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title: "iStudio Has Sights Set on Drawing Great Franchisees"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/72bc8230-6cea-42c7-9c42-4ad993755be0
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/istudio-has-sights-set-on-drawing-great-franchisees-2511
category: "Beauty & Wellness"
industry: "Beauty & Wellness"
published: 2015-09-18T17:12:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:25:18.405Z
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# iStudio Has Sights Set on Drawing Great Franchisees

**TL;DR:** iStudio Salons offers a franchise opportunity for potential owners with a focus on independence and professional development. The franchise requires an investment of $500,000 to $1.1 million and candidates need to have financial strength.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-09-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/istudio-has-sights-set-on-drawing-great-franchisees-2511).*

## Story

iStudio Salons offers a great business opportunity for potential franchise owners who need and want independence and professional focus, while building a streamlined and relatively easy to manage real estate-based business.

By practicing their craft inside their own private iStudio, salon professionals can separate themselves from the competition. iStudio also assists and provides these owners with continuing education classes to help them stay ahead of the competition.

The franchise candidate does not have to have industry specific experience. Financial strength will be the key, say James Schregardus and Mark Abbett, the franchisors. Investment is $500,000 to $1.1 million and candidates will need to have the capital or the capital and credit to be successful.

“The primary driver for our candidates is financial ability,” says Abbett. “Some ideal candidates may be in the commercial construction industry, as they would have a significant financial advantage. The financial advantage is due to the ability of the construction professional to save a lot of capital related to build-out. The largest part of the franchise investment is the build-out.”

Another ideal candidate may be from the commercial real estate industry. Property management companies needing to fill underused space could be a great fit for the brand. Commercial agents also would have an immediate understanding of the concept because it is a “leasing” type business.

iStudio Salons has all of the requisite franchise amenities, plus some fairly large advantages. The essence of the iStudio Salons operating system is to provide salon professionals with an environment that contributes to each individual’s success. By building systems that support the individual salon professional’s businesses, iStudio Salons is successful in getting and keeping their salon professionals.

Advantages to franchisees of the brand start with the efficient design of the chosen retail space.

But even before the space is designed, the operating experience of the brand helps build a knowledge basis for site selection that will have a lasting effect of the financial outcome for the franchise operator.

Group discount programs, such as discounts for salon professionals on credit card processing fees, is also an advantage of the franchise system. Programs that support and promote the maintenance of high occupancy rates by salon professionals are significant components of the franchisees’ financial health.

From maintenance issues to leasing challenges to processing electronic payment systems, franchisees are one call or text away from tapping into the resources of iStudio Salons staff who are actively engaged in the very same business that the franchisee is operating.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Beauty & Wellness (sector)
- franchise opportunity (topic)
- professional development (topic)
- financial investment (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/istudio-has-sights-set-on-drawing-great-franchisees-2511). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/72bc8230-6cea-42c7-9c42-4ad993755be0).