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HERLIFE Magazine

OtherFranchising since 2015Website
Investment
$55K – $100K
15th pct Other
Avg revenue
50th pct Other
Royalty
7.0%
33rd pct Other
Units
4
25th pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $55K – $100K including a $35K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Insufficient data to generate a risk assessment.
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
HERLIFE Magazine, LLC
Incorporated in
Kansas
HQ
7500 W. 160th St. Ste. 102, Overland Park, Kansas 66085
Auditor
CHRISTOPHER J. CLAIR, CPA, Р.А.
Audited financials
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2024
Status as of 2024; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.

Yale framework · single-unit ROIC

Returns Analysis

Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.

The model · Yale framework

What would one HERLIFE Magazine unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $55K–$100K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $10K–$30K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

100%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$98K
EBITDA margin
13.0%
Total invested
$98K
Payback
12 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

A business that produces a magazine geared toward women that is available free to the public and by direct mail subscriptions.

CEO
Tammy Crystal McDonald
Founded
2015
FDD year
2024
States available
4

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$55K – $100K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$10K – $30K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$35K
Royalty
7.0%
Monthly percentage of gross advertising sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
n/d

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
4
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
2022
3±0
Franchised units
2023
3
Franchised units
2024
3
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 20 states with active franchisees

The Territory Map

Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 20 states
Not registered

States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.

Government records

SBA Loan Data

Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

Risk · 0-100

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Population/Demographics/Geographic
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Kansas

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
36 hrs
On-the-job training
0 hrs
POS system
QuickBooks software
Operating tech stack

Item 20

Franchisee Contacts

Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.

Franchisee contacts

21 numbers

Locked
(518) 580-••••
Beddoe Publishing
NY
(502) 696-••••
KY
(808) 586-••••
HI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

HERLIFE Magazine · FDD (2024) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above

Includes AI-generated validation questions · CSV download