Around Town Community Magazine vs Veza Digital Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Around Town Community Magazine vs Veza Digital including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Around Town Community Magazine Franchise	Veza Digital Franchise
Investment	$37,600 - $54,800	$5,000
Franchise Fee	$25,000	N/A
Royalty Fee	5%	-
Advertising Fee	-	-
Year Founded	1996	2015
Year Franchised	2003	2020
Term Of Agreement	5 years	-
Term Of Agreement	5 years	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Around Town Community Magazine Franchise	Veza Digital Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	Around Town Community Magazine Franchise	Veza Digital Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-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
	Around Town Community Magazine Franchise	Veza Digital Franchise
Training	-	-
Support	Meetings, Internet, Field operations/evaluations	-
Marketing	-	-
Operations	Franchise can be run from home. 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)	-
Expansion Plans
	Around Town Community Magazine Franchise	Veza Digital Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	Yes
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	No	Yes

Company Overviews

About Around Town Community Magazine

Around Town Community Magazine, Inc. ("Around Town") began franchise operations in September 2002 in Woodstock, Georgia. Around Town franchises niche community magazines, each has a goal of "strengthening communities."Around Town was founded by Gina Carr and Don Kyle. Gina has a BA from Georgia Tech in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Harvard. Don has a BS in Accounting from Florida State University and also is a CPA. Together they started The TowneLaker magazine in June 1996 and Sixes Living magazine in June 2000. After many years of practice, they decided to franchise the niche community magazine concept through Around Town Community Magazine, Inc.