As a former franchisor, it seemed that I learned many things the hard way. Much of the Industry Association information was not applicable to our type of franchise or the size of our business starting out. When franchising mobile service business as franchised units it is more difficult than you might think.
There are many folks out there that wish to "SELL" a business opportunity or trailer, van, truck, etc or franchise and yes they are more concerned with the short term sales than the long-term accomplishments that franchising brings. Of course, we would never partner or attempt to partner with anyone that short sided, such thinking for short-term without the long-term component is a dead end.
Thus, we often found ourselves going it alone and inventing it as we went. Indeed, you must make money both short and long term and like Collins points out in "Built to Last" and therefore, you must consider the total mission, each battle and the end game of the war itself. So, I do not fault folks for making money "selling equipment" as that is their choice, but that is not what we are about or our primary focus in setting up franchises in the past.
In fact, I tend to agree with those who make comments about such short-sided folks, and agree I would never wish to partner with any of them. If you decide to franchise a mobile oil change business or any mobile service business, then I think you can make this work with the right resources, what questions do you have for me? Would you like a reading assignment?
Go to this website; www.EzineArticles.com and at the top center of the home page is a search feature. Type in "mobile oil change" and you will pull up about 150 articles on the subject. And also look for the top authors in the Franchising Section, to find the article that I have written, it will give you a good basis to formulate questions, that you will need to answer in your business plan. Good luck, Gods Speed and Continued Success.
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