Kid’s Closet Connection Is a Fast-Growing Franchise Catering to Stay-At-Home Moms
With a KCC kids clothing consignment franchise, moms own their own business without sacrificing what’s most important – being there for their families. A stay-at-home mom, Sharon Smitka, facing the challenges of raising two kids on a budget, started Kid’s Closet Connection. Her light bulb moment for the best business career for moms happened after attending consignment sales in Nebraska. The rest is Kid’s Closet Connection history.
The best job for a mom is being your own boss
Being a Kid’s Closet Connection franchisee makes it easy for moms to build careers and grow their own businesses without reinventing the wheel. To help women run a thriving franchise, Kid’s Closet Connection continually retools and refines its sales strategies to provide the highest customer and franchisee satisfaction.
Moms have the benefit of following a successful and profitable career path as a business owner without the hassle and expense of building the business from the ground up. Kid’s Closet Connection does the hard part for you.
Why moms choose a KCC franchise career versus going it alone…
- Lower exposure to costly business and marketing mistakes
- Instant brand name recognition in the community
- KCC’s transfer program helps establish a base of loyal customers
- Access to business, sales and marketing procedures that you don’t have to create from scratch
- A franchisee support network that’s available any time
Why moms trust their business to Kid’s Closet Connection…
- Our business model allows moms to earn great money AND stay focused on family
- KCC’s reputation of staging organized and friendly consignment sale events
- National advertising support and exposure
- More buying power and negotiated rates lowers business operating costs
Why moms choose Kid’s Closet Connection over other consignment franchises…
- KCC’s lower overhead means a lower initial franchisee investment
- Direct support from the owners, as well as the network of other franchise owners
- Local autonomy eliminates the corporate feel and grind
If you’re a mom interested in a children’s consignment business career, Kid’s Closet Connection is the easiest way to avoid costly start-up fees and expensive mistakes. All it takes is joining forces with Kid’s Closet Connection and dozens of other franchisees throughout the country.
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Compare the Difference
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Kid's Closet Connection
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The Other Guys
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Shoppers
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Always FREE admission - we never charge mom's just to walk through the door
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Some require $2 - just for the privilege of shopping (even if you don't know if you'll buy anything.)
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Only consignment event that has a customer loyalty program, which we call Closet Cash. Our customers earn a $5 for every $100 they spend at an event.
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No rewards for frequent shopping and no incentive to come back to next season's sale.
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Professionally organized and managed - our comprehensive operations manual ensures our reputation for integrity and professionalism
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Varies by location and franchise owner.
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Sellers
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Our proceeds rate of 70% is highest in the industry - giving back more to our consignors helps build your seller base faster.
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Their proceeds rate is only 65% - if you were a consignor which would you choose?
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Consignors can consign at another event location and avoid paying an additional consignment fee.
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Consignors must re-pay their fee for each event - there's no incentive to sell at more than one sale.
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We feature a universal inventory and consignor number across all of our events - there's never a need to re-tag. Your inventory and consignor number never changes.
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Sellers must obtain a new consignor number for each additional sale so every item must be re-tagged.
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Simple one-step tagging all in the comfort of your home. Our inventory management system is simple with no multiple drop-down menus to agonize over. Drop-off is quick because all the tagging is done at home.
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One has a multi-step process that requires you to enter information at home and then having you to affix adhesive labels at drop-off. Another has two websites, two logins to remember and many drop down menus to choose from. Both lead to a cumbersome inventory entry and drop-off process
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No inventory entry cut-off - consignors can enter inventory right up to their drop-off time. Our experience is that 15-20% of inventory entry is done within 48 hours of drop off.
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Inventory entry is cut-off one to two days before the sale. If a seller misses the cut-off, they cannot bring those items to the sale.
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Franchisees
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Our up-front, inclusive franchise fee is $6,000 for an adjoining territory and $3,500 for a new territory, 1/3 to 1/2 of competitors fees.
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Theirs range from $10,500 to $12,900 with no incentive for entering a new territory.
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Our franchise fee includes everything: website, support, operations procedures and access to all marketing and promotions materials.
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One franchisor requires you to pay extra for using their marketing and promotion portal.
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Our name “Kid’s Closet Connection” says who we are and what we do.
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Our competitor’s names leave people wondering?
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Consignor transfer program builds consignor base quicker.
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Nothing to compare
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Closet Cash loyalty program brings shoppers back sale after sale.
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Nothing to compare
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For more details on franchising with Kids Closet Connection please fill out our FRANCHISE APPLICATION
