Window film is the foundation of the franchise.

Yes. Polar Tint franchisees are trained and equipped to deliver all three. The same shop runs auto tint as daily volume and books residential/commercial jobs in dedicated installer time blocks.

Auto window tint tickets typically range from $199 (single window, dyed) to $599 (full vehicle, ceramic). Higher-end ceramic installs on luxury vehicles can exceed $800.

It's the window tint service line of the Polar Tint franchise stack. Every Polar Tint shop runs window tint alongside five other service lines from a single bay — automotive tint, PPF, ceramic coating, commercial film, residential film, and wraps & print — so operators capture the full revenue stack instead of specializing in just one.

US window film market is ~$2.6B annually with mid-single-digit growth. The Polar Tint multi-service model lets operators capture demand across all six service lines from one ticket, smoothing seasonal swings that single-service shops struggle with.

60 to 90 minutes per car. Skilled Polar Tint installers run multiple jobs per bay per day. The exact pace depends on vehicle complexity, environmental conditions, and the technician's tenure. Speed comes with reps — Polar Tint training accelerates the curve significantly versus learning independently.

$249 to $1,200 per vehicle (ceramic-IR commands premium). Bundle pricing across multiple service lines (tint + ceramic, or PPF + ceramic + tint) lifts average ticket by 60-150% versus single-service ticket. The Polar Tint playbook is to lead with the customer's primary ask and stack adjacent services into the same ticket.

78-92% gross margin at franchise wholesale film cost. The wholesale supplier relationship through Glacier Manufacturing is the structural margin advantage — independent window tint shops pay 100-1000%+ distributor markups, which eats into the same margin band Polar Tint operators capture cleanly.

Plotter, heat gun, squeegee kit, soap-and-spray rack, climate-controlled bay. Polar Tint's FDD Item 7 budgets the full equipment package for all six service lines. The equipment list is part of the standardized opening kit — operators don't source piece-by-piece, which protects them from buying the wrong gear and overpaying.

Approximately 24-32 hours on glass cuts, heat-shrinking, and ceramic vs dyed films. Polar Tint's 2-week in-person operator training in Henderson, Nevada covers all six service lines plus business operations, marketing, and FDD compliance. The Vegas affiliate shops provide live hands-on bays during the program.

Every passenger vehicle is a candidate; ~50% of new vehicles get aftermarket tint. Frostbite Marketing's local-area campaigns target high-intent buyers in this segment from the day the shop opens, so new Window Tint operators don't have to build a marketing engine from scratch.

Franchisees source film, chemistry, and supplies directly through Glacier Manufacturing, our parent company. Pricing is just over manufacturing cost. Independent window tint shops typically pay 20-40% more sourcing from distributors — that cost-basis gap is the structural economic advantage of the franchise model.

There's no per-service-line franchise fee. The single $49,950 franchise fee covers all six service lines, plus the complete training program, opening kit, and brand standards. Total initial investment per FDD Item 7 is $136,588 to $259,950, all-in.

No. Polar Tint requires operators to offer the complete six-line service stack — that's how the unit economics work. Operators who push only one line see materially lower P&L performance. The stacking strategy (lead with the customer's primary ask, add adjacent services to the same ticket) is core to the model.

Submit the 60-second application at polartintfranchise.com/apply. Note your interest in Window Tint as a primary service line in the application comments. Polar Tint responds within one business day for qualified applicants. The development team can also walk you through how the Window Tint service line stacks into the broader Polar Tint revenue model.