DotHQ

International Franchise Association

About this app

DotHQ is the International Franchise Association's internal workspace for staff. It brings membership, events, web, search and email data together in one place, and pairs it with Dot — an AI assistant built specifically for franchising.

What you can do

• Ask Dot questions in plain language and get answers drawn from IFA's own records first, then trusted franchising sources — with a breakdown showing exactly where every answer came from. • Review membership, dues, events and revenue figures pulled live from IFA's CRM. • Track website traffic, search performance and email campaign results, filtered by date and page. • Search a growing library of Franchise Disclosure Documents, open them in a built-in reader, run deep analysis of Items 1–21, and export lists to Excel. • Browse brand and supplier profiles, FOG leads, and account directories with search, filters and CSV export. • Follow daily franchise news, trends, legal updates and advocacy coverage, save articles, and ask legal questions against the knowledge base. • Upload documents of any type for summaries, comparisons and editing help — drag and drop straight into the chat. • Pick up conversations across pages and devices, with recent and pinned chat history, voice input and read-aloud replies.

Secure by design Access is by administrator invitation only. Every sign-in requires a second step — an emailed code, a passkey using Face ID or fingerprint, or a personal PIN — with recovery codes as a backup. All information in DotHQ is confidential to IFA staff.

DotHQ is private software for authorized IFA staff and is not available to the general public