Franchises

Franchises

Franchises are businesses that contract out their products to others in return for some coins. Certain businesses in CityVille allow you to create franchises in this manner. The main benefit of this, is that you can create a plot of land for franchises and your Neighbors can effectively move into your city. You can do the same in theirs if they have made the land available. You are limited to one franchise for each business, but you can put them in lots of your Neighbors' cities.

To move into land in one of your Neighbors' cities, click on the plot of land and select a franchised business to place there. Make sure it is on a road so that customers can get to it.

As with all other businesses, you will need to provide it with Goods and take the profits from it once the business is sold out. Because it is a franchise, you will get about 20 percent of the profits, though this depends on the business in question and your level at the time.

Eventually you will be given the ability to construct a HQ for the franchised business. This option is in the inventory menu and takes a lot of Energy and money to build. A HQ will prevent you from having to visit your Neighbor's city each time you want to see how the franchise is doing. Place it in your city and click on it to see a list of franchises and restock them from this central location.

You can see the Franchise menu without having a HQ building by visiting the inventory screen and then click the headquarters button. This will allow you to do basically the same tasks as if you had built a HQ.

With a headquarters in place, you can get a bonus once a day, which you can also post to the Live Feed. This goes up as you restock more. Every time you get a bonus, an extra floor is placed on the top of the HQ. This means you can get some amazing-looking skyscrapers in your city.

Franchises in Your City

People can ask you to build businesses in your city, so look out for messages on the Live Feed for these requests.

To build the empty plot which encourages Neighbors to franchise in your city, go Build, then the Businesses menu, and select the first option. This is free and is just a blank plot. Put it up next to a road so that people can access it, and you can then either message your Neighbors, inviting them to build there, or you can wait for them to arrive.

The owner of the city with the franchise in can always restock it if the owner of the business forgets. Otherwise, you can send a reminder for them to keep their end of the bargain.