How to Send Flowers
You will always receive the highest level of customer service possible
when you deal directly with the florist who
creates, arranges and delivers your fresh
beautiful flowers!
Sending Flowers
You locate a florist using the Internet or if you still keep one, in the Yellow Pages or even with all of today's great technologies pick up a phone and dial 411, locate a florist that advertises to be in the city and state where you want to send flowers, order your flowers, and pay with a credit card. You may assume that have just dealt with a real store front florist only to find out in a very short time that you placed your order with an online Order Gatherer instead.
Locating A Real Store Front Local Florist
The best way to locate a genuine local florist is to locate their place of business in the city or town where you want your flowers delivered using a method that you are most comfortable with. If you're not familiar with the local florists in town, using Google Maps Search Engine in the "Map" category and typing in the key words "Florists City State" where the City and State is where you want to send your flowers to be delivered is one avenue. It is very important that you are searching through the map directory. By searching in the map category you will be provided listings that will show the businesses address and their phone number. This will also eliminate over 98% of the"Sponsored Ads" and unscrupulous businesses' with their associated web sites. The underlined link in the above paragraph will put you in the right area. Top
Two major items to be aware of when searching using this tool:
1.) "Sponsored Ad" space. This is the area at the top and at the bottom of the listings and is where you will find 99% of anyone other than a Real Local Florist. This was at one time easily identifiable as the background color was shaded with a lavender or pink dark enough to be recognized as advertising space and the words 'Sponsored Advertising' were made very visible. Well, with all the advertising dollars spent by the big players, it appears that they "may" have had a voice to cause the leading search engines to make that once identifiable color background to what is now a very light tinted background that is not easily detected by the eye and the word "Ads" is lightly imprinted in the top right corner. So if you are looking for a real local Florist to fill and deliver your order, it would be wise to avoid contacting these sites. Your call of course, this site just wants to provide you, the consumer with the information. You make the choice.
2.) "URLs" that contain the word express in them. Best stay away from them for now until further research is done as this group has uncovered a player that seems to think it is alright to set up a website with a street address and local phone number because they continue to insult the consumers intelligence believing that because the consumer is learning to identify a real florist by looking for a local address and phone number they try and stay ahead of game and believe that they just might get away with it. They also know that this is how to get their listings in the local Search areas within the Google maps search engine. An example would be citynameexpress net or com. Top
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Some Simple Rules To Follow
"A Little Effort upfront can save a Big Headache Later"
Locate a florist that has a local phone number and a physical address.
Phony florists sometimes offer a fake and even real street address's, relying on the fact that you won't verify that the business actually exists as advertised. Look for a local telephone number. Many local florists do offer 800-number service, but they will also publish a local number.
Look for the shop's hours of operation. Most florists are open six or seven days per week.
If you find a Web site with only an 800-number and no
physical address, most likely you will be dealing with an Order Gatherer.
Call the business directly, (This is one of the best way's to tell if they are a real florist or just another Order Gatherer and use their Toll Free #) tell them that you found them on the internet and would like directions to their shop as you will be in the area and want to "Stop by to pick up something for a friend". If you receive any response other than "where are you coming in from", an alarm should go off in your head and you should tell them to have a nice day. Generally if you come across a ficticious florist, when you call they wont even know which website you found of thiers because they are sitting in a call center gathering orders from sites set up like the one you came across all over the country. These operations provide a local number that is automatically forwarded to a call center elsewhere Some operations are small and may have 2 to 5 city locations set up and some have their websites configured to respond to any city and state that a user may search for in a major search engine. This is why we recommend using the Google Maps Link or Locate-A-Flower-Shop® to avoid the vast majority of these type operations.
If you do not follow these simple rules, then you may not know
that you've been scammed until you find
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OK, Lets make it easy!
We know that there is alot of information provided within this page and throughout the website and can be a bit confusing for some. The last thing that we want to create is frustration and turn consumers away from knowing the truth and current happenings in the Floral Industry. We understand that most consumers like to make their purchases online for the convenience and time restraints. We also believe that a good buyer is a smart buyer. "A little effort upfront can save a big headache latter".
These two **Local Florist Directory’s named Search4Florists and Locate-A-Flower_Shop® appear to be the most up to date with accurate and true local Florist information retrieved and displayed. Although we identify this database to display Local Florists and Local florists only, you may find during your search a geographical area not yet fully populated by this directory service or an area that displays Florists that no longer exist. If this is the case then we suggest using the instructions and link above for a Google Map Directory search. CLICK HERE
Click on Link »»» Search4Florists.com
Click on Link »»» Locate-A-Flower-Shop®
Tip (Better results by entering the City and State as many Cities have multiple zip codes)
**This website has no affiliation, invested interest or connection to or with any of its partners or affiliates.
We are providing these links as a courtesy to you for the purpose of assisting you to identify a Real Local Florist.
Once you have located a real retail local florist online to fill and deliver your order,
you may want to search their Web site to give you ideas for your flower order.
Many Local Florists have websites that rival the WireService's/Order Gatherers' sites because as members of wire services like Teleflora and FTD, a local florist has the option of paying monthly fees to have the wire service administer and maintain their own *Retail Florist's E-commerce web site. Depending on which wire service a florist may belong to, can and sometimes will dictate the type of flower arrangements you can expect to find on their web site. Top
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The Benefits Of Ordering Flowers Locally
Genuine local florists offer real customer service, quality products, selection advice and more.
You have the security of knowing that you're dealing with a genuine, professional florist.
You can talk directly to the people who arrange and deliver your flowers.
You will know what flowers the florist has available and if any substitutions will need to be made.
You can contact your local florist to check on the delivery status with your order and unless you call during a peak holiday, they will be able to assist you immediately.
You can rest assured that you will receive a professionally designed arrangement.
You will get a true "Filled to Value" arrangement and know that you and your Florist are not being short-changed from your money being divided up into commissions taken by the order taker and relay services
You also have the satisfaction of knowing that you're supporting a local business in your community or in the community of your intended recipient
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You will always receive the highest level of customer service possible
when you deal directly with the florist who
creates, arranges and delivers your fresh beautiful flowers! Top
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*Because most Independent Florists belong to one or more wire services at this point in time, one of the membership options is to obtain an Ecommerce website which the Florist pays on average a monthly fee of $80.00 or more monthly for hosting and administration fees in addition to a transmission fee of approximately $3.45 per order received. Although these sites at times can have a cookie cutter appearance, please note that these are legitimate local Florist websites that provide the Florist an avenue to receive online retail orders where the Florist does receive 100% of the sale minus the transmission fee mentioned above. The Florist has control over which products they want displayed and prices to charge.
Unfortunately not all Florists are tech savvy and become victims of having their own prices and products configured for them. Top
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