The Palms Tanning Resort vs Sun Tan City Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of The Palms Tanning Resort vs Sun Tan City including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
The Palms Tanning Resort Franchise
Sun Tan City Franchise
Investment $489,750 - $517,000$452,289 - $777,529
Franchise Fee $35,000$30,000
Royalty Fee 6%-
Advertising Fee 2%-
Year Founded 20032007
Year Franchised 20032007
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee 25% of initial franchise fee-


Business Experience Requirements
 
The Palms Tanning Resort Franchise
Sun Tan City Franchise
Experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills
  • Customer service skills
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    Financing Options
     
    The Palms Tanning Resort Franchise
    Sun Tan City Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/Yes-/-
    Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
    Equipment No/Yes-/-
    Inventory No/No-/-
    Receivables No/No-/-
    Payroll No/No-/-

    Training & Support
     
    The Palms Tanning Resort Franchise
    Sun Tan City Franchise
    Training --
    Support Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
    Marketing Co-op advertising, Regional advertising-
    Operations

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3 - 5

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.

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    Expansion Plans
     
    The Palms Tanning Resort Franchise
    Sun Tan City Franchise
    US Expansion -Yes
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion Yes-

    Company Overviews

    About The Palms Tanning Resort

    The Palms Tanning Resort offers the most luxurious tanning beds and products available in the world. It's a unique and exciting tanning franchise concept. By providing an elegant, high-end tanning resort experience to each and every guest, The Palms provides much more than just a tan. The Palms' guests find themselves transformed into a lush, tropical world where their tanning experience helps them escape their everyday lives, and find the tranquility that only The Palms can bring them.

    About Sun Tan City

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    .In little more than a decade, Sun Tan City has grown from a couple of tanning beds in the back of a video store to one of the nation’s premier tanning salon brands with more than 250 salons across the United States. The reason for this rapid but steady growth is simple - at Sun Tan City, the success of our franchisees is our top priority. That’s why in addition to the equity that comes from a highly recognizable and marketable brand, we provide our franchisees with the best systems and support in the tanning industry.
    We also provide our franchisees with a simple, easy-to-follow concept - offer clients the best tanning equipment available in an impeccably clean, relaxing environment, staffed with well-trained, knowledgeable tanning consultants at an amazing price. In other words, we do tanning differently. And this difference is what puts us ahead of the competition.
    Our salons go above and beyond the traditional by providing clients with a tanning “experience.” We also make converting an existing tanning salon to the Sun Tan City brand simple and easy. There’s no upfront franchise fee, a reduced royalty structure, and a $13,000 credit for each location to help cover the costs of exterior signage, interior branding materials and other conversion-related expenses.
    We’d love to share our success with you.