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More about Placetta

Case studies, the numbers, where we work and the people behind Odelia.

Case studies and example plans

What we mapped for real openings, and five tea houses' plans, step by step.

Case studies

Case study

$149 a store a month billed yearly, or $179 month to month, cancel anytime. New licenses $149, charged when approved. Turned down because of a mistake on our side, you pay nothing. Your plan preview is free.

    Example plan

    $149 a store a month billed yearly, or $179 month to month, cancel anytime. New licenses $149, charged when approved. Turned down because of a mistake on our side, you pay nothing. Your plan preview is free.

      Your numbers: a typical opening, and what sooner is worth

      A typical restaurant opening, priced line by line, and a calculator for your rent.

      A typical restaurant opening in San José11 licenses, Placetta $3,3399 at $149 and 2 at $999, from Placetta's own plan for a restaurant there. Agency fees at cost.

      A permit expediter$2,000 to $7,500For one restaurant opening, before agency fees, usually one city

      Expediter: opening only, one city. Placetta: opening plus a full year kept current, any city.

      What opening sooner is worth to you

      sooner

      Weeks sooner is your own assumption, not a Placetta promise. Placetta has no customer averages to quote yet.

      Type your rent to see what every week sooner is worth to you.

      Rent you stop paying on an empty store
      $0
      Rent ÷ 4.33 weeks a month × weeks sooner
      Sales you start earning sooner
      $0
      Weekly sales × weeks sooner, if you add them
      Placetta, opening plus a year
      −$5,127
      1 store × $149 × 12 months, plus 9 licenses at $149 and 2 at $999

      More plans

      A chain of 10 stores, renewals outside the plan, and the free plan preview.

      A chain of 10 stores, for example

      Permit expediters$20,000 to $75,00010 openings × $2,000 to $7,500. Openings only, usually one city each.

      Placetta$17,88010 stores × $149 × 12 months, every new license included. Openings plus a year kept current, any city.

      You keep$2,120 to $57,120Against the expediter range, before agency fees, which you pay either way.

      $149 a store a month on the store plan, billed yearly, or $179 month to month. Each new license $149 when it's approved, or $999 for a liquor license, building plan review or an import permit. If one is turned down because of a mistake on our side, you pay nothing. Each franchisee pays for its own stores.

      Store planMost popular for chains

      $149/store a month

      Billed yearly

      For every store, open or opening, kept current.

      • Every license and renewal date tracked, with alerts

      • Renewals Odelia files on her own, included

      • Your document vault, and Odelia for your whole team

      • 10 or more stores: every new license included too

      Not ready? Your plan preview is free: every license a store needs, with agency fees and timelines.

      New licenses

      $149/license, when approved

      $999 for a liquor license, building plan review or an import permit.

      Charged when the license is approved. If it's turned down because of a mistake on our side, you pay nothing.

      • Mapped, filled by Odelia and filed with your approval

      • Tracked to approval, in English or Chinese

      • Government fees passed through at cost

      Renewals outside the plan

      $99/renewal

      Only when the store plan doesn't include it

      A renewal that needs our team, or for a store without the plan.

      • Started 60 days before it's due

      • Charged only after your one-tap approval

      Plan preview

      Free

      No card needed

      Every license a store needs, in order, with agency fees and timelines.

      • Ready in about a minute

      • Every agency linked to its own page

      The store plan includes Odelia, with a monthly allowance per store. Government fees go straight to each agency at cost, and attorneys and customs brokers bill you directly.

      Just add Odelia
      to your franchise agreement

      Placetta Brand headquarters

      Member

      Role

      Locations

      Status

      Odelia

      Compliance manager

      All 7 locations

      You

      Head of franchising

      All 7 locations

      Admin

      Franchisee, Flushing NY

      Franchise owner

      3 locations

      All current

      Franchisee, Irvine CA

      Franchise owner

      1 location

      Renews in 21 days

      Franchisee, Houston TX

      Franchise owner

      2 locations

      2 certificates due

      Franchisee, San José CA

      Franchise owner

      1 opening

      9 of 12 permits

      $149 per store a month, paid by each franchisee. Headquarters sees every store for free.

      Headquarters sees each store's status, never its documents.

      Built for trust

      Licensed people step in wherever the law requires them.

      Trust Center: security, AI, subprocessors and your rights

      • Your approval, every timeNothing is filed until you approve it, and every value shows the source it came from.

      • Partner attorneys in 170+ countriesNeed a lawyer? We brief one and handle the rest. You just sign.

      • Local permit expeditersIn-person filings, pick-ups and inspections, handled in the city where you open.

      • Agency logins kept in an encrypted vaultEncrypted in transit and at rest. Your filings and documents are always yours.

      • Two-step sign-in and audit logsFor your whole team, with every action on the record, exportable as CSV.

      • Your data, your rightsWhat we keep, who processes it, and how to export or delete it, on our Trust Center.

      Permits set your opening date.

      One permit running late moves the whole opening, and the rules keep changing while you wait.
      3 to 6 moThe typical permit phase for a new restaurant. One late approval holds up every step that depends on it.
      15,000New state and local laws passed every yearSource: Gusto

      Every kind of store has its own permits.

      Whether you open a store, an office or a factory, Odelia knows the filings your industry needs, city by city and shipment by shipment.

        Answer from the app your team already uses

        WhatsApp, iMessage, email, a phone call, Slack or Lark with Odelia, and WeChat with our team.

        Answer from the app your team already uses

        • WeChat
        • Slack
        • Lark / 飞书
        • WhatsApp
        • iMessage
        • Email
        • Phone

        Text Odelia on WhatsApp or iMessage, email her, call her, or add her to your team's Slack or Lark. Our team is on WeChat.

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        Scan to open Placetta on your phone

        Where we work, and every agency we handle

        50 US states, 170+ countries and every agency Placetta files with, on one map.
        50US states covered
        170+countries covered
        73government agencies we handle, across 8 regions
        Map of markets where Placetta handles compliance
        Choose a market

        Pick a state or country to start a plan there.

        • We filePlacetta's agents prepare and submit it
        • With partnersAgents prepare it, a licensed broker, lawyer or lab files it
        • We monitorAgents track the rules and flag every change

        Placetta is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.

        Headquarters in Shenzhen. Permits in New York.

        Your team in China and your team in the US see the same plan, in Chinese or English.

        Wherever the heart is at ease, that is home.

        Su Shi, Song dynasty poet

        Your team in Shanghai or Shenzhen decides; your team in New York signs the lease. Rules change from state to state, and some states limit leases and property ownership for foreign-owned companies. Both teams see the same dashboard, in Chinese or English, with those risks flagged before anyone signs.

        Shenzhen
        New York

        Our experts previously worked at

        Advisors who worked at the U.S. FDA, U.S. Customs, Harvard, MIT and more.

        Our advisors previously worked at these organizations. The organizations are not affiliated with Placetta and do not endorse it.