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One platform for every location in your system.

Franchisors and multi-location brands need consistent payments, onboarding and marketing across every unit. Ember gives corporate the controls and gives each location the tools to grow locally.

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What You Get

Built for franchise merchants.

Brand-wide controls

Central templates and governance with local budgets and location-level performance.

Onboard every unit

Board new franchisees through Ember Plus with roles for sales, underwriting, compliance and bank review.

Portfolio view

The Executive Dashboard shows volume, approvals and risk across every location.

System-wide loyalty

One branded app and rewards program that works at every location.

Consistent pricing

Pricing templates keep every unit on the same, approved program.

Lead routing

Leads route to the right location and team automatically.

Watch

See it in action.

The Media Growth feature highlights shows the features franchise merchants use most. Also see the Ember Plus overview video.

Media Growth feature highlights — narrated walkthrough (2:02).
Feature Review

Ember for Franchise & Multi-Location: a feature review

By the Ember Services teamBased on: Ember Plus video; Media Growth video

We went back through our demo videos chapter by chapter and asked one question: which of these features actually matter to a franchise business? Timestamps link each point to the moment it appears in the video.

4.5/5
Multi-location control4.8
Rollout reporting4.7
Unit onboarding4.6
Local marketing4.6
Setup effort4.0

1:20Brand control without slowing locations down

From the Media Growth video

The Media Growth video’s multi-location chapter shows central templates and governance with local budgets — and cites an average 23% revenue lift from consistent branding (Lucidpress/Marq). That’s the franchise problem in one screen: protect the brand while each unit runs its own market.

0:40One revenue story across every channel

From the Media Growth video

The Growth OS dashboard rolls spend, leads and revenue up by location, so corporate sees which markets are working without collecting spreadsheets from every franchisee.

0:04Boarding new units at scale

From the Ember Plus video

Ember Plus tracks every merchant file through an eight-stage status flow. When you open ten new locations, each file is visible from application to boarding, with permissions for every team involved.

0:52A pipeline you can resize

From the Ember Plus video

The pipeline view lets operations teams size and rearrange the board to fit dozens of files in flight — useful during a regional rollout.

Strengths for franchise

  • Corporate controls plus local execution
  • Portfolio-wide volume and risk reporting
  • Repeatable onboarding for new units
  • Single loyalty program across locations

What to plan for

  • A system-wide rollout takes planning; budget time for templates and training
  • Location-level reporting works best when every unit is on the platform

The verdict

Ember fits franchise systems that want one partner for payments, unit onboarding and local marketing. The multi-location controls shown in the Media Growth video and Ember Plus’s pipeline tracking are the stand-out features.

Scores are the Ember Services team’s assessment of how well the features shown in our demo videos fit this industry. Cash App is a trademark of Block, Inc.; it is named here only to identify the payment method.

Be Ready

What to have on hand.

Having these ready makes underwriting faster. Our team will tell you if anything else is needed for your business model.

All accounts are subject to underwriting, sponsor-bank approval and card-network rules.

  • Franchise disclosure basics and location list
  • Ownership details for each franchisee entity
  • Settlement accounts per location
  • Brand standards and approved marketing templates
  • Current processing statements by location
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Start your franchise merchant application.

Tell us about your business and how you sell. A specialist will review your model and walk you through the right program.

Or call +1 855 720 2526.