Own a business — without the franchise.

When most people picture “owning a business,” they picture a franchise — and then they see the price. A typical franchise costs anywhere from $30,000 to well over $80,000 just to buy in, and then takes a percentage of everything you sell for as long as you own it. On top of that, you operate under someone else’s brand, someone else’s rules, and often a required territory purchase. It is a real business, but a large chunk of it never belongs to you.

A Privacy On Demand distributorship works differently. Your one-time $9,500 startup is the whole cost of entry — no franchise fee dressed up under another name, and no royalties skimming your revenue every month. You run the business under your own company name, set your own prices, choose your own market, and keep what you make on every install. You buy the custom product at wholesale and sell it at retail. We give you the patented product, the in-person training, the sales tools and the software; you keep the customer and the profit.

The reason good franchises cost what they do is the system behind them — training, tools, a proven product and ongoing help. You get all of that here: hands-on sales and installation training, product samples and sales aids, marketing tools and checklists, wholesale access to a patented product no local competitor can match, and the POD business console to run leads, estimates, scheduling, orders, payments and reporting from one place. What you don’t get is the five-figure buy-in, the monthly royalty check, or a corporate office telling you how to run your day.

We chose the distributor model on purpose. A franchise makes sense when a company wants tight control over every location and a recurring cut of every sale. We’d rather grow by helping independent owners succeed and by selling them product they install and profit from. That’s better for you: you own your company and your customer relationships, you set your own prices, and you keep your margin instead of mailing a royalty check every month. And it’s honest about what you’re buying — not a brand and a rulebook, but a patented product, real training, and the tools to run a business.

It also means the relationship is straightforward. There’s a one-time startup, and after that you buy custom product at wholesale as you sell it. No long-term contract skimming your revenue, no territory you’re forced to purchase, and no corporate approval needed to run your day. If a franchise’s support appeals to you but its cost and control don’t, a Privacy On Demand distributorship is designed to give you the first without the second. You get a proven product, real training and a business system — and you keep ownership, control and the profit.