Shopping for affordable flowers online requires more than a cursory glance at flower prices. You may think you're getting a great deal, especially when a particular flower shop posts lots of "percent off" notices or "reduced prices" on their products. It seems every online flower shop is listing their flower prices as "reduced", though most of the time the "original price" listed underneath the product was too high to begin with. So how can you know that you're getting a great deal on flowers for delivery? FlowerDelivery.com has a big selection of flowers, about what you'd expect for a top tier online flower shop, and as expected, they stock flowers for every occasion possible, from flowers that say "Thank you" to romantic arrangements for Valentine's Day.
According to their website, the people behind FlowerDelivery.com are "the delivery experts". Since there's no shipping options available at FlowerDelivery.com that you can't find at other online florists, it isn't clear what exactly makes them experts at delivery. One thing's for sure -- don't expect an attractive website design. The home page and all subsequent pages are downright ugly, with very little attention paid to design. Most people could care less about a website's design, and this is especially true for websites that offer great deals.
To make sure their customers feel secure when placing their order,
FlowerDelivery.com uses SSL encryption for all purchases -- this is pretty
standard for commercial websites. Some customers will be a little troubled
by the fact that FlowerDelivery.com must be viewed using either the Internet
Explorer or Netscape browser. Apparently, this is due to security features
built in to the website -- users of other browsers won't get the full
FlowerDelivery.com experience, which could account for the rather bland look
of the website on my Chrome browser. Along with the promise of security
comes the site's guarantee that the recipient of your flower order will
receive fresh and beautiful flowers delivered on time. According to the
site, if you are not "100% satisfied" with your flower delivery, simply
contact FlowerDelivery.com within 48 hours of the unsatisfactory delivery so
they can offer you a refund or replacement.
Even though the website is ugly, I have to admit it is easy to use. I was troubled by the size and arrangement of the tabs across the left side of the page -- 21 categories and no arrangement of your product by price? -- but even this lack of categorical organization makes the site a little easier to look at. You can simply concentrate on the flowers themselves much easier than other online flower shops that categorize their product to death. Another feature I like -- as you browse through the different flowers, you automatically see the first date you can send that particular product. That way, if you are ordering for a particular date, you can see if that delivery date is possible before you get to the ordering page.
I'm impressed by the fact that FlowerDelivery.com features coupon codes right on their website. It isn't all that common for online florists to offer coupons right on their main page, and right now FlowerDelivery.com lists two "promo codes" that customers can use to get a good deal on flower delivery right now. The site is advertising a $10 off coupon for an order of $50 or more -- just type in "fd" in the promo code box at checkout and you'll have ten bucks knocked off your final price automatically.
I found another promo code simply by exiting the site. Upon navigating away from FlowerDelivery.com, a graphic popped up that promised instant $5 savings just for entering coupon code "refund5" at checkout. These guys really want my business.
There are a number of other promotional codes available for FlowerDelivery.com, including a code that offers free shipping as long as you aren't ordering same day or weekend delivery.
FlowerDelivery.com offers the standard online flower shop delivery options, including same day and weekend delivery. FlowerDelivery.com was one of the first sites to offer same day delivery on both Saturday and Sunday, but the convenience of this weekend same day ordering system will cost you a pretty penny in shipping charges. Like most same day flower delivery services, there is a time limit to ordering on the same day. If you place your order by 3:00 pm in the area that you are having flowers delivered, you can have those flowers delivered same day during the week. Weekend same day delivery requires you place the order by 1:00 pm on Saturday, and a Sunday same day delivery must be ordered by 11:00 am in order to be delivered the same day. Should you place a same day delivery order and FlowerDelivery.com is unable to make it, the company contacts you and refunds your same day delivery charges. Like most smaller online flower delivery services, FlowerDelivery.com does not guarantee a delivery time, but they do offer you a delivery window of about two hours during which they guarantee your flowers will be delivered.
FlowerDelivery.com has plenty of different price options to match your flower delivery needs. Their same day and weekend deliveries are convenient, if not a little expensive. The website itself is easy to navigate, but not the prettiest or most extensive online flower shop site.
The next time you want to send flowers, give FlowerDelivery.com a try.
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