Postal Connections and iSOLD It Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $134K – $239K
- Disclosed sales
- $354K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Postal Connections and iSOLD It is a business services franchise offering shipping, mailboxes, packaging, and eBay consignment selling. Franchisees run retail centers, managing shipping transactions, packing, and consignment resale.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Postal Connections and iSOLD It franchise requires a total initial investment of $134K – $239K, including a $25K – $36K franchise fee and an ongoing 4.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $354K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored6 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $134K – $239K
- 46th pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- $354K
- Outlet subset4th pct Business Serv…
- Royalty
- 4.0%
- 2nd pct Business Serv…
- Units
- 36
- 31st pct Business Serv…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Business Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Business Services median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $134K – $239K including a $25K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $354K/year (reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 53/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative: net -2 franchised outlets in the latest year (0 opened, 2 closed) (Item 20).
- DECLINESystem contracting at -7.7% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Blue Stamp Franchise Company
- Predecessor
- Templar Franchise Company (TFC); Postal Connections of America Franchise Corp. (PCAFC)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Managing Director
- Clifford "Andy" Thompson
- Incorporated in
- TX
- HQ
- 6136 Frisco Square Boulevard, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034
- Auditor
- Schild & Co., Inc.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $465K
- vs $461K prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Clifford "Andy" Thompson
- Headquarters
- TX
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 19
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 40% above the typical business services franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown15 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee for PC/ISI Storenot refundable | $29K | $36K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising Promotion | $5K | $8K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, Decor, Equipment, Installation and Sales Tax | $32K | $40K | |
| Fast Track Merchandise | $7K | $13K | |
| Lease, Internet Access and Utility Depositsnot refundable | $3K | $8K | |
| Real Estate (Rent or Lease Payments for 3 Months) | $11K | $20K | |
| Computer Equipment | $9K | $12K | |
| Computer Set-up Fee, QuickList Operating Software License and Installation and Menu Boardnot refundable | $2K | $3K | |
| Office, Photography, Packing and Shipping Suppliesnot refundable | $3K | $6K | |
| Permits and Licenses | $500 | $1K | |
| Training Expenses | $5K | $7K | |
| Installation of Phone and Data Linesnot refundable | $1K | $2K | |
| Insurance | $1K | $2K | |
| Professional Fees | $1K | $3K | |
| Additional Funds - 1st 3 months | $26K | $80K | |
| Total initial investment | $134K | $239K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $134K – $239K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $26K – $80K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $25K – $36K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 4.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 6.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 4.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $100 |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Inventory (initial) | $7K – $13K |
| Total fee load | 6.0% of rev |
A 6.0% total fee load is unusually lean. More of each revenue dollar stays with the franchisee.
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 48% below the business services norm.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Postal Connections and iSOLD It until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
—
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$239K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Postal Connections and iSOLD It unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
—
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Avg gross sales
- $354K
- Per unit, per year
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 33 outlets
- vs category median 37
- Range (low → high)
- $26K→$1.1MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 41 of the 2025 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 296 Business Services brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $354K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 1.9x. Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 6.0% — below the Business Services median of 9.0%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System contracting at -7.7% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven consolidation or franchisee exits.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Business Services medians
How Postal Connections and iSOLD It Compares
Category median of published Business Services brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 36
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 2
- Turnover rate
- 5.6%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -7.7%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- -7.7%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 10
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 16 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).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Virginia
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
36 current owners across 16 states; 2 former (terminated, transferred or not renewed) listed separately.
- OR 7
- CA 6
- PA 4
- AZ 3
- DE 2
- FL 2
- ID 2
- MI 2
- IN 1
- NC 1
- NV 1
- NY 1
- +4 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Shrinking unit base, missing profitability disclosure, and opaque cost structures create material uncertainty around franchisee ROI and system viability.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
0 case reference(s): 3 pending, 0 settled.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Schild & Co., Inc.
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Audited statements of Blue Stamp Franchise Company (the franchisor), FY ended Dec 31, 2024. Whole US dollars. Assets 593,624 = liabilities 344,453 + stockholders' equity 249,171 (reconciles). Revenues = franchise fees 33,765 + royalties 406,617 + other 24,228. Auditor firm name not legible in extracted exhibit (signed Fountain Valley, California, April 21, 2025).
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORUnit count declining 5.3% YoY (36 units) indicates shrinking franchise system with potential market saturation or franchisee exit concerns
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 makes ROI projections impossible; average revenue of $354k does not guarantee profitability at this investment level
- 03MEDNo going concern statement is standard, but combined with unit decline signals potential franchisor financial stress
- 04MED4% royalty on gross volume (not net) means franchisees pay regardless of profitability; with undisclosed net income, true burden is unknown
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 6.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 20 mi |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Dallas, Texas |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | TX |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
0 case reference(s): 3 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 12 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 116 hrs
- Training location
- Field Training / Outlet (operational store within the network)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Dell OptiPlex 320 PC with QuickList Operating System
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Dell OptiPlex 320 PC with QuickList Operating System
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
38 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Postal Connections and iSOLD It franchise?
The total investment to open a Postal Connections and iSOLD It franchise ranges from $134K – $239K, with an initial franchise fee of $25K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Postal Connections and iSOLD It franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Postal Connections and iSOLD It FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $354K. Important context: Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Postal Connections and iSOLD It?
Postal Connections and iSOLD It is franchised by Blue Stamp Franchise Company. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Postal Connections and iSOLD It FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Postal Connections and iSOLD It FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Postal Connections and iSOLD It's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Postal Connections and iSOLD It (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Postal Connections and iSOLD It franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Postal Connections and iSOLD It has 36 total units in the United States, including 36 franchised units and 0 company-owned units.
Is Postal Connections and iSOLD It a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Postal Connections and iSOLD It as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 53 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
For franchisors
Are you the franchisor?
If you represent Postal Connections and iSOLD It, you can request corrections or provide updated information.
Other Business Services franchises
Compare similar franchise opportunities in the Business Services category
Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.