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For those of you who love kids especially mothers
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Our goal is to partner with aspiring business minded people. Over the years, our website toys-on-rent.com has gone through multiple upgrades and the current is designed not just for customers but also for our franchisee to have on-the click access to information, toy management, customer management and several other modules that make business operations seamless. We also have a robust marketing plan/ social media strategy that keep adding to our brand building efforts. To make certain that our brand exude quality, we have a tie-up with an ad-agency to help us with all these creative and plans. To sum it up, toys-on-rent has a well-rounded process and plan to support new franchisee get on the ground and also to keep feeding the existing ones. Please find below FAQ’s that will give you pertinent answers to some of your queries. |
» Franchisee FAQ |
When did toys-on-rent start?Toys-on-rent started in 2010 with a single home based branch in Bangalore. In 2012, we initiated the Franchisee program and as on date we have 4 Franchisee in addition to the home branch. What territories are available?We are looking at expansion pan India so please send us the city of choice for you and we will be happy to get you the details. You can submit an enquiry using the adjacent form. What kind of background do I need?Fluency in local language, people skills and a passion to do something on your own. Toys-on-rent is a good option for mothers looking for home-based business. What kind of training would toys-on-rent provide?Toys-on-rent has a comprehensive training/ support plan for all its franchisee by way of following: » Toys-on-rent has an Operating Manual that we provide to the franchisee upon signing with us. » In addition to this, we will also provide a welcome kit that will have things that will enable you to get started with the business. » Toys-on-rent will also provide online training for the website management/ administration. What kind of ongoing support is there?
TOR: Toys-on-rent will provide round the clock IT support, a comprehensive marketing plan at pre-launch, launch and post launch stages. Also, we will have a social media campaign to keep customer engaged with the brand all the time.
What are the requisites to start a toy rental franchise business?
TOR: Like with any business, you should be a self-starter. In addition to this, you will require storage space, keenness to marketing, broad idea of the demographic landscape in you city and an attitude to just go for it.
How much would it cost?
TOR: The investments required to start a toys-on-rent Franchisee are surprisingly low when compared to most children related products/ services on offer for business partnerships. We can provide you details once you submit the enquiry form with us
How has franchising helped you in the expansion of this business?
TOR: Franchising has already helped us set our foot-prints to 4 cities in addition to where we started. It is certainly a good way for us to see our brand growing and also a rewarding partnership for those who will want to learn from our experience, benefit from partnering with an existing brand and also save on start-up time and operational issues
What are the challenges that one can encounter in this business?
TOR:Delivery of toys at the doorstep is some time challenging, as maintaining delivery boys for long time is difficult.
How can a franchisee develop a good customer base in this business?
TOR:Developing a good customer base will happen by a combination of TOR providing a marketing plan and tools for implementation followed by Franchisee deploying them at his Location.
ow do you manage the delivery process? (eg. For 100 customers, how many delivery boys do you think is required)
TOR: The delivery process is managed by a combination of online and offline process similar to courier companies. One delivery person can handle 120-140 customers/ month.
If we feel and want to add / remove some toys from your existing toy list, will that be possible?
TOR: We will provide you with access to do any such addition, deletion. As this is a Franchisee based engagement, we will require you to check with us before you plan on adding any new toys as we will want to make sure that our collection quality and brands that we keep is not compromised at any costs.
How will customer buy toys from us, what will be the process for it? Also what is the margin in it and what will be the profit-sharing in it.
TOR: The current business plan does not envisage such situation.
If, due to any unforeseen circumstances or due to our bad luck, if we decide to close the franchisee, then what will be the salvage value for us and what about the toys?
TOR: Like any business concern, you will have to plan for your exit. We will work on identifying a partner who can take over your operations but that is not assured. The toys and all other stuff will be your responsibility to take care.
What is the reason behind increase in toy-on-rent business?
TOR: Parenting today is a challenging task with working parents- busy schedules, exhaustive variety of educational and fun toys- making buying a tough decision, short-term utility as children outgrow the toys, space constrains tot stock wide range of toys in modern day houses and many more reasons. Moreover, the wide range of educational and fun toys is pretty expensive to buy them all! toys-on-rent we buy-you enjoy offers a convenient option for parents to overcome all of the above challenges by simply renting toys for short duration providing children the opportunity to explore and play with many toys at the price of some!
How big is toy rental business in India?
TOR: We are ourselves part of the big league of toy rental companies and to the best of our knowledge most of them are under 10 locations. That being said, the business is picking up and I am hopeful that there will be many brands with over 50 locations in coming times and toys-on-rent sees itself at the pole position.
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