Quality service and value provided by local florists on Direct2florist continues to prove a hit with customers.  By placing customers in direct contact with real local florist’s both customers and florists are benefitting. Customers are experiencing full value bouquets and florists are able to fulfil orders without paying expensive commissions to the middle man.  Many customers are surprised at the speed of flower delivery, some say the flowers are delivered within 2 or 3 hours of placing the order - even when the order is international. Here follows just a few customer comments received this week.

Direct2florist members in New Zeland and the UK are now able to use D2F to send orders direct to each other. Although the system is on trial in these 2 countries where D2F has full cover, the early signs show good take up from members, it will shortly be launched in Australia and Europe to other members on the site.

Direct2florist Control Panel Screen Shot

The D2F system is different because it sends orders direct between members, with no middlemen. This presents great savings to florists that currently use services like Interflora or Teleflower or FTD to send orders to each other. These long established traditional services charge florists and customers fees and may present time barriers between florists, especially if the order is international. By using simple internet technology Direct2florist saves time and cuts the traditional middlemen out of the order process. On Direct2florist florists are able to securely send orders to each other, see each others designs, speak to each other and pay each other. The fee is a transaction fee per order which is paid by the customer, making the service free to the florist. In the UK the transaction fee is £3 and in New Zealand the fee is $6 making the service very low cost to the customer.

This new service will help grow the network of real local florists on Direct2florist. The aim is to develop a world wide community of florists all receiving orders from the public and from other florists, all using one simple web based control panel.

Florists that have already used the system say this is great news for the industry as the new system presents great savings to florists and their customers.

Thank you to Syndicate Sales of Kokomo, IN.  They have been kind enough to supply florists using Direct2Florist with 31 photographs of flower arrangements that any florist can deliver on any given day.  They will in part be used as default photos until florists can load up their own photos.  The photos feature simple arrangements with common containers.

Any comment or guidance that you can offer as a florist will be greatly appreciated.  We want to do all we can to make this an effective tool for you.

This is the 1st painting of a florist shop uploaded to Direct2florist. We think it looks great and really colourful and characterful. Rask florist has been in the tradition of floristry since 1870, making Rask the longest established florist service in the Direct2florist community!

Artists impression of Rask Florist, Staunton

Rask Florist is centrally located in lovely downtown Staunton, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. They keep a wide variety of flowers in stock and have an experienced staff to discuss their wedding services as well as any other occasion that may arise. They promise to provide the highest level of freshness, quality and service. Rask Florist looks forward to serving you Click here to order flowers for delivery in Staunton.

Kalamazoo County’s largest and oldest florist has joined Direct2florist. Family owned and operated since 1910 and currently under 4th and 5th generation of the

Vandersalms Kalamazoo United States

family. The family are superb growers of wonderful blooming plants and cut flowers for guaranteed freshness and satisfaction. There is a large staff of experienced floral professionals to fill your every floral need and they offer an excellent County wide prompt delivery service!

At Flowerpetal.com in Chicago, USA, their business

Flower Petal Chicago Logo

mantra is “flowers change everything…” We agree flowers can change lots and it looks like they do a great job over in Chicago. They have a great looking selection on their D2F pages click Flowers Chicago to see their gorgeous and stunning floral designs. At Flower Petal in Chicago their mission is to make sure each flower arrangement, plant and gift is delivered on time, every time, and exactly the way it is requested. If their professional listing on D2F is anything to go by, I bet they deliver on their mission every time!

Zammit Gardens Florist in Malta provides excellent flower delivery service across Malta and Gozo. As such Zammit is the only florist to feature on Direct2florist in Malta. The customer comments he receives are superb, his flower shop is the best in Malta.

Because of Zammit’s location, Adrian at Zammit Gardens is often able to deliver same day flowers and gifts all across both Islands, Malta and Gozo. No other florist can provide such excellent service, it is no surprise he has gained a superb reputation from his many thousands of customers.

If you need beautiful fresh flowers delivering in Malta, Adrian is ready to serve, click flowers malta to order online. When the flowers are delivered Adrian will send you a confirmation via his D2F system, so that means you can call your loved one to see how they liked the flowers, simple!

Florists around the world are increasingly supporting “Direct2florist” The concept of cutting middlemen and going direct is already proving to be a winner for Lois who owns and runs Bay Side Flowers in Largo, Florida. After just few weeks with the service, she says:

“Direct2florist deserves a five star rating, no doubt. I will remain a member. Thank you Direct2florist!!!

I set up my web site myself. The control panel is easy to understand. When I needed help, I just called and staff walked me through it. If I can do it, you can too!!!

It is very simple to access the order details. Just check the confirmation box that you accept the order and print it and you are on your way - that’s what I like!! I also like the fact that I can see what was ordered right away because it shows the photo of what the sender ordered. I send a quick e-mail to let the sender to let them know I have received the order.

As the very popular phrase goes…Direct2florist rocks!!!”

Lois Gilbertson
Bay Florist & Gifts
Largo, FL

Michael at Nunziato Florist in Woodside area of NY florist recently joined D2F. Michael and his family have great experience in the florist industry. His family had owned and run the Nunziato florist for nearly 100 years! Michael reckons if more florists join D2F, then finally the industry can boast a system that benefits florists and customers in the right way, in his own words Michael “dares” all florists to get on board - to “go direct”

Michael Nunziato posted the following testimonial:

“We are a family business that was started in 1910. We have seen many newcomers/changes in the floral industry and what makes Direct2florist stand out is that it is an entity that is committed to supporting the floral community. We are thrilled to be members of Direct2florist and we are looking forward to changes that will benefit both the florists.

Direct2florist is easy to setup and the order processing s even easier. As a matter of fact, it’s a little too easy. It takes about 5-10 minutes for setup and maybe 2 minutes to process an order.

Join today, we dare you. Really, we dare you to join. Go on, try it…oh, come on already… join Direct2florist!”

Michael Gioia
Nunziato Florist, Woodside, NY

Here I will talk about new members on Direct2florist.

We will see how this blog goes as there are lots of shops coming onboard so I might change it a bit further down the line.

1st new member taking a mention here is Lefkis Elgia Flowershop in Lemassol, Cyprus. This is a great signing as we now have full cover of non-turkish Cyprus. It was nice speaking to Leo as he is quite a character - certainly he has seen a lot of the world!!!

I was really pleased to see that he has already received 2 orders from direct2florist in his 1st week.