Asking price: < £200k

Sales revenue: < £200k

Net profit: < £100k

Fixtures value: Undisclosed

Stock value: £25,800

Franchise terms
A new five year franchise agreement will be granted,subject to approval.

Business description
Since The Original Poster Company (OPC) launched in the UK in 1991, it has grown globally. There are now greeting card franchise networks in the UK, Ireland, Western Europe, Australia and the Americas making OPC the largest franchised distributor of greeting cards in the world.

Today, OPC supplies many thousands of retail outlets with its products, via a worldwide network of franchisees. It’s exciting to know that hundreds of OPC franchisees are already making a success of their lives.

You will build long-lasting relationships with retailers in your own territory offering fantastic product and a great service. Retailers pay nothing for the displays you provide, nothing upfront for the greeting cards, nothing for your delivery and restocking services, and nothing for the expert advice you give. The retailer has no risk, just profit.

You profit from the sale of every OPC greeting card on your territory. Over almost 20 years, it's a system that is tried and tested and proven to work well.

Become an OPC franchisee and make a success of your life by stocking retailers with a striking assortment of greeting cards their customers love.

Years established: 16

Home based: This business can be run from home.

Relocatable: This business can be relocated.

Location
The franchise can be run from home using a suitable family vehicle. It is preferable to live close to or in your area.

Expansion potential
There is considerable potential to develop this already profitable franchise further by adding new customers and expanding the ranges of cards they stock. At OPC, we’re constantly innovating to make sure that our cards are some of the fastest selling designs in the greeting card industry. We only supply fresh, fun and distinctive greeting cards that are proven sellers. It is this cutting-edge vision, combined with our thoroughly tried and tested business model that has accelerated the growth of OPC’s worldwide network.

Competition / Market
There is a constant demand for OPC’s distinctive and highly individual ranges of greeting cards, which offer unparalleled value. OPC’s simple business model and fantastic product has worked well, fostering goodwill across the board and enabling the development of our successful franchise network, all of which give you a distinct advantage over the competition.

Support & training
From day one, franchisees discover everything there is to know about how to make a success of their greeting card franchise from a professional and experienced team. Every detail from how to choose best-selling greeting cards to opening and developing new retail accounts is covered in OPC’s comprehensive operations manual which acts as every franchisees bespoke business bible. We have skilled Business Development Managers (BDM’s) operating throughout the UK, who know the OPC business from the ground up. BDM’s provide the support and guidance to ensure you make a success of your franchise. This high level of support helps make OPC the number one franchised distributor of greeting cards in the world today.

Financing available
The major banks will consider an application for funding for this franchise subject to status.