how to prevent being cheated in joining?
first, don't believe too much in investment advertisements: many businesses often take advantage of investors' ignorance of the industry and exaggerate the high profits and quick harvest of franchising to attract franchisees, which makes many people who don't know the inside story fall into the trap and suffer heavy losses.
second, investigate the market and position the products: in today's joining market, there are a lot of mixed fish and dragons, and there are endless brands. When you choose brands, you must carefully consider and choose. The selected brands should be able to stand the test of the market and the pressure exerted by peers. At the same time, you should position the products. The positioning of the products depends on the local consumption level, cultural environment, geographical advantages and other related factors. Customers should deeply understand the local environment and other factors. Third, the company visits, in-depth exchanges, and attaches importance to the contract: after determining the brand, some franchisees may be eager to start a business. Therefore, before signing the franchise contract, franchisees must have a deep understanding of the company, and even go to other franchisees to investigate the sales situation of each franchise store. After confirmation, they must have a deep reading and understanding of the franchise contract, see clearly the stipulations of each clause, and modify the unfavorable clauses in time.
4. if you are not sure, don't use the company's trademarks and other brands for the time being: after you have not made up your mind, if you sign a contract, it is recommended not to use the signs, trademarks and other items provided by the company, because this is the last hurdle. If you don't use it, you can terminate the contract through legal procedures and recover the losses.
is it legal to charge the joining fee?
the franchise fee is a unique form of business operation, which means that the brand holder grants the intangible assets of the enterprise brand, such as intellectual property rights (including inventions, patents, trademarks and copyrights), organizational management assets, market assets and human assets, to the franchisees in the form of contracts, and the franchisees engage in business activities under a unified business model according to the contract, and pay certain fees to the brand holder.
: Common joining scam
1: Spend money to buy a company to create qualifications
Some people spend money to buy a registered but non-operating company through an intermediary, and turn it into their own company by means of share transfer, changing the name of the company, expanding the business scope, etc. The purpose of this is to look like the company has been operating for a long time and is more deceptive.
Two: Tight contracts drag down the deceived
Find lawyers who are proficient in law to help them draw up tight contracts to avoid responsibility. Those who find that they have been cheated and want to recover their losses or make an explanation for them are easily dragged down. The management department can't help them from the legal provisions alone, because both parties have signed, and it is difficult to identify contract fraud.
Third, the image of heavy money packaging confuses people
Spend millions or even millions to decorate the office space magnificently and look "tall", hang up some inspirational quotes, and print second-and third-rate celebrity endorsements on leaflets to achieve the purpose of deceiving the world and stealing fame.
four: falsely publicize "fishing" to make money
If you want to "fish", you must be willing to publicize. By making false advertising, we can attract investors to join us by making the products hype up. In fact, these companies that specialize in attracting investment and cheating money have carefully calculated their scams, and constantly adjusted their strategies to cope with the changing market. The profits from joining the investment promotion action are far higher than the input costs.
five: fix the answer mode to collect money
any entrepreneurial project is accompanied by exaggerated publicity, such as "investing 3, to 5, yuan, earning millions a year" and "making money without risk". If there are investment franchisees who ask questions, they generally have a set of strict answer modes and handling skills. When the business manager can't make it, he will invite the "general manager", and the "general manager" will make promises casually, with the aim of getting your joining money in first.
Six: Visiting makes people see flowers in the fog
Whether investors visit the headquarters or the model shop in the production workshop, they adopt man-to-man tactics, and all the visits and inspections are under their complete control. In fact, these model shops and production lines are specially set up for franchisees. After several rounds, most investors have been filled with ecstasy soup, and they are dizzy and hurry to sign a contract to pay.
Seven: The processed products will never be qualified
Among the projects used for fraud, one kind is processed and recycled, but it is generally extremely simple and easy to learn, and the operation is simple. The common tricks are: First, playing a high-tech guise to set traps; The second is to use high returns as bait; The third is to make the product unqualified forever. For example, in various deceptive projects such as breeding Cordyceps sinensis and producing cleaning balls, seeds, equipment and raw materials are sold at high prices, and all of them are promised to be recycled at high prices. As a result, they can't keep alive or always fail to meet their acceptance standards, which makes the investors lose their money.