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6 Creative Pet Franchise Ideas

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So have decided to start your own pet store franchise. It is 2015 and you want something creative, innovative, fresh, unique, but you. Here are some specialized store ideas for your new pet franchise that break away from the usual and give you lots of creative wiggle room.

1. Cat Playhouses

Cats are curious, playful, and love to climb. Cat owners love the idea custom furniture, playsets, and big cat posts. Designing custom cat playhouses, gives you the chance to build skyscraper playhouses that will excite the cats just as much as they will the owner.

2. Pet Feeders

There is a lot of opportunity for a pet franchise that specialize pet feeders: manual or automatic, food or water, single or multiple, bowl or innovative tower. There are opportunities to hand paint bowls, design bowls for the busy household or the single individual with so much time for their pet. Some just think of them as food bowls, but others: as big as a fondue fountain.

3. Pet Beds

While some choose to share their beds with their four-legged-best-friends, it is never a bad idea to get them a bed of their own. It could be as simple as a pillow to their very own canopy, four foot bed with a curtain. Whether you share your space or not, You can make beds that matches the personality of the pet and the owner. There are even wall-mounted cat beds, under-chair cat hammocks, and cutouts for the end of couches for dogs and cats alike. The possibilities and styles are endless with this pet franchise.

4. Gadget and Specialized Collars

Pet franchise with a large variety of collar gadgets. Things like devices to remind the busy pet owner that their dog needs food or water at certain times, to collars that are like pedometers and little cameras attached to USBs to let their owners know exactly what their pet was up to while they were gone. Then there are traditional collars: fabric, leather, organic, the list goes on.

5. Aquariums

From aquarium accessories to 100 gallon tanks, this pet franchise offers a view of the world under the sea. The simple globe-sized bowl to modern high-rises. There is definitely a design factor when it comes to aquariums. Think of it as aquatic interior design.

6. Pet Poop Disposal

Center your pet franchise on products for cleaning up after pets. There is more to it than a litter box and a shovel or a plastic bag. There is biodegradable kitty litter and litter boxes. There is the ‘poop vacuums’ and so many other different kind of pet poop scoopers. There are bottles of cold air to freeze the poop before it has to be picked up and devices so you don’t have to carry the bag until you get home. Everyone loves their pet but hates the cleanup and with that said, a wall for pet cleanup products that make it easier and painless is a no brainer.

These are only 6 of the many options for pet store franchising. The sky is the limit. Create, innovate, and franchise away.

5 Lessons You Learn in Your First Year in a Pet Franchise

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pet franchiseStarting a pet franchise is a hefty project and while you are opening the shop there are so many things to learn from, business management to hiring, product, and store design. After you open your store, you may think the learning is in the past, but you will actually learn some of your most valuable lessons during the first year after opening.

1. Listen to the Feedback, But Take Everything Lightly

Whether it’s good, bad, get a haircut, the number one lesson to learn during your first year with a pet franchise is listen to what people tell you. You might not think it is a good idea, but that’s fine. Just listen. You may be surprised that some people actually have good responses or you may be inspired.

2. You Can’t Please Everyone

You will almost certainly start out your pet franchise thinking of the customer and their needs. Your expectations will be sky high, but you may think they are normal. Don’t worry about pleasing every single person that walks into your business or that if you do not please everyone, you are a failure because that is not the case. Remember the phrase: “Try to please everyone, please no one.”

3. Be Kinder to Yourself

If you happen to go through something tough, a customer or employee who may be angry at your pet franchise, don’t tear yourself down. Being kind to yourself can affect not only your mood, but your emotional and physical health as well. There is no failing, there are only growth opportunities.

4. Finances are Important

You have just opened your dream pet franchise and it is exciting. You want to do everything, be everything and have the best, but the only way you will be able to stay open is if you have the ability to continue to fund your dream. This is what financial planning and budgeting are designed to do. Make sure you not only have a plan for the funds for your business but also that you follow through on the plan.

5. Don’t Rush

You have dozens of ideas for your pet franchise: don’t worry about trying to make everything happen at once. Just focus on following the plan laid out by your franchisor to bring you the success you want. Trying to look to far ahead for your business can keep you from focusing on where you currently are.