is to ensure that all products and services
provided under the Sir Face Lift name offer only the highest
quality services and products from reputable vendors.
Can I operate more than one Sir Face
Lift mobile unit in more than one territory?
Yes, and this is what we recommend and
are working toward. However, we recommend operating one unit and
becoming proficient at the business (thus building a good, solid
reputation for yourself), and then purchasing additional territories.
To purchase
additional territories, a franchisee fee and royalties must be paid for each new
available territory. You also have the ability to purchase
another territory WITHOUT additional equipment, saving even more by
only having one unit on the road in two territories.
What about territory?
Once you open a Sir Face Lift store, we
will not allow anyone else to operate a Sir Face Lift unit in your
protected area.
How big is a protected territory?
The size of Sir Face Lift 's protected
territories varies due to the demographics of the various communities
across our nation. For example, we wouldn't assign a territory of 25
square miles if a franchisee wants to have his Sir Face Lift
operation in Midtown
Manhattan (New York City), but 500 square miles might be a reasonable request from
a franchisee who wants to have a Sir Face Lift operation in rural
Texas. Generally, most states contain an average of 10
territories so you can imagine how large they are!
How should I incorporate? As a C
Corp., S Corp., LLC, or what?
That is a question that should be posed
to both your accountant and your attorney. They will help you to make
the best decision for your needs and situation. When you do decide to
incorporate, please know that Sir Face Lift MAY NOT appear anywhere in
your incorporated name, as that name is owned by Goin' Postal
Franchise Corporation.
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After you have read the website
carefully and have taken the time to download read the
FDD, please
give us a call at 800-504-6040 and we'll cheerfully answer any
questions that you may still have and get you on the road to your
financial freedom!
In owning your very own Sir Face Lift store,
you are investing in yourself and in the future success of our entire
Goin' Postal Franchise Corporation team. We look forward to working with you to build a
successful future together.
Don’t go it alone… Go with Sir Face Lift !
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