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Who it's for

Member platforms for franchise and operator associations.

Independent owners inside a brand, or operators in one sector, who organize to compare notes, negotiate and support each other. They need a system the franchisor does not own.

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Independent owners comparing notes around a meeting table

What these associations run on today

A spreadsheet, a group chat and three ticket sites.

  • Members who cannot find each other

    Hundreds of locations, a member list in a spreadsheet, and peer advice that happens in a group chat nobody moderates.

  • Dues that follow store counts

    Membership priced per location or by revenue band, tracked by hand, and a renewal reminder that goes to the wrong person after an ownership change.

  • Meetings on three tools

    Regional meetings on a ticketing site, the annual convention on another, and votes by email.

What the platform does

Built for the owners, not the brand.

  • Peer-to-peer, by location and topic

    Find the operator two states over who solved the same problem. A directory by region, unit count and topics they will talk about, with messaging that keeps a record.

  • Membership that follows the business

    Owners with many locations, ownership transfers, dues per unit. One record per owner and one per location, tied together.

  • Regions that run themselves

    Regional chairs manage their own meetings and member lists inside the platform. The board sees participation across all of them.

Owners and locations

One owner, many locations, tied together.

Membership follows the business: one record per owner and one per location, dues per unit, and an ownership transfer that moves the location, its contacts and its dues in one step.

Ridgeline Holdings

Owner record · Boise

Locations
14
Dues
Per location
Region
Treasure Valley
Since
2017

Location records

  • BoiseTreasure Valley
  • MeridianTreasure Valley
  • NampaTreasure Valley
  • Idaho FallsEastern Idaho
  • Twin FallsTransferred
  • and 9 more

Twin Falls moved to Bluewater Group. Its contacts, its dues and its region went with it, and the renewal reminder now reaches the new owner.

Sample data for Summit Operators Alliance, a fictional association.

Sample screens

Designed against Summit Operators Alliance.

A fictional operators association: 640 owners, 2,900 locations, nine regions, an annual convention and a negotiating committee.

Sample data for Summit Operators Alliance, a fictional association. Any resemblance to real organizations is coincidental.

What the board asks

What operator boards ask first.

Because it is theirs. An operators association exists partly to have an independent voice, and its member data should live in a system it owns.

Also for

The other networks we design for.

Start with what your association runs today.

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