Commercial Union vs ATMtrailer.com Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Commercial Union vs ATMtrailer.com including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Company Overviews

About Commercial Union

In the 30-some years since ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) were introduced, they have transformed the way most Americans deal with their money. Originally located only in or near bank buildings, ATMs can now be found in conveneince stores, shopping malls, theatres, bowling alleys and dozens of other locations�anywhere people need cash. ATMs offer people convenient access to the money in their bank account or available through their credit card 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in exchange for a modest fee. In the past, banks owned all the ATMs, now virtually anyone can purchase and place an ATM, and profit from a portion of those fees. Anyone, that is, who can figure out the business. To be successful, the ATM owner must execute contracts and manage relationships with vendors, merchants, processors, banks and even the Federal Reserve .. deal with technical difficulties and insurance ... and provide ongoing customer service to individuals and merchants. It's a complex undertaking. That's where we come in. Through building our own successful ATM business throughout the Rocky Mountain region, Commercial Union has learned what it takes to succeed. We've distilled our success into a system that can be learned and replicated. We teach this system to our franchisees, and we back up our teaching with solid support designed to help you succeed with your own ATMs and with additional franchisees that you bring into business. For a relatively small investment of dollars and time, you can start to profit from your own ATM business. Interested? Become a Franchisee!

About ATMtrailer.com

The ATMtrailer is... Easy to Market The ATMtrailer is one of the easiest businesses ever to market. The ATMtrailer provides customers access to their cash at locations when and where the cash is needed. Has a Low Operating Cost The ATMtrailer has a very low hard operating cost. The wireless service runs about $20 per month. Paper costs about $10 per roll and a roll will last about 800 transactions. The marketing costs are virtually non-existent. The most expensive hard cost is the fuel to get the ATMtrailer to the event. Is Not a Second Job The ATMtrailer is an income-generating opportunity that is easy to market. Set-up takes minimal time and, once set up, the ATMtrailer can be monitored as needed on the smart phone app. Has an Extremely High Potential Return We want you to completely understand that your success depends on your efforts. The industry says that 6% of the people that pass an ATM in a day will actually do a withdrawal transaction. We find this to be closer to 10% with mobile event ATMs. Using the industry standard it follows that if you take your ATMtrailer to an event that has 1000 patrons, you should average 60-100 transactions! If you are charging $4 per transaction, which is most common, well….. The formula is simple: Transactions X Surcharge = Gross Profit. You do the math! Who Can Profit From the ATMtrailer? Food & Souvenir Vendors Traveling Shows Disaster Relief Fundraising Organizations RV Enthusiasts Entrepreneurs Financial Institutions And on and on...... Benefits How many times have you attended an event whether it be a concert, auto race or county fair and found that you had underestimated the amount of money you would need to have the good time the event offered. Many times customers underestimate the cost of food, drinks or souvenirs. Children usually have no concept of money and want everything in sight. When these customers need cash, they start looking for the ATM. Marketing your ATMtrailer Marketing is the easy part. There are flyers and post cards. In the right market radio advertising and billboards may work well. But, we find the best marketing is simply picking up the phone, calling the event coordinator and offering to provide more cash available to patrons of the event. Making the event coordinators aware that without the ATMtrailer they are limiting the customers at the event to spending the cash they brought with them will have them asking you to bring your ATMtrailer. In our extensive test marketing done prior to the introduction of the ATMtrailer, we have never had anyone say, “No, we don’t need any more cash available at our event”. We have had several people tell us the easiest way to market their ATMtrailer has been to simply show up at the event, find the coordinator and ask to provide ATM services for the event. Each time, the ATMtrailer was set up at the event and did well. Not only that, the coordinator signed a multi-year agreement. Quarterly training events and training videos are in the works. We will do it right for you!