Retail · Resale & Consignment
Once Upon A Child Franchises for Sale
A buy-sell-trade children's resale store in 3,500 to 4,500 square feet of strip-center retail. Inventory is bought over the counter from local families, so margins come from sourcing, not suppliers.
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Franchised and company-owned unit counts for 2023 through 2025, as reported in the franchisor's FDD.
Existing Once Upon A Child Franchises for Sale
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Once Upon A Child Franchise Model Overview
Once Upon A Child stores buy gently used children's clothing, toys, equipment and furniture from local families and resell them alongside a smaller selection of new merchandise in a 3,500 to 4,500 square foot strip-center space. The franchisor is Winmark, the Minneapolis public company behind Plato's Closet and Play It Again Sports, and the system is entirely franchised with no company stores. The investment is mid-six figures, driven by fixtures, a required point-of-sale system, working capital and a large opening inventory of used goods bought from the public. Royalty is a straightforward five percent of sales, with a flat annual marketing fee and a requirement to spend about six percent of sales on advertising. An individual franchisee must be the on-site owner-operator; an entity needs one person holding at least half the equity who personally runs the store, and principal owners and spouses sign guaranties. The chain has added ten to fourteen stores a year, and renewal requires a remodel.
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