Franchise & Investment

What a franchisee receives

Not a equipment quote, but a delivery list from site selection to opening — every item confirmed in writing:

• —Brand licence: use of the SPORTS ANT brand, visual system and store standards within the contracted territory.
• —Site assessment: an open / do-not-open judgement based on city, trade area, area, clear height and fire conditions, matched to a store format.
• —Whole-venue design: five experience layers, circulation and equipment layout, construction drawings, including JOJOMEN self-service retail points.
• —Construction and commissioning: equipment arrival, installation, testing and acceptance, signed off item by item.
• —Opening and training: opening campaign, ticketing and membership plan, manager / coach / equipment training, and on-site support during opening.
• —Systems and after-sales: ticketing and membership system, remote terminal monitoring, spare parts and response, plus ongoing operating support.

Three store formats, matched by area first

Area bands are for initial matching only; final scope depends on site measurement, structural and fire conditions. Investment is costed item by item from the configuration list.

• —Community / street store: 300–800 m², built around repeat visits from nearby families and teenagers.
• —Mall store: 800–1,500 m², capturing mall traffic and weekend peaks, with circulation and dwell time as the priority.
• —City flagship / cultural tourism venue: 1,500–5,000 m², a city benchmark that also serves groups, school trips and tournaments.

Six milestones from contract to opening

Every milestone has a written deliverable. The schedule depends on site handover and approvals; after signing you get a dated plan item by item, not a vague promise of days.

• —Intent and first screening: city, site, budget and operating entity.
• —Site survey and feasibility: structure, clear height, fire, circulation and surrounding catchment.
• —Store format and configuration list: experience layers, equipment, terminals and functional zones.
• —Contract and schedule: licensed territory, delivery boundary, payment and responsibilities.
• —Design, construction, equipment arrival and commissioning: built to drawings, accepted item by item.
• —Training, soft opening and launch: staff in place, systems running, campaign delivered.

Who it fits — and who it does not

We also write down the cases that do not fit, so neither side signs under the wrong assumptions:

• —Fits: a usable site of 300 m² or more, clear title or lease, and passing fire and structural assessment.
• —Fits: capital for the project and acceptance of a normal venue payback cycle, not short-term arbitrage.
• —Fits: a local manager or operating lead willing to follow training, ticketing and service standards.
• —Does not fit: buying a few machines without running daily operations — that is equipment supply and delivery.
• —Does not fit: a site that fails fire or structural requirements with no feasible upgrade, or expecting a payback promise without a survey.

Where it sits among the five business models

A franchise store is one of five SPORTS ANT business models: the partner invests, the store carries the SPORTS ANT brand, and we provide brand, equipment, design, training, opening and operating support.

If your site conditions, brand ownership or operating split are different, compare the five models before choosing a path.