What Coronavirus Could Cost Your Affiliate
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March 13, 2020 by
The global Coronavirus pandemic is forcing the temporary closure of hundreds of affiliates worldwide with owners facing a large financial hit in the wake of the health crisis.
To prevent the increasing spread of COVID-19, a growing number of governments worldwide are enforcing unprecedented quarantine periods mandating the closure of schools, universities and businesses.
Here’s where worldwide affiliates have been heavily impacted:
In Italy, business owners who break the quarantine could face jail time.
In Norway, all gyms are banned from operating until further notice.
In California, the governor has called for any unnecessary gatherings of 250 people or more to be canceled.
What others are saying around the world — discussion amongst affiliate owners online is in overdrive with talks centering around how each business is affected and how each individual box is troubleshooting. Their biggest issue right now is a surge of people cancelling or putting memberships on hold.
Almost 60 million people remain under an unprecedented month-long lockdown in China’s Hubei province where the outbreak began.
But Peter Joseph Kuhn who owns CrossFit Aftershock in Changsha, China has felt the aftershocks of the pandemic and is now relying on donations from friends to survive, they’ve even started a GoFundMe page “to keep a roof over my head.”
HQ is helping out where they can:
Affiliation costs $3,000 USD annually, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to operational costs
Other expenses to think about include:
Health and safety remain the priority:
No doubt you’ve received advice from your local affiliate about its individual approach to the constantly changing situation.
Most affiliates, acting on the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) have told members, in as many words to: