Spell expects their first year of business to generate around $100,000 in revenue and says they’ve had in excess of 1,500 leads at their first center, just through May.
“It was a fun business, but as ticket prices continued to rise and the Internet began to change the market, we started looking around for other endeavors,” says Spell.
One of her ticket-buying customers was Roni Deutch, the high-profile tax attorney who was just starting her Roni Deutch Tax Center franchise. Heather, Gentry, and Lakota Verberne (Gentry’s sister and Heather’s close friend) jumped at the chance to try their hand at franchising. So far it’s proven a good move.
They opened their first Roni Deutch Tax Center franchise near Sacramento in Roseville about a year ago, and Spell says they already have their eyes on a second location they’d like to open by summer. They also are the area developers for the Las Vegas market. Their goal in Sin City is to sell 50 units over the next 5 years.
“This is my first experience with franchising,” says Spell. “I knew Roni and I knew that she had a great business and knew what she was doing.”
Spell says that as a franchisee she has access to 24/7 help desk for support on all kinds of issues-and that her background in running and operating a business and knowing how to manage money was a big advantage coming into franchising.
Logo from Roni Deutch.
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