How nice to go for a walk in the city and see all the businesses, big and small, offering us their services. What would we do without them?
Cafes, restaurants, fashion stores, household and decorative items, hairdressers and many more do their best to provide us with the best product and/or service so that we enjoy and return to them again.
And us? We know how to appreciate good and quality businesses that “provide us with the goods”. The thing is, there are businesses whose occupation is so specific and professional that it is difficult for us to assess its quality at first glance, such as flower shops.
There are quite a few criteria that make a flower shop high-quality and if we are not involved in the world of plants in our daily life, it is difficult for us to know exactly what they are.
So if you also happened to order a bouquet of flowers or an arrangement for a loved one and what you received was not exactly what you imagined, this article is for you.
How do you choose a quality online flower shop? What should you pay attention to? starting..
Images reflect actual size
It’s all a matter of perspective. Many times, we can see an amazing picture of a big, lush and colorful bouquet when in reality we get a small, meager and nothing more than nice bouquet.
Then we ask ourselves: “I paid NIS 300 for this?” Yes, it happened to all of us at one point or another.
The solution, of course, is in the hands of the store itself. Does the store provide pictures that have a comparison with some object whose size is known to all of us? Or is it the product image alone that doesn’t give us any scale?
A quality flower shop will offer you not only a size in cm that not everyone bothers to read, but also a photo that reflects the true size of the product.
It can be anything from a cup of coffee to a chair. But the best thing is, to see how the product looks when a real person holds it. In these proportions, we see exactly how the person to whom we send the bouquet will receive it and feel it.
When there is a picture like this, we simply cannot be disappointed because we know the exact size of the product we ordered, whether it is a bouquet of flowers or a flower arrangement in a fancy vessel.
Fresh everyday
Just like with food, fruits and vegetables, our flowers also need to be fresh. What’s the point of buying flowers that will wither and lose their beauty the next day? We want flowers that last a long time and are willing to pay for it.
Some think that buying closed flowers and waiting for them to open will solve the issue, which of course sounds reasonable. Only then, we lose the goal of sending flowers that will amaze the recipient.
So what do we do? Again, the solution is in the hands of the store. A quality flower shop is one that operates huge refrigerators that will contain all the flowers that need it. These refrigerators will keep the flowers fresh for a long time and thus when the customers purchase them, they both bloom in full bloom and are fresh and strong for the recipient’s pancreas for a long time.
It’s true that most flower shops don’t announce the size of their refrigerator or if they even have one, but if you ask, we’re sure you’ll get an honest answer.
On this occasion, we can tell you that in the flower shop ‘Ali Dafna’ in Ramat Gan, there is the largest refrigerator in the flower shops in Israel. This fact causes the store to provide the freshest and most durable flowers on the market which give real value for their cost.
Good service is the name of the game
When we talk about good service, we’re not just talking about a smile (although that’s a very important thing). We are talking about all the platforms that make our lives, the consumers, much easier.
Then there are the platforms known to all of us, such as: WhatsApp service, phone, quick response and courtesy. But in the plant world, we have some other important criteria that you may not always think about when ordering.
Delivery: The courier is one of the most important people when receiving the flowers. Think for a moment about your beloved person to whom you sent the bouquet and a nervous messenger who had a not so nice day arrives.. less appropriate, right?
What do we do? Make it clear how important the delivery method is to you and ask who the courier is who will carry it out, so you can also leave a favorable comment on the store’s website. And if you really want to, you can also give the courier a tip even before the delivery has been made, he will surely have a much nicer day.
Accuracy: the most important in terms of accuracy, is accuracy in delivery times. How many times has it happened to you that you agreed on an arrival time (of anything that arrives by delivery) and simply did not arrive on time? I’m sure quite a few..
Such a thing, in a surprise flower delivery, simply cannot happen!
The recipient of the shipment is not aware of the fact that he is going to be surprised and we work hard to know exactly where he will be and until when in order to surprise him. Inaccuracy in the delivery time can mean that it will simply be missed and not received, or that it will be received late and that the surprise has already lost its appeal.
In addition, sometimes there are small nuances of ours that are so important, but to the store, it can be completely missed. For example, to add a toothpick with a purple butterfly to the bouquet, because a butterfly and the color purple are the things most loved by the company receiving the bouquet, but the store adds a red ladybug instead.
At that moment, we lost what we wanted to say in the delivery just because of inattention and lack of precision.
So that these things don’t happen to you, we recommend reading the comments that the online store has before ordering. You will surely find a word or two about accuracy or lack of accuracy and you will be able to understand how much the store invests attention and personal service to all its customers.
A flower shop in Ramat Gan
After we understood what the important issues are to consider before ordering flowers online, it is important that you know your area. In Ramat Gan, there are about 47 flower shops.
Each shop is in a different location in the city, but not all offer the same flowers or services. Go to the store’s website, look at the reviews, responses and ratings (it’s important to have as many as possible) when you are equipped with all the tools to choose your favorite store.
After you have ordered and received the product, share your experience as much as possible, so that those coming in line can help you and get the most out of your online order.