When you join the Tint World family of franchises, you’re doing a lot more than just going into business for yourself: You’re joining an award-winning, internationally recognized brand at the forefront of its industry. By Tamara Rahoumi
When you join the Tint World family of franchises, you’re doing a lot more than just going into business for yourself: You’re joining an award-winning, internationally recognized brand at the forefront of its industry.
First started in Florida in 1982, Tint World has gradually worked its way to becoming one of the top national brands when it comes to automotive styling, marine styling, and residential and commercial film and coating services. Today, the franchise has over 100 stores open or in development across the U.S. and Canada, with goals to triple that by 2025.
“Typically, when you want to get into a franchise, you want to get in when it’s a little younger, so you can get there early. We’re right at that cusp now where we’re going to be growing tremendously, and you want to get in on a company that’s growing with that momentum and a good support system behind it,” said Charles Bonfiglio, Tint World founder and CEO.
For new franchisees joining the team, Tint World offers a notably robust onboarding process and equally impressive operational and marketing support throughout a business owner’s journey. For starters, new franchisees have a few weeks of training upon joining. It kicks off with what the team calls “classroom training,” where the focus is on learning the brand’s story, how Tint World was born, and what its key differentiators are that make it an industry leader. New franchisees learn everything about the systems needed to run the business, including a cloud-based POS system and third-party accounting service. After that, franchisees are introduced to vendors and suppliers, including approved and primary suppliers that offer in-store training, discounted rates on products, and more.
Another standout benefit enjoyed by Tint World franchisees is the strong focus on lead acquisition. The business’s high-quality branding and thoughtful marketing initiatives garner brand awareness and confidence. Tint World also excels when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The brand has an optimized website that ranks highly in organic search, resulting in greater discoverability.
Of all the benefits that come with owning a Tint World franchise, one that particularly stands out is the level of transparency with which Bonfiglio and his team run the business.
“All of our franchisees have a dashboard where they see real-time advertising spent, real-time sales data, real-time KPIs,” or Key performance indicators, said Bonfiglio. “So the owners can actually see the business results and run it by the numbers rather than just thinking that they’re doing good or their sales look good. They can literally see everything and see benchmarks across all the stores so they can understand where they have room to grow.”
In addition to creating a powerful business model that sets franchisees up for success, Bonfiglio has been mindful about building a brand that creates opportunities for those who serve the community. For that reason, Tint World has supported the VetFran program since it first began franchising in 2006. To date, Bonfiglio estimates that about 20% of Tint World franchisees are veterans, and he hopes to see that number continue to rise in the future. For Bonfiglio, he sees this as an opportunity for veterans to do more than just go into business for themselves; he sees it as an avenue to confidently integrate back into society with an empowered mindset and sense of purpose.
Tamara Rahoumi