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Business Description

We are the franchisor for the Postal Connections and the iSold It systems. Our principal and corporate business address is 6136 Frisco Square Boulevard, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034. We have no parent company. Our affiliated company eCommerce Franchise Company (“EFC”), whose principal business address is 6136 Frisco Square Boulevard, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034, was doing business as “iSold It” and operated as a franchisor of retail store front and home based outlets that received a variety of merchandise and other property and then assisted sellers to advertise and sell these items over the Internet (in October 2012, EFC's predecessor and commonly owned entity Green Tag Franchise Company (“GTF”), whose principal business address was 6136 Frisco Square Boulevard, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034, was merged into EFC). On June 1, 2016, we took over from EFC the iSold It business model, and we are integrating this business into Postal Connections locations and establishing retail stores that emphasize iSold It services and products while also offering Postal Connections services and products. Otherwise, we are not controlled by, controlling, or under common control with any other entity that offers or sells franchises in any line of business. EFC does not provide products or services to Postal Connections franchisees and we are not otherwise controlled by, controlling, or under common control with any other entity that provides goods or services to our franchisees. Predecessors On October 26, 2012, our predecessor and commonly owned entity Templar Franchise Company (“TFC”), whose principal business address was 6136 Frisco Square Boulevard, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034, was merged into us. On January 23, 2007, TFC acquired the Postal Connections marks and franchise system from another predecessor and commonly owned entity, Postal Connections of America Franchise Corp. (“PCAFC”), whose principal business address was 213 South Robertson Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90211. PCAFC had operated and granted business opportunities to licensees to operate postal and copy services centers under the “Postal Connections” trade name since 1995. PCAFC no longer offers or sells franchises. Neither PCAFC nor any affiliate company has conducted a business of the type to be operated by a Postal Connections franchisee. We have been offering franchises since January 2007. Names Used by the Franchisor We conduct business under the name “Postal Connections”, “PC/ISI” and “iSold It”. We do not intend to use any other names to conduct business. BSF FDD CA 050719062519 2 Agent for Service of Process Our agent for service of process in California is the Commissioner of Business Oversight, 320 West 4th Street, Suite 750, Los Angeles, California 90013. Business Organization Used by the Franchisor We are a corporation that was organized in Texas on October 26, 2012.

Prior Experience

Our predecessors TFC (which was merged into us) and PCAFC offered Postal Connections franchises from 1996 to 2012. Our affiliate EFC no longer offers “iSoldIt” franchises and it never offered franchises in other lines of business. None of we, TFC or PCAFC offers (or ever offered) franchises in other lines of business. Under a separate disclosure document, our predecessor PCAFC offered to select persons or companies' area franchise agreements granting area franchisees the right to market unit franchises under the Marks and provide support to Outlets within a defined “Development Area”. Only one area franchisee continues to operate under the Postal Connections mark (in Oregon). Neither we nor PCAFC offers or have plans to offer area franchises in the future.

Business Offered

The Postal Connections franchise is a license to independently own and operate (i) an iSold It Internet seller assistance store serving retail customers, with an on-site Postal Connections service center (“PC/ISI Store”) or (ii) an iSold It Internet auction fulfillment business operated from an individual Franchisee's residence, and adjacent storage facilities to hold products to be shipped for retail customers (“@Home Location”). PC/ISI Stores d @Home Locations are sometimes collectively referred to in this disclosure document as “Outlets”. All Outlets will be authorized to use the Postal Connections, iSold It and PC/ISI service marks (collectively, the “Marks”). PC/ISI Stores provide retail customers with mailing, shipping, fax, copy, key duplication, packaging, shipping, Federal Express and United Parcel Service, sale of stamps, an approved selection of office products, computer rental stations, Internet access, e-mail access, and related products and services, and in some cases, notary public and other authorized programs, under the Postal Connections marks. The secondary business of a PC/ISI Store will be to receive a variety of merchandise and other property from retail customers and other property sellers and then assist them in advertising and selling this property over the Internet. A franchisee may also operate a PC/ISI Storean iSold It Internet seller assistance store serving retail customers at their residence as an “@Home Location” if there are adequate adjacent storage facilities to hold products to be shipped for customers and the use of the residence as an @Home Location is in full compliance with (i) local zoning laws, (ii) city laws, regulations and ordinances, (iii) covenants, conditions and restrictions (“CC&Rs”) relating to the premises where an @Home Location is located, and (iv) any applicable homeowner's association requirements. Excepting @Home Locations, the Outlet has distinctive formats and methods of doing business, including color schemes, signs, equipment, layouts, systems, methods, procedures, designs, approved apparel, training and guidance procedures, and marketing and advertising standards and formats. In 2018 and earlier, we offered franchises that were exclusively full-service Postal Connection retail stores (“PC Stores”), but we no longer do so. Our existing PC Stores will be converting to PC/ISI Stores, including four PC Store franchisees who purchased franchises before December 31, 2018, who will be opening as PC/ISI Stores in 2019. BSF FDD CA 050719062519 3 General Market for Franchised P

Initial Fees

The Initial Franchise Fee (i) $31,900 for athe first PC/ISI Store or @Home Location is $31,900 opened by you (and this fee includes the registration fee for the first franchise conference following the effective date of the Franchise Agreement).), (ii) $12,900 for the second PC/ISI Store or @Home Location, and (iii) $10,900 for the third (and each subsequent) PC/ISI Store or @Home Location. If you are a former member of the U.S. Armed Services who was honorably discharged, we will discount the initial franchise fee for theyour initial PC/ISI Store or @Home Location by $7,975 (or 25%), and you would pay us a total of $23,925. There are no service member discounts for additional PC/ISI Stores or @Home Locations. If you currently own and operate a private postal and shipping business or a retail Internet merchandise consignment and resale business and have done so for at least 1 year before the award of the Franchise, then the Initial Franchise Fee payable by you to convert your business operations into a PC/ISI Store (“Conversion Franchise Initial Fee”) to the Postal Connections brand and system is $5,000. The Conversion Franchise Initial Fee also applies if you acquire a competing business and convert it to a Postal Connections/iSold It operation. The Initial Franchise Fee is due and payable in a lump sum to us when you sign the Franchise Agreement. The Initial Franchise Fee is non-refundable. If your franchise is a PC/ISI Store, you may also have to pay us a layout and support fee ranging from $3,000 to $3,500, and you must pay us a computer set up fee ranging from $1,000 to $1,500. If your franchise is an @Home Location, you must pay us a computer set up fee ranging from $1,000 to $1,500. Except as listed above in this Item 5, there are no other initial fees or payments for services or goods received from us or our affiliates before your Outlet opens. Payment of all initial fees is postponed until after all our initial obligations as franchisor are complete and you open for business. There are no other fees or payments for services or goods received from us or from any affiliate before the franchisee's business opens. However, when paid, the Initial Franchise Fee is non-refundable.

Financing

We do not offer direct or indirect financing. We do not guarantee your note, lease or obligation.

Franchisee Revenue and Profit

The FTC's Franchise Rule permits a franchisor to provide information about the actual or potential financial performance of its franchised and/or franchisor-owned outlets, if there is a reasonable basis for the information, and if the information is included in the disclosure document. Financial performance information that differs from that included in Item 19 may be given only if: (1) a franchisor provides the actual records of an existing outlet you are considering buying; or (2) a BSF FDD CA 050719062519 33 franchisor supplements the information provided in this Item 19, for example, by providing information about possible performance at a specific location or under specific circumstances. The following chart contains historic performance information regarding the “Gross Volume” (defined as all money or things of value received directly or indirectly by a franchisee constituting payment to or on account of the Franchised Business or the Franchise, less applicable sales and use taxes and bona fide product or service refunds) for the fiscal year 2018 for the 38 PC Stores operating under effective Franchise Agreements that were open for 12 months or longer as of December 31, 2018. PC Stores are no longer being offered as franchises, but existing PC Stores are converting to PC/ISI Stores. Some outlets have sold this amount. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you will sell as much. The financial performance representations figures in the tables above do not reflect the costs of sales, operating expenses, or other costs or expenses that must be deducted from the gross revenue or gross sales figures to obtain your net income or profit. You should conduct an independent investigation of the costs and expenses you will incur in operating your franchised business. Franchisees or former franchisees listed in the disclosure document may be one source of this information. We have not audited this information. However, upon written request, we will provide you with Written substantiation off or the data used in preparing this financial performance representation will be made available to the prospective franchisee upon reasonable request. Other than the preceding financial performance representation, we do Blue Stamp Franchise Company does not make any representation about a franchisee's future financial performance representations. We also do not authorize our employees or the past financial performance of company-owned representatives to make any such representations either orally or franchised outlets.in writing. If you are purchasing an existing Outlet, however, we may provide you may be provided with the actual records of that Outlet. If you receive any other financial performance information or projections of our your future income, you should report it to the franchisor's management by contacting our President, Mr. Clifford “Andy” Thompson, Postal Connections, BSF FDD CA 050719062519 34 6136 Frisco Square Boulevard, Suite 400, Frisco, Texas 75034, (619) 294-7550; the Federal Trade Commission; and the appropriate state regulatory agencies.