Punterlink Franchise FAQ
| 1 | What do you get? |
| The site. Set up, Development, Some advertising and Support. Links from Punterlink to the site. Access to Punterlink content. etc (And the Punterlink name and traffic). | |
| 2 | Can you clarify what a region consist of - ie what areas are included? |
| The area will be defined at on set of a franchise, and is negotiable. | |
| 3 | Also what happens to the area of the punterlink main site, will that be obsolete or still carry on. Will the girls that are on that site already be moved over to the franchise area? |
| The sites are designed to promote Escorts which do not have a site within a region (as well as escorts already online), taking advantage of local information like newspaper listings. The sites also allow people to set up profiles for independents without sites and or individual agency and massage girls. It therefore performs something which punterlink can not cover properly, ie very detailed regional information. In competition to local papers and other regional web sites. | |
| 4 | What will be the paid advertising cost for escorts on the site is it the same as the south midlands site? |
| The initial site is currently set up to sell banner adverts at £20 per month, profiles £30, block profile bookings £90 for 5 (This is a minimum). This can be changed per site if required. Also they will all become portals for the members section of Punterlink starting in January. This generates £10 per month per person who joins. | |
| 5 | Once I have paid for the franchise and hosting fees will their be any other cost or yearly fees? |
| Only additional costs is the percentage fee for profile adverts and banners, 20% (For which we have give the minimum prices). | |
| 6 | Is it easy as my Knowledge of website's are minimal ie do i have to upload images add links ect or is this done automatically when someone applies to go on the site? |
| The sites are designed to be run by someone with no experience. Where possible things have been automated. | |
| 7 | How much control do I have over prices increase ect? |
| Prices set are a minimum and a guideline only. You have total control over pricing structure | |
| 8 | If I purchase a site how quickly can it be set up? |
| There are a few basic decisions to be made, domain name, colour etc. But this will take only a few days, so within a week. | |
| 9 | Can it be paid in part ie deposit ( to secure) payment once site is developed and ready and can I see it before/on completion of contracts? |
| NO. Payment in full must be made up front. The sites will be a mirror of the test site. You will get a variation of this site. | |
| 10 | What is the expected annual turnover of a franchise? |
| Income depends on the area - we have minimum guidelines for costs, but this can be altered per site. To work out how much a site will make, define the area you want. Research local papers. Assuming you list everyone in all advertising mediums work out a percentage that you think could be interested in a profile and/or banner advert. (times by amount, times by 12 months). You then have additional incomes like escort of the week slots. Payments from punterlink for the members affiliate section and other adverts you could add to the site. | |
| 11 | Can I change Advert Prices? |
| We have set a minimum price for advertising | |
| 12 | Who Handles the monies/fees? |
| All money processing is handled by yourselves | |
| 13 | Can I sell the site? |
| There will be a contract between yourselves and punterlink. You can sell your part on, but a new agreement would have to be done between the purchaser and punterlink. (We would have no problems with this providing this person is acceptable to punterlink and agrees to follow all guidelines. These site are linked to Punterlink and as such are expected to maintain Punterlink standards and general rules and conditions. | |
| 14 | Who actually owns the site? |
| The site is hosted on Punterlink servers and we own the actual domain name. This is done to make sure that the idea and punterlink name is not abused. These are joint ventures between yourself and Punterlink | |
| 15 | Contacts? |
| The contracts are currently on sort of hold. Issues and points brought up by people will be better listed in a FAQ which will be added to the franchise page this weekend. (Couldn't add until people started asking questions). This is the same with the contracts, as we are having a standard contract drawn up so we need to know the issues which people would ask before finalizing the contract. This is to protect both yourselves and us from any form of misuse of the idea and name. | |
| 16 | How do we get started? |
| At this point the contracts are not ready. However we are. So if you want a site and the basics are agreed we will just start it for you. NOW. All you have to do is choose a colour scheme. | |
| 17 | Why is Rome 'C' category? (Example) |
| Rome Capital city, and slightly neglected by world escort community. However not as much of a international hub like London and New York etc. Punterlink is also currently 2nd on goggle for Rome Escort and 1st for Roma escort so a very good first step. However it requires to be developed properly by someone with local knowledge as the sites are designed to produce high quality local information. If you are not in the area, or can not get good local information, we would not recommend it (Italian would also be fairly essential). | |
| 18 | Are the sites available in languages other then English? |
| Yes, sorted on request. | |
| 19 | Advertising? |
| They will be advertised with punterlink, however we would also suggest considering a local advertising budget. These sites can only go so far with Punterlink. You would be expected to promote and develop them further yourselves. | |
| 20 | How are the sites being supported and developed? |
| We have set up support and development forums. Access to these will be given when an agreement is reached. Help will be given through these. Also development - new features and alterations can be requested here. These are on going design projects. Any new feature will be applied to all sites | |
| 21 | Are these sites limited to escort sites? |
| No. We have developed them to be interchangeable. They are very easy to convert to something like a wine bar guide etc. | |
| 22 | Who maintains the sites? |
| While these are Punterlink sites the code was written and the sites hosted by 69design.co.uk. Support forums are hosted on their site as this gives a quicker response to technical support questions and potential server issues. | |
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