Posts

5 Unexpected Lessons Learned from Opening a Pet Franchise

/in /by

So you just opened your very first pet franchise—or maybe you are considering opening one in the near future. Whichever it is, opening a business is not just about making money, but owning your business will also teach you unexpected lessons that you will be able to carry with you outside the business door. When you open a pet store franchise, here are a few of those unexpected lessons:

1. About Yourself

Opening a pet store franchise will push you to your limits. You may try things you have never tried or you will be faced with situations that you never thought about. There is a pride that comes with opening your own pet franchise and you will feel your confidence growing. You will feel a certain level of clarity as things come together. You will unlock your purpose—and you might not have imagined that pet stores were that purpose until this very moment. You will go through a personal evolution, becoming wise and, more curious—you will discover who you are and question life again because you are enjoying it.

2. Business Management

Oddly enough, you do not have to have previous management experience to open a pet franchise. As you begin the journey, Splash and Dash Groomier and Boutique will actually give you all the tools you need to lean business management and open your own location. This is an invaluable skill that can come in handy when it comes to other parts of life. You will be more alert, you will understand how other businesses operate, and you will learn how to make money.

3. Priorities

Business management in a pet franchise means prioritizing. You will learn how to manage time, set goals, make goals, and complete a multitude of tasks in a timely manner.

4. Animals

It might seem silly to open a pet franchise without knowing the ins and outs of animals, but you don’t have to know everything to start. As your business grows, you will become curious and you will learn things about animals that you never thought about. You will learn about animal diversity, personalities, family dynamics, species specific information, and even dietary information.

5. People Skills

As the owner of a pet franchise, you will be your own boss, hire who you want, and work with the public. Daily you will be faced with hundreds of different kinds of people every day. You will learn how to talk to those people which will help you not only from a business perspective, but with your family and friends as well.

Why Open a Pet Food Franchise with a Dog Grooming Franchise

/in /by

A pet food franchise is a store with a purpose that fills a need. Every pet eats. Most pets eat strictly pet food diets. By opening a pet supply franchise that also does pet grooming, you not only open opportunities, but you expand the reach of profit that you can make. Pet grooming is just as rewarding as it is profitable and combining a pet grooming franchise with a pet food franchise raises the chance of sales on both sides and here’s why.

Gives Pet Parents Something to Do

While many pet parents will head to your pet food franchise with a specific goal in mind (food), if presented with the option to have their pet groomed as well while they shop, they are more likely to do it. Likewise, customers that come into your pet supply franchise specifically for the grooming are very likely to walk around and shop for their pet while their pet is groomed. Many pet parents don’t like to get too far from their pet, many prefer to conserve gas or time and prefer to stay in the location. If they’re given something to do, like shopping for their pet, their experience is far more positive as they don’t feel like their time is being wasted.

It’s Health

Pet grooming isn’t just about a nice looking coat. By offering a pet grooming franchise inside of your pet food franchise, you’re offering health benefits to pets and pet parents that go far behind high quality food. A clean coat, free of extra undercoat, offers skin health. Cleaning nails and ears minimizes germs and chances of infection. A dog knows when they are well taken care of and the weight of the unneeded undercoat shows in a rejuvenated energy of a pet. A pet supply franchise with a pet grooming franchise inside of it offers pet parents the positive experience of fulfilling their dogs at-home needs of food and health and will cause recurring customers due to your reliability and capability to best care for their pets in every way.

It Gives You More Opportunities
By opening a multi-purpose franchise instead of a simple pet food franchise, you open your pet store up to expand from the start. The doors are already open for a pet grooming franchise, you draw in more customers, and you can take advantage of Splash and Dash’s revolutionizing pet grooming service, which will assure your pet supply franchise a consistent monthly income.

These aren’t all the benefits that come with opening a multi-purpose pet food franchise, but they are definitely some of the bigger ones you should keep in mind as you open your first pet supply franchise.