Franchises are a good place to look for money making opportunities – but not necessarily in the way you might think. You see, it may be possible to ‘steal’ the idea without paying the franchise fee and ongoing costs. There are many interesting franchise ideas that fall into that category, and over the next few days, we’ll be looking at some of the best.

To start us off, Just Between Friends is a seasonal sales event where communities come together to buy and sell used children’s and maternity items at big savings on new. These events are locally owned and operated and held two to three times a year. This is an American franchise with a minimum investment of $14,950. You could surely offer something  like this in your area without the franchise company backing, making money by taking a percentage of all sales made.