They are licenced to run speed dating & singles events in the "W" postcode of London. At the time of acquiring the dating franchise there was 1 speed dating event per month in West London postcode, operating under Xfactor's national umbrella.

The guys have since grown the franchise through a number of proactive marketing campaigns and partnerships with local and national businesses.  These campaigns have resulted in the database of members for the franchise growing to several thousand members, the vast majority of which continue to attend events on a regular basis.

One of the key factors which attracted Charlie & Ed to the XfactorDates franchise is the fact that it's an internet franchise which is fully automated and therefore enables them to continue in their full time day to day business and then host the speed dating events in the evenings.

The Xfactor Head Office takes care of all of the customer enquiries by either telephone or email and therefore the franchisee doesn't have any paperwork to worry about or have any selling to do with customers as the company take care of this for the franchisee.

What made this internet franchise even more attractive to the guys was that the don't have to take any cash at the events, all payments are made in advance and there is NO STOCK required!

There are now on average 8 events per month in the West London area and revenues have attained a 1000% increase from the same period last year.