WSI Internet vs Adventures in Advertising Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of WSI Internet vs Adventures in Advertising including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	WSI Internet Franchise	Adventures in Advertising Franchise
Investment	$64,450 - $94,550	$35,000
Franchise Fee	$49,700 - $69,700	$30,000
Royalty Fee	10%	6-8%
Advertising Fee	-	-
Year Founded	1995	1980
Year Franchised	1996	1994
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	WSI Internet Franchise	Adventures in Advertising Franchise
Experience	General business experience	-
Financing Options
	WSI Internet Franchise	Adventures in Advertising Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	No/Yes	Yes/No
Start-up Costs	No/Yes	No/No
Equipment	No/No	No/No
Inventory	No/No	No/No
Receivables	No/No	No/No
Payroll	No/No	No/No
Training & Support
	WSI Internet Franchise	Adventures in Advertising Franchise
Training	Classroom Training: 42 hours	-
Support	Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Online Support Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform	-
Marketing	National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing	-
Operations	Franchise can be run from home. 10% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed.	-
Expansion Plans
	WSI Internet Franchise	Adventures in Advertising Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	-
Canada Expansion	No	No
International Expansion	Yes	No

Company Overviews

About WSI Internet

WSI Internet, founded in 1995, has a network of consultants that spreads across more than 87 countries and six continents, providing Internet services to small- and medium-sized businesses. WSI Internet is based in Toronto, Ontario, and has been franchising since 1996.

#109 on Entrepreneur's ranking of the top 150 franchises offering incentives and other programs to help veterans become franchisees

Veteran Incentives  10% off franchise fee

About Adventures in Advertising

Dan Carlson started Adventures in Advertising in 1982 in Seattle. The company acted as an independent distributor of logo merchandise, but soon moved into the design and consulting side of the promotional products business. Adventures in Advertising franchisees work with organizations and corporations, helping them put together marketing programs involving promotional items such as T-shirts, mouse pads and pens bearing their logos. Franchisees can run the business out of their homes, in an office or as an add-on to another business.