Hawkeye's Home Sitters vs EYESthere Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Hawkeye's Home Sitters vs EYESthere including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Hawkeye's Home Sitters Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
Investment $5,000 - $10,000$187,000 - $295,000
Franchise Fee $4,000 - $8,000N/A
Royalty Fee 4%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19872006
Year Franchised 19972007
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Term Of Agreement 5 years-
Renewal Fee $125-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Hawkeye's Home Sitters Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Hawkeye's Home Sitters Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/No-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment No/No-/-
Inventory No/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support
 
Hawkeye's Home Sitters Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
Training --
Support Newsletter, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Purchasing cooperatives-
Marketing Co-op advertising, National media-
Operations Franchise can be run from home.

75% of all franchisees own more than one unit

Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 - 2

Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans
 
Hawkeye's Home Sitters Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion Yes-

Company Overviews

About Hawkeye's Home Sitters

Dennis and Connie Pysyk started a home-sitting business in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1987 and began franchising in 1996. Having been a police officer since 1973, Dennis Pysyk was familiar with residential security issues. While the homeowner is away, the house sitter looks after pets, plants and appliances, picks up newspapers and mail, and gives the home a 'lived-in' look. Since it started, Hawkeye's has dealt with flooded basements, hailstorms and a tornado and cared for cats, dogs, birds, chickens, rabbits, rodents and reptiles.

About EYESthere

EYESthere is a high quality provider of made-to-order solutions in the digital video and software security industry. Its mission is helping customers "to protect and empower" their businesses with live and recorded video solutions.
What makes EYESthere different is the true usability of its solutions that result in entire days of recordings reviewable in minutes, 24/7 live video viewable from any web browser or supported PDA, full service installs that can be completed in days, along with our 30 and 90 day EYESthere tuning site visits. The end result is solutions you use constantly that help protect and empower a business.
EYESthere, Inc. acquired the assets of Logan Digital Security, Inc. in July 2006 and dramatically expanded its Portland Operations and opened up a Dallas location and corporate headquarters as it develops a national Digital Video Security franchise organization. Logan Digital Security has been in business since 2001 installing high quality Digital Video Solutions and servicing several hundred clients in the Pacific Northwest.
EYESthere will continue to implement its proven business model providing comprehensive and high-quality digital video surveillance solutions primarily to businesses. The company will be able to provide these customers on-going security, peace of mind and improved business results.