• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Business Chew

Business Chew

Empower Your Business with Expert Advice and Tools

  • Business
    • Energy
    • Travel
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Lifestyle
  • Marketing
  • Strategy
  • Tech
Home » 6 of the Best Cheap Franchises Under $1,000

6 of the Best Cheap Franchises Under $1,000

October 20, 2020 by Jeff Long

Cheap Franchises to Start

Starting your own business can be a daunting task. If your new to entrepreneurship starting a franchise can be a great option since a lot of the strategy and operations are done for you, or at least outlined and planned out. This means you can hit the ground running with a proven system that others have been successful with.

The downside is that many well-known franchises can cost a fortune to start. A McDonald’s franchise, for example, costs upwards of $1,000,000 to start. An amount that many could only dream to afford. That’s why we put together this list of the best cheap franchises under $1000.

1) N2 Publishing Franchise

Franchise Cost: $975 – $5,650

N2 Publishing publishes custom publications that connect neighbors to neighbors and business owners to customers. It helps to connect neighbors, provides business ownership, and also connects small businesses. The company caters to residential communities, homeowners, associations, and municipalities. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Wilmington, North Carolina. As of 2018, N2 Publishing owns and operates 998 franchises in the United States.

There business model focuses on hyper local publications. They have hundreds of magazine for audiences of a particular neighborhood or area then sell advertisements in the publication. Your job as franchisee or “Area Director” is sell advertising, gather content, and host events to boost sales and the reader audience for your local publication.

2) Pajama-Man Insurance Franchise

Franchise Cost: $1,000-$5,000

Pajama-Man Insurance is an insurance franchise that allows you to quote insurance rates from multiple companies. Their system promises to cut out cold calls and requires no previous insurance experience.

As an independent insurance broker, you’ll represent top insurance providers in each category, from property and casualty to life and health, without ever leaving your home. The Pajama Man system gets you into business immediately and quite affordably.

3) 1040TaxBiz Franchise

Franchise Cost: $249 – $2,899

You see them every year around April, popup tax shops in malls, shopping centers, and everywhere in between. Opening a tax office can be quite profitable, if you do it the right way. Filing one tax return each day for 120 days with an average price of $300 per tax return is $36,000.

1040TaxBiz has two options. A seasonal operation that only operates in the busy tax season, and a year around shop. A year around shop can work on more complicated tax situations for businesses or more complicated personal returns, while the season option allows you to work hard for a few months than enjoy a hassle free off-season.

4) Credit Repair USA

Franchise Cost: $199

Credit Repair USA is a franchise that allows you to onboard users looking to repair their credit score at a price you negotiate, then onboard them into the Credit Repair USA software, where their system does the hard work of repairing their credit.

Credit repair USA is a business that focuses on helping individuals and businesses with financial planning. The company promises its franchisees no monthly license fees, no yearly fees, and no renewal fees.

All of your clients’ processing will be done by Credit Repair USA’s corporate office. Updates and removals of accounts will be updated by the corporate office as well. Those updates will be synced over to your account and your client’s account in real-time, all via their credit repair software.

5) Charter Financial

Franchise Cost: $195

Charter Financial focuses on the owner financed home niche. Essentially you work with homeowners who owner financed a home who want to cash in on the note upfront. For example, if someone has a note with a balance of $90,000 left on it, we might pay $80,000 for the note, Charter Financial makes money over time as the note pays off. You make your money upfront each time they close a deal for you, the home seller gets their lump sum of money and nothing changes for the home buyer except they now pay Charter financial each month.

About 10% of residential home sales are owner financed, and with little service offerings and big ticket sales, this could be a very lucrative opportunity.

6) Personal Touch

Franchise Cost: $229-$995

Personal Touch provides easy to use software so that you can create a variety of personalized gift items including framed and matted keepsakes, jewelry boxes, mouse pads, ceramic plates, address books, key chains, clocks, calendars, etc.

You get their “Gifts on Art Software”, which will provide you with everything you need to create Personalized Poetry Gifts, First Name Meaning Gifts, and Family Tree Gifts. Their software allows you to create appropriate personalized gifts for every occasion and relationship you can think of. A typical gift takes less than 2 minutes to create and profit margins are as high as 4000%.

Startup packages include: Gifts on Art software, over 100,000 First Names Meanings, a comprehensive Poetry Database, Master Art and Poetry books, Specialty Art Backgrounds, Mats, Instructions, Order Forms, Brochures, Training, and Support. Enough starting inventory is supplied with the start-up package to recoup your initial investment several times over.

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship

About Jeff Long

Jeff Long is a Senior Editor at BusinessChew. He writes about trends in technology and business that impacting the world.

Primary Sidebar

Get the Weekly Chew

One email a week to give you the top 5 news stories you missed.

Trending Now

  • Cheap Franchises to Start
    6 of the Best Cheap Franchises Under $1,000
  • Easy Business Ideas 2021
    7 Business Ideas for 2021
  • Shelf Corporations: A Complete Guide
  • These Industries Are Now Booming Because of COVID-19
  • Operations Support Engineer
    What Is An Operations Support Engineer’s Job Description?

Helpful Links

Footer

Trending Articles

  • 6 of the Best Cheap Franchises Under $1,000
  • 7 Business Ideas for 2021
  • These Industries Are Now Booming Because of COVID-19
  • Shelf Corporations: A Complete Guide
  • The 5 Ps of the Marketing Mix
  • Telehealth for Pets? COVID-19 Pushes Bold Innovation
  • What Is An Operations Support Engineer’s Job Description?
  • What Is Website Taxonomy or URL Taxonomy in SEO?
  • Cheapest Recession-Proof Businesses
  • How to Support a Friend’s Small Business

Recent Articles

  • The 5 Ps of the Marketing Mix
  • Shelf Corporations: A Complete Guide
  • How to Support a Friend’s Small Business
  • The Best CMS for Small Business
  • 7 Business Ideas for 2021

Search

Information

About Us

Contact Us

news@businesschew.com

Copyright © 2021 · BusinessChew.com · Website by Panther City Digital