1, first go to the milk tea franchise store to buy their milk tea, taste it yourself, and first determine whether the taste of the milk tea of the franchise brand is appropriate.

2. Go online to check whether the company's business license has been registered in the industrial and commercial department and whether the office location is consistent with the registered location. If they are all correct, it means that it is not a fraud company; If the information does not match, then you need to be vigilant.

3. Search online for some opinions and comments about the company. Of course, the most important task is to add your own concept judgment, and you can't listen to all the comments of netizens. However, when a search for the company is full of negative news, then the company is also problematic in nine cases out of ten.

4. If conditions permit, it is suggested that you can go to the company headquarters to inspect the company's environment, milk tea products, company configuration and so on. Generally, as long as you are a liar, the company will not let you go to the company for field trips. In this case, we should be cautious.

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Ways to prevent falling into franchise chain's scam;

First, it should be inquired through the commercial franchise information management system of the Ministry of Commerce.

Focus on understanding whether the enterprise has passed the filing, and find out that the franchisor should be required to show the right certificate of the business resources it owns in the future. For example, show the written materials of its registered trademark, corporate logo, patent, professional technology, business model and other information, and check the authenticity and validity of the above certificates and licenses through the government website.

Second, you should ask for an invoice in time after paying the relevant fees.

Generally speaking, the head office will charge franchisees four kinds of fees, namely, joining fee, management fee, security deposit and payment for goods. The so-called franchise fee refers to the fees charged by the headquarters to help franchisees do the overall store opening planning, education and training, and brand licensing before opening a store. Management fee is a continuous charge, which may be charged monthly or quarterly.

Third, the quality, price and mode of supply by the franchisor.

In a general franchise contract, the franchisee will require the franchisee to purchase goods from the franchisee, and shall not purchase goods privately. This is the requirement made by the franchisor to ensure the unified management and service quality of its brand, which is understandable, but this is often the most controversial part between the franchisor and the franchise stores.

Fourthly, the scope of franchise authorization and the protection of rights in authorized areas.

In order to ensure the normal operation of its brand and the operational interests of its franchisees, franchisees will make a reasonable division of the authorized scope and authorized area of its business resources, thus effectively protecting the rights of both parties.

Fifth, the franchisee's business guidance, technical support and business training should be as detailed as possible.

In the contract, the contents of these matters should be clearly defined. In many franchise contracts, these terms occupy the main space as the main contents of the contract, and also reflect the protection of the franchisee's interests. However, usually there are "matters not covered in this contract, which should be handled in accordance with the relevant rules and management regulations of the franchisor".

Sixth, about breach of contract and penalty clauses.

Since most franchise contracts are standard terms drawn up by franchisers, they will be more beneficial to franchisers. In terms of matters and penalties for breach of contracts, the franchisee is usually listed more, while the franchisee's breach of contracts is only mentioned a little. Before signing the contract, the franchisee should fully understand the restrictions imposed by the franchisor in relevant clauses.

Seventh, the handling of contract termination.

When the contract is terminated, the most important thing for franchisees is to get back the deposit, but the headquarters often refuses to return the deposit for various reasons. In practice, the reasons often used by the headquarters are: the purchase volume does not reach the amount agreed in the contract, or after the contract is signed, the franchisee fails to fulfill the relevant contractual obligations, such as not sending the store address and photos to the headquarters for filing.

Eighth, before the franchise contract is signed, professionals should be consulted on the legal issues of the contract, and both parties must hold one copy after the contract is signed.

If the franchisor keeps two contracts and does not keep one for the franchisee, once disputes arise in the future, the franchisee is likely to be unable to protect his legitimate interests because there is no evidence to prove that there is a contractual relationship between the two parties.

Unified Platform of Business System of Ministry of Commerce: How to Prevent Misentry into franchise chain Scam