As an Archadeck franchisee you not only have the advantage of using a proven, time-tested business model. Your business also has features that make it easier to start and run than other businesses.

Some less-obvious reasons why Archadeck is a great business to be in

You might say that the Archadeck business model gets the “big things” right:

• an excellent product and service
• in a large and growing market
  
• using sophisticated business and marketing techniques
  
• that are not seriously matched by our competition

If an Archadeck franchise sounds right for you, please fill out and submit our online Request For Information form. If you qualify to be considered as a franchisee, additional information will be sent to help you determine if Archadeck is right for you.

1. No heavy investment in real estate


2. Low staff turnover


3. Scalability


4. Benefits of using subcontractors


5. Little or no inventory


6. Few receivables

Want to know what kind of a difference these things can make? Read on.

A home office: Operate in your comfort zone

Most businesses, especially franchise businesses, require you to have a commercial location. Whether it’s a restaurant, a retail outlet, or a fabrication plant, you need somewhere to operate. That means real estate, and that means money.

Not just the cost of buying or leasing property, but the other costs associated with setting up a place of business: furnishings, display cases, signage, and so on. It can cost you a bundle—all before that new cash register opens for your first sale. Then, if things don’t work out, you can be stuck with a long-term lease or property that’s tough to unload—not to mention all the gear you’ve put into that space.

As an Archadeck franchisee, you generally face no up-front real-estate costs. Most Archadeck franchises start out as a home-based business. If you have room for an office in your home, you’re good to go. Your office is low-cost, low-risk, low-stress—and zero commute. It’s nice to be able to launch your business right from the comfort zone of your own home.

Of course, as your business expands, generally within two to three years, you will want to move to a bigger space. Great—a lot easier to do when earnings are already rolling in! If you decide you want a showroom, you can get materials at a good rate—possibly even donated—from your regular suppliers, and get your own carpenters to build it. Other entrepreneurs looking to set up commercial space will envy your situation. You’ll certainly spend less than they will—and chances are, you won’t need to borrow.

Low staff turnover: Hire when ready

For many businesses, especially franchises in the food and retail sectors, staff turnover can be huge. The owner-manager, continually hiring (and firing) a largely teenage workforce, can spend a lot of time and effort on this one function. A stream of new faces always entering your business also means lots of ongoing training and supervision.

An Archadeck franchise is different. You start out with a small, manageable operation: generally just you and an office manager—a position that for some franchisees is filled by a family member. With that one hire, you’re in business. After that, you hire only when you have a clear business need, when you’re good and ready.

Having a minimal staff keeps your costs down, your business simpler, and your attention focused where it will do you the most good: on your customers and your projects.

Scalability: Grow in easy steps

When it is time to grow, your Archadeck franchise is scalable. What do we mean by that? Let us explain.

Suppose you open a franchise restaurant. Suppose things go well. Business is good, more and more customers come in, you keep getting busier. Congratulations, you’re a winner.

But then you hit a wall: you reach the maximum capacity of your restaurant. You can’t serve any more people, any faster. In order to grow, you need to open another restaurant. You can’t grow a little bit—you have to double in size, with all the costs, hassles, and risk that involves.

With an Archadeck franchise, you control how growth happens. When your business grows to the point where you’re stretched, you can hire one person to help you. No new buildings, no new equipment—just one person, who can make a big difference to your productivity.

Whether it’s in sales or office work or project management, you hire new help exactly where you need it, when you need it, to keep your business running smoothly and profitably.
When you have this kind of control, it takes a lot of the stress out of growth—and the cost. It’s possible to grow your Archadeck franchise from your existing cash flow.

Using subcontractors: Why independent businesspeople will want to work for you

Usually, your projects are built by subcontractors—carpenters you hire as needed to execute your designs. Finding and engaging good ones is something we know a lot about, and will train you to do. But there’s more. As an Archadeck franchisee, you have a lot to offer an independent carpenter besides just payment for building a deck. Want to know the secret?

Often a good carpenter is someone who loves to build things but who doesn’t like, or doesn’t know how, to run a business. As an Archadeck franchisee, you have the business systems, support, and know-how to be effective at marketing, selling, and customer service—the very things that most small and novice businesspeople find hard. Many carpenters are happy to work for someone who is willing to take those things on, and leave them to build the project.

Your subcontractors can keep their independence, do the things they love, and forget about the things they don’t. For your part, you hire a construction crew only when you need to. This keeps your permanent staff small, your overhead costs low, and your options open. It’s a win-win situation.

Little or no inventory: Your money’s not tied up in stuff

Most businesses have to have a supply of what they sell. Whether you’re a retail outlet with shelves full of merchandise, or a restaurant with freezers full of ingredients, or a fabricator with a warehouse full of materials, a lot of your money is tied up in inventory.

As an Archadeck franchisee, you have virtually no inventory. When you buy materials for a job, you already have a signed contract for that job. Even better, the money you’re spending isn’t yours—it’s the initial payments you’ve collected from the client. Plus, the materials are usually delivered straight to the job-site, not to your office, so you’re not even storing them.

Almost all businesses have to worry about whether they will ever recover the money they sink into inventory. Not Archadeck franchisees. You won’t even need to say the “i” word.

Few receivables: Your money’s not tied up in completed projects

For a lot of businesses, especially those selling big-ticket items, accounts receivable are a large part of their asset base—the money your customers owe you for products bought on credit. This puts a burden on you as the business owner. For one thing, you need enough working capital to keep going while waiting for your customers to pay. For another, who says they’re going to pay? You find yourself spending time and effort just trying to collect your money.

As an Archadeck franchisee, you receive progress payments while you do the work. Usually there’s an initial payment when a contract is signed, then scheduled payments for the duration of the project. By the time the project is built, you’ve collected most of the money.
This means that your capital requirements are much lower than those of businesses who have larger accounts receivable. It means you spend much less time and effort collecting your money. And it means your assets are mainly cash. And that’s good.

In a nutshell...

The best business propositions are those that focus on a large, promising market while keeping risk to an absolute minimum. That is the Archadeck business model in a nutshell.

Your Archadeck franchise is designed to keep your startup and operating costs as low as possible. This saves you money and reduces your risk. It also saves you time and lowers the stress of launching a business. In fact, it would be hard to find another business that offers this much earning potential with so little up-front risk.

And speaking of low risk...

There are a lot of good business reasons to look into Archadeck. Why not look into it further? It’s risk-free. Fill out our Request for Information form right now. Or, if you’re looking for even more reasons, have a look at the Archadeck lifestyle.




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