We do not provide for placement of local advertising on your behalf, and we have no obligation to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory, except as provided as part of the Grand Opening Advertising described more fully in Item 5. After opening, you are responsible for local advertising placement. You must list the Franchised Business in local business directories, including, but not limited to, listings on Internet search engines. If feasible, you may do cooperative advertising with other DapperTails franchisees in your area, with our prior written approval. You may not maintain any business profile on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or any other social media and/or networking site except as provided or approved by us. Systemwide Brand Fund (the "Brand Fund") (Franchise Agreement, Section 12.4)
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DapperTails
Personal servicesSoftware purchasing at DapperTails appears centralized through its small HQ team in Florida, led by CEO Chris Elias and COO Emily Elias. The most recent FDD (2026) does not disclose any mandated or recommended technology systems. With only one mapped operator and a single located unit, the addressable market is extremely limited, concentrated in North Dakota.
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Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.
Except for the social media presence that we will establish on your behalf, you are not permitted to promote your Franchised Business or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, including, but not limited to: Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Telegram, TikTok, Twitch, X (formerly Twitter), personal blogs, virtual worlds, audio and video-sharing sites, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools presently existing or developed in the future (collectively, “Social Media”) without our prior written consent.
We do not provide for placement of local advertising on your behalf, and we have no obligation to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory, except as provided as part of the Grand Opening Advertising described more fully in Item 5. After opening, you are responsible for local advertising placement. You must list the Franchised Business in local business directories, including, but not limited to, listings on Internet search engines. If feasible, you may do cooperative advertising with other DapperTails franchisees in your area, with our prior written approval. You may not maintain any business profile on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or any other social media and/or networking site except as provided or approved by us. Systemwide Brand Fund (the "Brand Fund") (Franchise Agreement, Section 12.4)
Except for the social media presence that we will establish on your behalf, you are not permitted to promote your Franchised Business or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, including, but not limited to: Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Telegram, TikTok, Twitch, X (formerly Twitter), personal blogs, virtual worlds, audio and video-sharing sites, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools presently existing or developed in the future (collectively, “Social Media”) without our prior written consent.
Except for the social media presence that we will establish on your behalf, you are not permitted to promote your Franchised Business or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, including, but not limited to: Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Telegram, TikTok, Twitch, X (formerly Twitter), personal blogs, virtual worlds, audio and video-sharing sites, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools presently existing or developed in the future (collectively, “Social Media”) without our prior written consent.
Except for the social media presence that we will establish on your behalf, you are not permitted to promote your Franchised Business or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, including, but not limited to: Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Telegram, TikTok, Twitch, X (formerly Twitter), personal blogs, virtual worlds, audio and video-sharing sites, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools presently existing or developed in the future (collectively, “Social Media”) without our prior written consent.
We do not provide for placement of local advertising on your behalf, and we have no obligation to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory, except as provided as part of the Grand Opening Advertising described more fully in Item 5. After opening, you are responsible for local advertising placement. You must list the Franchised Business in local business directories, including, but not limited to, listings on Internet search engines. If feasible, you may do cooperative advertising with other DapperTails franchisees in your area, with our prior written approval. You may not maintain any business profile on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or any other social media and/or networking site except as provided or approved by us. Systemwide Brand Fund (the "Brand Fund") (Franchise Agreement, Section 12.4)
We do not provide for placement of local advertising on your behalf, and we have no obligation to spend any amount on advertising in your area or territory, except as provided as part of the Grand Opening Advertising described more fully in Item 5. After opening, you are responsible for local advertising placement. You must list the Franchised Business in local business directories, including, but not limited to, listings on Internet search engines. If feasible, you may do cooperative advertising with other DapperTails franchisees in your area, with our prior written approval. You may not maintain any business profile on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or any other social media and/or networking site except as provided or approved by us. Systemwide Brand Fund (the "Brand Fund") (Franchise Agreement, Section 12.4)
The vendor opportunity at DapperTails
DapperTails is a personal services franchise headquartered in Florida. For software vendors, the immediate takeaway from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is scale: the system consists of approximately one located unit, operated by a single franchisee. No company-owned units are reported, and the franchised count is not separately disclosed. Year-over-year unit growth is not stated in the available data. The sole mapped location sits in North Dakota, meaning the total addressable market for a vendor today is effectively one site.
Average unit volume (AUV) is not disclosed in the FDD. The initial franchise term length is also not captured, which limits lifecycle planning for multi-year software contracts. Despite the small footprint, the brand is actively franchising, as evidenced by a Franchise Development Coordinator on staff.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2026 FDD Item 1 identifies four executives: Chris Elias (Chief Executive Officer and President), Emily Elias (Chief Operating Officer), Marketa Jefferson (Franchise Development Coordinator), and Ashley Miller (Operations Manager). No Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, or VP of IT is listed. In a system this small, software evaluation and purchasing authority almost certainly sits with Chris Elias and Emily Elias at the Florida headquarters. Vendors should direct initial outreach to the CEO and COO, framing conversations around operational efficiency and scalability as the brand grows.
Because there is only one franchisee, the operator likely has limited autonomy over technology decisions. The franchisor’s control over procurement, however, is not detailed in the available Item 8 extract, so the exact balance of power between HQ and the field remains unclear.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2026 FDD does not capture any mandated or recommended technology systems. No point-of-sale vendor, scheduling platform, CRM, payroll provider, or marketing automation tool is named. This absence suggests either a very lightweight tech stack or a decision deferred to the franchisee. For a vendor, this is a blank slate—but also a signal that the franchisor may not yet prioritize technology as a system-wide investment.
Without a disclosed tech mandate, a vendor’s pitch should emphasize ease of adoption for a single location while demonstrating the ability to scale if the franchise adds units. The personal services vertical often relies on appointment booking, client management, and payment processing; vendors in these categories may find a receptive audience if the current setup is manual or consumer-grade.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the FDD, which typically outlines purchasing obligations and designated suppliers, provides no extract in the available data. It is not known whether DapperTails requires franchisees to buy from specific vendors, maintains an approved supplier list, or permits open-market purchasing. Vendors should clarify this directly with HQ before investing in a sales cycle.
Similarly, Item 17—covering renewal, termination, and transfer—offers no extract. The initial term length is not disclosed, and no renewal window or contractual trigger is described. Without these data points, a vendor cannot time outreach around renewal cycles or contract expirations. The safest approach is to engage HQ at any time, positioning the software as a value-add for the existing operation and a recruitment tool for future franchisees.
How to read the DapperTails FDD
The 2026 DapperTails FDD is embedded below for full review. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (executives and business background), Item 8 (purchasing restrictions), Item 11 (franchisor assistance and any technology obligations), and Item 17 (renewal and termination terms). Because the disclosed data is sparse, the FDD itself remains the best source for any details not captured in this summary. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software category, FranCloud can help you prioritize outreach based on unit counts, tech mandates, and decision-maker profiles.
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1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
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