Signature Alert Security vs EYESthere Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Signature Alert Security vs EYESthere including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Signature Alert Security Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
Investment $22,000 - $42,000$187,000 - $295,000
Franchise Fee $10,000 - $19,000N/A
Royalty Fee 10%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19992006
Year Franchised 20032007
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee $3K-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Signature Alert Security Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Signature Alert Security Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-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
 
Signature Alert Security Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
Training --
Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
Marketing Co-op advertising-
Operations Franchise can be run from home.

Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans
 
Signature Alert Security Franchise
EYESthere Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion No-

Company Overviews

About Signature Alert Security

Signature Alert’s Philosophy of their company is simple which is to provide state of the art equipment, with the highest quality installation, at competitive prices, and provide gold-medal service after the installation.” They install GE (General Electric) and Honeywell equipment which are the highest quality, most user friendly, on the market today. Their installers have an average of 15 years of installation and service experience. After their system is installed, they offer a 24-hour service response guarantee.

About EYESthere

EYESthere is a high quality provider of made-to-order solutions in the digital video and software security industry. Its mission is helping customers "to protect and empower" their businesses with live and recorded video solutions.
What makes EYESthere different is the true usability of its solutions that result in entire days of recordings reviewable in minutes, 24/7 live video viewable from any web browser or supported PDA, full service installs that can be completed in days, along with our 30 and 90 day EYESthere tuning site visits. The end result is solutions you use constantly that help protect and empower a business.
EYESthere, Inc. acquired the assets of Logan Digital Security, Inc. in July 2006 and dramatically expanded its Portland Operations and opened up a Dallas location and corporate headquarters as it develops a national Digital Video Security franchise organization. Logan Digital Security has been in business since 2001 installing high quality Digital Video Solutions and servicing several hundred clients in the Pacific Northwest.
EYESthere will continue to implement its proven business model providing comprehensive and high-quality digital video surveillance solutions primarily to businesses. The company will be able to provide these customers on-going security, peace of mind and improved business results.