Great Flowers are Our Mission!
The Florist industry is as American as Apple Pie. America loves sending flowers to their loved ones, to friends, to business associates.
And why not? What is more considerate than a bright arrangement of lovely flowers. - Order your flowers from a real florist today..
During the information revolution, things have changed for small business. Now local florists who relied on local ads and a storefront, are being bypassed.. by attention grabbing internet promos. Afiliate programs promise young web entreprenuers up to 20% of your flower order to them, if they catch your order and send it to them.
Sorry florist, sorry grandma, now the company is working at 80%. Then there is the phone processing fee, sorry florist, sorry grandma, that is about $13. Then there is the 20-30% they are seeking.. sorry florist, sorry grandma... Then the florist delivery costs the florist a van, gas a driver - usually $8.00
Whats left of your $50 order..
$23.00 for flowers. Now the shop can work all day buying flowers, paying shop costs, paying to keep flowers cool, ordering cards, ribbons, wrap, & paying utilities, credit card companies, monthly wire fees, and at the end.. if they do ten orders at $23 that is only $230 - how much do you think flowers cost a florist for ten orders that are supposed to look like $500.00 worth of flowers?
And who is going to pay the bills on that.. ? and then will the florist earn a living?
Florists are pretty nice shops to see in a local village. Fortunately they usually get business locally and can earn a living still.
However... doesn't it pay to allocate $50 to the florist, so they can give Grandma a nice order?
Don't Let this happen to you!
There is a fun new site called Florist Detective out.. and they go into detail on the matter... Here is asample photo, and link to their site..
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