FranchiseAdvantage.com Business Buyer User Agreement

The use of this website signifies that that you agree with and fully understand our Business Buyer User Agreement. If for any reason you do not agree with our Business Buyer User Agreement and our Disclaimer then you are not permitted to use the FranchiseAdvantage.com website or to do business with FranchiseAdvantage.com. We suggest that you hire an attorney if you need assistance understanding any part of our Business Buyer User Agreement prior to using our services.

Business Buyer Registrations

The first time you use FranchiseAdvantage.com to contact the seller of a business, franchise, or other related business opportunity your contact information is used to register you as a business buyer on our network.

Advertising Clients

FranchiseAdvantage.com is simply a lead generating advertising service. The businesses for sale, franchise opportunities, and other miscellaneous business opportunity advertisements found on FranchiseAdvantage.com are listings placed by business owners, business brokers, real estate agents, franchise companies, and other miscellaneous business opportunity companies and advertisers. FranchiseAdvantage.com is in no way responsible for the actions, representations, or business dealings of these advertisers.

Risks

The use of this website and its services signifies that you accept all risks and that FranchiseAdvantage.com, its directors, management, owners, officers, or employees are not responsible for any loss, damages, legal consequence, or anything that may result from the use of our services or the purchase of any business, franchise, or other related business opportunity advertised on our network.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless FranchiseAdvantage.com, our business partners, our business sponsors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, consultants and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use by you of the FranchiseAdvantage.com Network.

Non Disclosure Agreement

Site users are required to keep all dealings between FranchiseAdvantage.com and themselves strictly confidential. Site user acknowledges that the sharing of any information, gathered as a result of using our online service, with others could negatively impact our business. Site user agrees to be held responsible for any financial damages that FranchiseAdvantage.com may incur as a result of this type of behavior. Any monetary damages will be determined and set by FranchiseAdvantage.com. Employees of other industry related franchise or business for sale sites and businesses are not allowed to use FranchiseAdvantage.com under any circumstance without the express written consent of FranchiseAdvantage.com management. If you do not agree with our Non Disclosure Agreement terms then you are not permitted to use our services under any circumstance.

Advice

FranchiseAdvantage.com is in no way providing any legal, accounting, financial, or business advice relating to the purchase or sale of any business, franchise, or business opportunity. FranchiseAdvantage.com highly recommends seeking the advice of a lawyer, business consultant, financial advisor, and accountant before purchasing any business, franchise, or related business opportunity.

Unauthorized Use - Spamming Our Advertisers

Users are not permitted to use the email contact forms found in our business for sale, franchise, or other business opportunity related listings to send marketing emails that promote any service or product. Spamming of any sort on our network is not permitted as it hurts the integrity, credibility, and value of our business. The email contact forms in these listings are only to be used to send inquiries about buying a particular business for sale, franchise, or other related business opportunity. We reserve the right to bill any person or company that has spammed our network at a rate of $500.00 per unauthorized contact. By using the website and submitting a contact form you agree with these conditions. If you have trouble understanding these terms then we suggest that you seek the advice of a lawyer.

Non-Franchise Advertisers in our Franchise Directory

Please note that not all of the advertisers in the various Franchise Directory channels and focus areas on FranchiseAdvantage.com are legally a franchise. Some of the companies that advertise in these channels are dealership opportunities, licensing companies, or other similar business opportunity related companies.

Copyright

The FranchiseAdvantage.com service is copyrighted © 2000-2007 by BusinessBroker Network, Inc. and all rights are reserved. The entire contents of FranchiseAdvantage.com, its database, and website layouts are owned by FranchiseAdvantage.com and may not be extracted in any way for the purpose of creating another database or website. No part of FranchiseAdvantage.com may be reproduced, digitally saved, or captured in any form or by any means for the purpose of distributing the information to other parties without permission in writing from FranchiseAdvantage.com executive management. However, a few selected pages may be copied, saved digitally, or captured for the use of any news organization, journalist, or other forms of news broadcast.

Privacy Policy

When you contact the seller of a business, franchise, or other related business opportunity we ask for your full name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, financial, and other demographic information. This information is emailed to our advertisers, business partners, and/or business sponsors so they can contact you. As a registered Business Buyer requesting information on our network, FranchiseAdvantage.com or our business partners and sponsors may use your information to contact you about services and opportunities, to take surveys, to provide business consulting and coaching, to offer tax services, and to offer other related services. By agreeing with these terms you agree to receive phone calls and e-mails even if your phone number is registered with the National Do Not Call List or any State Do Not Call Registry or you reside in the state of California. You are not permitted to use our services unless you agree with these terms. Please email us (lburns@businessbroker.net) at any time to cancel your business buyer registration and to take your contact information off our marketing list.

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under the age of 13. If we discover that we have received any information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information immediately. By visiting our websites or by submitting any information to our websites, you are representing to us that you are age 13 or older.

Cookies

Cookies are small text data files that we transfer to our users' hard disk or browser for added functionality. It is very common for sites like ours to use cookies. We use cookies to improve the way our network operates and to help our users use our services, but such cookies do not contain anything that can be used to personally identify users. You may still use the website if you set up your browser to reject cookies.

Links to Other Websites

FranchiseAdvantage.com may link to other websites, which is done for your convenience and information only, and occasionally other websites may be co-branded with our trade names and trademarks. Websites that are linked to our websites or carry our brands may have privacy policies which differ from ours, and which we do not control. In no way is FranchiseAdvantage.com responsible for the content, representations, advertising, or anything else found on these websites and has no control over this information. Users of the FranchiseAdvantage.com website visit these sites under their own risk.

Jurisdiction and Legal Issues

The use of the FranchiseAdvantage.com website and its services is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia. Any claim against FranchiseAdvantage.com will also be required to be brought in the state or federal courts located in Atlanta, Georgia. FranchiseAdvantage.com reserves the right to request and to receive an arbitration hearing for any claims brought against the company, its officers, management, owners, or employees by any site users, clients, or other parties that will be fully paid for by the person(s), company(s), or organization(s) making the claim. Any arbitration hearing will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. The maximum amount of money FranchiseAdvantage.com, its officers, management, owners, employees, or business partners will be responsible for paying to settle any claim shall not exceed $500.00. The use of the FranchiseAdvantage.com website or any of its services signifies that you agree with these terms. If you do not agree with these terms then you are not permitted to use the FranchiseAdvantage.com website or any of our services.