Gotcha Covered franchise owners enjoy a high-income potential, impressive margins, and a great lifestyle selling blinds, shutters, shades and custom draperies to the home and commercial markets. Invest in yourself with a Gotcha Covered window treatment franchise. This low-risk, home-based business is the change you’ve been looking for.
Nearly 30 years ago, our founders developed software to streamline the sales process for window treatments. Since then, we have continued to grow, evolve, hit significant milestones, and win awards.
2009: Started franchising as Gotcha Covered
2015: Launched proprietary franchise management software
2016: Aggregated online rating of 4.9/5 stars; maintained ever since
2019: Surpassed $25 million in annual sales; surpassed 100 franchise locations
2020: Ranked as a Top 500 Franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for the first time
2021: Surpassed $50 million in annual sales; acquired by Five Star Franchising
2022: Sold a record number of franchises and won a record number of 10 industry awards
2023: Surpassed 150 franchise locations open
2024: Industry Recognition through Q1’24 - 2024 Entrepreneur Franchise 500 (#359) and Fastest Growing (#105), Franchise Business Review Top 200 and Top Franchises for Women.
WHY GOTCHA COVERED?
Look around and you will see windows everywhere. Every home and every business has windows that need to be covered. This $20 billion industry is largely unbranded. Here’s some of the reasons we think it’s the best opportunity you’ve never heard of:- Fragmented industry – the largest retailer has 3% market share, and the rest is mostly small, independent dealers that lack buying power, marketing sophistication or technology
- Simple business requires no design experience
- Lifestyle business, 9 to 5 with flexibility for work/life balance
- Regardless of the economy, windows always need to be covered
- Low startup cost – high income potential
- Cash flow friendly with no inventory or aging receivables (customers pay before ordering)
- High Gross Margins on Sales Contracts (Over 50%)
- High Sales Contracts Average Amounts ($4,000+)
- High Appointment Closing Ratios (Over 50%)
- High Customer Referral Rate
- Large Marketing Territories
- Flat-fee Royalty with low initial investment
TRAINING & SUPPORT
Initial and Ongoing Training:
- Initial Training: 5 days in Colorado, 5 days in territory
- Advanced Training: 4 days in Colorado(in the fiscal quarter following initial training)
- Ongoing Training: Webinars for training in sales & marketing, business building, products and more, business development workshops, and annual meeting
- Intranet for on demand training and support
- Appointments, Estimates, Orders, Reports
- Collaboration and Inspiration
- Client relationship management
- Workflow management
- Accounting integration
- E-marketing integration
Sales & Marketing:
Our remarkably high 4.9/5 online rating, as well as our partnerships with home services websites, increase your potential for leads and referrals. At launch, we ensure that your business is listed with our partners so you have immediate visibility with your new client base. (Angi, HomeAdvisor, HomeStars, Houzz, Yelp, etc.) When possible, our partners provide discounts on membership fees, select keywords, lead bundles, and more.Our proven digital marketing assets convert views and clicks into clients
- Personalized initial marketing plan
- Personalized website and SEO
- Personalized monthly e-newsletters
- National marketing campaigns
- Social media content and ads
- LinkedIn and Google profiles
- Analytics dashboard
- Online review solicitation
- Direct marketing materials, Business cards, Direct mail, Print ads, Door hangers, Trade show displays & banners, Vehicle wraps, Postcards, Kiosks, Promotional products
- Franchise Starter Package includes a number of assets to help you engage customers right away, including our robust, multi-vendor sample kit
- Tools, resources and knowledge to help build a local referral network with furniture stores, interior designers, builders, realtors, and more (A-NET)
IDEAL CANDIDATE
Our franchisees’ backgrounds are diverse, ranging from stay-at-home moms to CEOs. Very few have design experience, and we’ve found that it has no bearing on success. Here is what does make a good franchisee:- High-energy, friendly personality
- Hard working and self-motivated
- Desire to work with people
- Sales and marketing experience is a bonus
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Gotcha Covered named a Top Low-Cost Franchise and Top Recession-Proof Business for 2023 by Franchise Business Review
Gotcha Covered, the leader in custom window treatment across the U.S. and Canada, was recently named a Top Low-Cost Franchise and Top Recession-Proof Franchise for 2023 by independent franchise research firm Franchise Business Review.
Gotcha Covered, the leader in custom window treatment across the U.S. and Canada, was recently named a Top Low-Cost Franchise and Top Recession-Proof Franchise for 2023 by independent franchise research firm Franchise Business Review.
"We're committed to helping Gotcha Covered franchise owners thrive while serving their customers and their communities," said Paul Linenberg, president of Gotcha Covered. "Our strategy for success is based on empowering franchise owners with a proven, industry-leading support system. We're proud that we can offer them exceptional value while also delivering extensive training, innovative technology and essential one-on-one support."
With an emphasis on end-to-end consultations, Gotcha Covered provides homeowners and businesses with the best in soft and hard window treatments, including a variety of blinds, draperies, and smart solutions. Gotcha Covered is part of the Five Star Franchising platform of home service brands.
"Offering extraordinary value to our franchise owners is a critical part of our vision for Gotcha Covered and all Five Star Franchising brands," said J. Andrew Mengason, chief growth officer for Five Star Franchising. "We provide unique tools that distinguish us from other companies in the industries we serve. Our success depends on the success and growth our franchise owners experience, so we're invested in helping them achieve results and fulfill their dreams."
Franchise Business Review provides the only rankings of franchises based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. FBR publishes its rankings of top franchises in its annual Guide to Today's Top Franchises, as well as in quarterly reports throughout the year that rank the top franchises in specific sectors.
More than 36,000 franchise owners representing over 365 franchise brands participated in Franchise Business Review's franchisee satisfaction survey over 18 months. Gotcha Covered was one of just 100 franchise brands to be identified as a Top Recession-Proof Franchise award winner.
Additionally, nearly 12,000 franchise owners representing over 135 low-cost brands participated in the franchisee satisfaction survey. The brands that were named to the list of the best low-cost franchises to buy had high franchisee satisfaction and an investment of under $100,000 at the time their franchise owners participated in FBR's satisfaction survey.
Gotcha Covered franchise owners were surveyed on 33 benchmark questions about their experience and satisfaction regarding critical areas of their franchise systems, including training and support, operations, franchisor/franchisee relations, culture, and financial opportunity.
"While no business is 100% recession-proof, these franchise businesses have demonstrated that they are highly recession-resistant based on historical performance," said Eric Stites, CEO of Franchise Business Review. "For people seeking to be their own boss, the Top 100 Recession-Proof businesses we identified this year not only have outstanding satisfaction among their owners, but they have performed well in good times and bad and we feel they hold a strong advantage to outperform their competitors in the years ahead.
"There are also a number of very solid business opportunities out there that can provide the satisfaction and perks of business ownership but don't require a huge financial investment. Approximately one-third of the franchise companies we survey have initial investments starting under $100K. More importantly, the franchises that made this year's list of the Top Low-Cost Franchises have average owner satisfaction 12% higher than our industry benchmark, making them all excellent options for entrepreneurs considering franchise ownership."
We felt the support that we've wanted to feel. We felt the camaraderie of the franchise and we really think it's been a wonderful experience for us and we would recommend it to just about everybody.
The resources are here with Five Star and Gotcha Covered...they provide all these resources to help you with things that maybe you're not good at.
Our income is probably three, four times what it was in the corporate world. Our time off is three or four times what it was.
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