Binding Memories...the ideal home-based franchise

Binding Memories is a home-based business specializing in photo books that display those timeless memories and binding corporate documents for those special presentations. We design, print and bind photo books. Work from home, part or full-time with no limit to earnings potential, making one off photo books and corporate presentations, virtually on demand. Our franchisees receive all the equipment and training, necessary for the design, printing and binding of one-off custom books, that has eternal appeal.

Why own a "Binding Memories" franchise?

There is very little, or no opposition in Southern Africa, where you can receive a fully designed, printed and hardcover bound book literally on demand. This gap in the market allows you as the franchisee a wide open market to bind everlasting memories for both the domestic and corporate markets.

There are many exceptional advantages of owning a Binding Memories Franchise:

 

• - Work from home
• - Low overheads
• - No limit to income
• - Cost effective entry level to your own business
• - Exceptional training
• - Domestic and corporate markets
• - Pay your franchise back within the first year
• - National support
• - Discounts from major suppliers - buying power
• - The world's leading equipment suppliers
  • Apple Mac
  • Oki
• - NO ROYALTIES

We have a competitive edge:

 

• - Part of a national franchise
• - The speed with which we can print and bind a book
• - The flexibility of soft or hardcover books at different price levels
• - The binding system technology has been brought in from America
• - You are supplied with a business printer, not just a normal home printing
• - Using Apple Mac gives an advantage because of its design capabilities

What else do we do

Other items we can produce include: Calendars, postcards, birthday cards, soft cover books, scrap booking. We have recently added a full ‘family branding' package. We also offer personalized gifts such as puzzles, mugs, water bottles, jewellery boxes, cushions, aprons etc. These products are being updated on a regular basis.

What does a Binding Memories franchise cost?

- Approx. total investment = R115 000

- Franchisee's minimum own contribution = 20% (depending on the banks)

- Management services fee = 0% of sales

- Marketing fund contribution = 0% of sales

- Compulsory (minimum) purchases from franchisor/prescribed sources = Minimal

Binding Memories can assist with financing, by offering model business plans and cash flow forecasts. The prospective franchisee must however raise their own financing.

How Binding Memories supports and trains you

Franchisees will benefit from a professional head office, well experienced in the design, printing and binding field.

Initial 2 day training with ongoing workshops. Ongoing workshops after intensive training. As well as monthly promotions, national advertising, support at expos etc.

Binding Memories offers an intensive in-house training course for franchisees and managers. Other training courses are also available at various times during the year and will be run on an ongoing basis. Regular workshops are run in various areas.

Our training courses will contain the following modules:

 

• - Product & technical knowledge
• - Administration and Financial Procedures
• - Equipment use and Maintenance
• - Sales and marketing Training
• - Job costing
• - Software for design and printing
• - Book binding techniques using our specialised equipment

 

What we look for in a Binding Memories franchise owner?

Binding Memories look for self-motivated individuals, outgoing, computer literate, general admin experience and are committed to owning and operating their own business.

Worked either part or full time, Binding Memories will provide an excellent income and a good return on investment. It is an ideal franchise for women wanting to work from home.

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