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Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Signs By Tomorrow vs Have Signs Will Travel including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.
Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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Investment | $90,799 - $317,047 | $103,500 - $148,500 |
Franchise Fee | $20,000 | $10,000 - $25,000 |
Royalty Fee | 6% | 6% |
Advertising Fee | 1% | $300/Mo.Max |
Year Founded | 1986 | 1996 |
Year Franchised | 1987 | - |
Term Of Agreement | 20 years | 10 years +10 |
Term Of Agreement | 20 years | 10 years +10 |
Renewal Fee | - | - |
Business Experience Requirements |
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Experience | - | |
Financing Options |
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In-House/3rd Party | In-House/3rd Party | |
Franchise Fees | -/- | -/- |
Start-up Costs | -/- | -/- |
Equipment | -/- | -/- |
Inventory | -/- | -/- |
Receivables | -/- | -/- |
Payroll | -/- | -/- |
Training & Support |
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Training | - | 4 weeks in Bohemia |
Support | - | Central Data Processing Field Training Initial Store Opening 800 Telephone Hotline |
Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks | - |
Operations | - | - |
Expansion Plans |
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US Expansion | - | Yes |
Canada Expansion | No | Yes |
International Expansion | No | - |
Founded by Joseph McGuinness in 1986, Signs By Tomorrow provides customers with a variety of printing and sign-making services. Each location can create special event banners, graphics and signs; full color graphics; architectural signage; real estate signage; and vehicle signage, usually in one day.
Have Signs Will Travel is the ultimate sign franchise. We revolutionized the sign industry by providing our customers with the convenience of On-The-Spot Sign Manufacturing. Have Signs Will Travel is a self contained, state-of-the-art, full service sign store, on wheels. Each of our stores are independently owned and operated, yet offer the consistency, quality and convenience that is expected in the Have Signs Will Travel name. We offer a vast array of signs and services and our ability to design and manufacture signs right at your location, letter a truck at a work site or apply a new name on a boat while it's in the water, makes us #1. Yesterday to Today; In 1996 we designed and built a self contained sign manufacturing truck. Through the years many changes have been made and the newly designed sign truck of today is a state-of-the-art piece of equipment that has no equal.