Wow! Last thing was about summer rose selling. Long time, no writing. Well as far as rose selling goes, I like the winter much better. It's easier to keep the roses cool and you've got all sorts of holidays where people are festive and buy flowers. Around here there are also more people in the area this time of year.
One of our online businesses that my husband started is doing well right now and we've been busy with it.
Have a Happy Holiday!!,
Claire
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Some Hot Tips For Summer Rose Selling!
There's a few pros and cons to selling roses in the summer. There are more pros in actuality. While there aren't any flowery holidays that I can think of in the summer, that only serves to drive the price of wholesale roses down.
If you're out selling roses in night clubs on the weekends, so what if there's no rosey holiday--those are only good for a few nights a year anyway and people go out on dates all year. In the summer if you sell anywhere near a beach, in fact it will be your busiest season.
Now one thing is it gets hot. I always keep my roses in the back inside a big cooler with ice packs in it and some up front in my basket with the AC blowing on it.
This cooler is a very handy, dandy thing to have if you're gonna be a rose seller, because if you don't have room in the bottom of your fridge and you're not ready to invest in a second fridge(but you can pick one up for 75 bucks at a thrift store or garage sale) a nice big ice chest type cooler is also a great place to store your roses in the house, you'll just have to remember to switch out the ice packs. Now I've got a really good tip for you on the cooler. Normally a nice large cooler can be over $100, right now they have a real long cooler for $80 that is just perfect and what you'll eventually want to get. But if you're a newbie and are just trying this out that could be a big investment for you. So what is cool right now about coolers is that at WalMart I have seen they now have some very large as big as the large ice chest cooler I mentioned styrofoam coolers for only $20 and another one that's shorter than this one but still pretty big for just $8!! This is even good news for you experienced sellers as we often need something extra. Anyway I had never seen any styrofoam ones on sale that were that large so...
As I said wholesale rose prices are down as well. If you looked around online for wholesale roses during the spring and god forbid around Valentine's Day you'll see the big difference.
I'm excited because I got to actually make a new page on my wholesale site where you can probably get the best deal online as this even includes the shipping : http://roseladywholesale.com/bulkoffers.html
If you're out selling roses in night clubs on the weekends, so what if there's no rosey holiday--those are only good for a few nights a year anyway and people go out on dates all year. In the summer if you sell anywhere near a beach, in fact it will be your busiest season.
Now one thing is it gets hot. I always keep my roses in the back inside a big cooler with ice packs in it and some up front in my basket with the AC blowing on it.
This cooler is a very handy, dandy thing to have if you're gonna be a rose seller, because if you don't have room in the bottom of your fridge and you're not ready to invest in a second fridge(but you can pick one up for 75 bucks at a thrift store or garage sale) a nice big ice chest type cooler is also a great place to store your roses in the house, you'll just have to remember to switch out the ice packs. Now I've got a really good tip for you on the cooler. Normally a nice large cooler can be over $100, right now they have a real long cooler for $80 that is just perfect and what you'll eventually want to get. But if you're a newbie and are just trying this out that could be a big investment for you. So what is cool right now about coolers is that at WalMart I have seen they now have some very large as big as the large ice chest cooler I mentioned styrofoam coolers for only $20 and another one that's shorter than this one but still pretty big for just $8!! This is even good news for you experienced sellers as we often need something extra. Anyway I had never seen any styrofoam ones on sale that were that large so...
As I said wholesale rose prices are down as well. If you looked around online for wholesale roses during the spring and god forbid around Valentine's Day you'll see the big difference.
I'm excited because I got to actually make a new page on my wholesale site where you can probably get the best deal online as this even includes the shipping : http://roseladywholesale.com/bulkoffers.html
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wooden Roses and other stuff I've been doing...
Well it's been a long time and no posting. I just have a really busy life. Can anyone relate?
My husband got interested in selling on Ebay, so I helped and got into it to. It pulled me off the affiliate marketing for awhile---but I figured I'd start concentrating on my own products you know.
Now I've found a way to combine the two a little bit. I'll get into that on a later post.(Famous last words, but I will.) Some of the really cheap ebooks I have on Ebay may give you an idea how I'm doing that. They really will only cost you a few cents.
Just wanted to catch up a little. Here's a link that will show you all the stuff we're selling on Ebay currently: store.auctiva.com/roselady4.
It's a good way to snag a deal on wooden roses. You can get some wooden roses on the Roselady Wholesale site as well of course. If you take a look you'll see how inexpensive they are wholesale so I'm really into selling them now. I do it on my rose route and car dealerships and as you can see Ebay. Remember that roselady beat me to it on Valentine's day with the wooden roses!!
Anyway I thought it was a good thing to add to my sales items--another item to have with me that doesn't ever die as a back-up for the real roses(just like I do with the lighted roses).
I like the large buds better, they're the size of real roses. The smaller ones are great for cute arrangements though. Those are the small ones in the above picture. I'll post some more and I often have some pictures of them on Ebay.
We have some MP3 Players on sale, that's my husband's baby. We are soon going to have some upgraded ones up there that talk and can get up to 32gb of memory because of the upgrades and it will be a steal deal.
Anyway that's a bit about what I've been doing and I'll try to catch up more soon.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Lighted Roses
Do any of you guys or girls sell lighted roses? I love them. They don't need de-thorning or any other preparation. You can keep them in your trunk and they don't die.
Some people who don't think it's cool to buy roses think it's cool to buy lighted roses. It also works the other way around--that's why it's good to have both.
I also like the way they flash and help draw attention to your basket of roses.
What I like the most is that it gives me some predictability when it comes to how many roses I need to purchase for the weekend. I always like to make sure I have enough. I'd rather make more money and have some left over than sell out but make less money because I didn't buy enough.
Well with the lighted roses, I can buy a lower amount of real ones and if I start selling them by the basket--I can start putting more lighted roses in the basket, putting them with teddy bears etc..
People start buying more of them and my real ones go further. I also can get a pretty good price for lighted roses, like around $8. A guy who used to sell roses for me would charge $10. and get it no problem.
I think rose guys are better at the asking price, at least in my experience.
At one point I needed more time and wanted cut down on the real rose preparation and I just started making sure I had plenty of light roses as in the picture and it worked out fine. I still had my real ones just a bit less and the light roses were selling well--so "no problem."
These flashy silk ones rotate in color changes and they sell really well. I have some on my site where you don't have to buy in large quantity.
Catch you later,
Claire
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Starting an Online Business
I wanted to let you know I have been posting more on my other blog "Build a Business Now", lots of tips on creating a website business. This blog is partially about that as well and most posts on that subject started here, but seems kind of silly to post the same thing in both places, when with a click you can read it there.
So go check it out and get some good information on domain names, getting cheap traffic to your website. Also a new post on another way of earning some extra income "Adsense," with ideas on creating a website using it as well as affiliate and retail sites.
If you are actually interested in starting a website business and even if you are only thinking about it, I have a free newsletter that has some really good information and ideas on how to start a business online. It's free and your welcome to it. You sign up here.
Or you can go to http://easysitespro.com, email is all that is needed.
Later,
Claire
So go check it out and get some good information on domain names, getting cheap traffic to your website. Also a new post on another way of earning some extra income "Adsense," with ideas on creating a website using it as well as affiliate and retail sites.
If you are actually interested in starting a website business and even if you are only thinking about it, I have a free newsletter that has some really good information and ideas on how to start a business online. It's free and your welcome to it. You sign up here.
Or you can go to http://easysitespro.com, email is all that is needed.
Later,
Claire
Monday, February 16, 2009
How Was Your Valentine's Day?
This was the most crazy, hectic Valentine's Day ever. I was just trying to do it all and it all came in at me at once on Friday the 13th. I'm wasn't superstitious, but I think I am now.
I was running wholesale and retail floral sites, involving shipping and direct driving deliveries, also an affiliate floral site(which was the easiest but I was really making sure the specials were updated) and I was doing my night club sales. I had a new girl want to come work with me and I thought, great idea for Valentine's weekend, NOT!!! I already had enough new things going on so I should have cooled it but I think by that time I couldn't think.
I was about to go selling on Friday around 7 and that's when I found out about a mistake that actually could have been discovered days before but I and the customer involved had been too busy to realize it. I think he was having a Friday the 13th as well.
Between fixing that problem and preparing roses and a map for a girl whose car broke down right away anyway---I didn't get to sell until 11 bleeping 45, on the night before Valentine's Day(when I normally would have been out there by 8) and when I arrived at my first place a girl had just been in there selling these cute novelty wooden roses. I was getting really superstitious by this time and looked at the clock every time I went by hoping it would turn 12 and be the 14th.
It wasn't bad for such a short night--which means it could have been great, if I had gotten out on time. But oh well, I definitely learned some business lessons and I do learn from my mistakes. I do keep going back to taking more than I can chew though.
It is good to be productive though, that's the only way to get anywhere but it's good to be smart about it.
My actual Valentine's Day was great though. I got out on time, I still couldn't make it everywhere because I was so busy dealing with sales--that's a good thing. It was a mad rush but it was fun and that night was just like I said, where you can just enjoy it as it's last thing you are going to do to make the most of Valentine's Day.
If you are any kind of rose seller, florist or wholesaler, you know the stress and the joy of the occasion.
I have a You Tube video here that I think is inspirational for all sales people by a motivational speaker, Grant Cardone, who I have seen live and that's why I thought to look for this. I may put another video bar in with his videos as they help you with sales in your job and life.
I was running wholesale and retail floral sites, involving shipping and direct driving deliveries, also an affiliate floral site(which was the easiest but I was really making sure the specials were updated) and I was doing my night club sales. I had a new girl want to come work with me and I thought, great idea for Valentine's weekend, NOT!!! I already had enough new things going on so I should have cooled it but I think by that time I couldn't think.
I was about to go selling on Friday around 7 and that's when I found out about a mistake that actually could have been discovered days before but I and the customer involved had been too busy to realize it. I think he was having a Friday the 13th as well.
Between fixing that problem and preparing roses and a map for a girl whose car broke down right away anyway---I didn't get to sell until 11 bleeping 45, on the night before Valentine's Day(when I normally would have been out there by 8) and when I arrived at my first place a girl had just been in there selling these cute novelty wooden roses. I was getting really superstitious by this time and looked at the clock every time I went by hoping it would turn 12 and be the 14th.
It wasn't bad for such a short night--which means it could have been great, if I had gotten out on time. But oh well, I definitely learned some business lessons and I do learn from my mistakes. I do keep going back to taking more than I can chew though.
It is good to be productive though, that's the only way to get anywhere but it's good to be smart about it.
My actual Valentine's Day was great though. I got out on time, I still couldn't make it everywhere because I was so busy dealing with sales--that's a good thing. It was a mad rush but it was fun and that night was just like I said, where you can just enjoy it as it's last thing you are going to do to make the most of Valentine's Day.
If you are any kind of rose seller, florist or wholesaler, you know the stress and the joy of the occasion.
I have a You Tube video here that I think is inspirational for all sales people by a motivational speaker, Grant Cardone, who I have seen live and that's why I thought to look for this. I may put another video bar in with his videos as they help you with sales in your job and life.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Affiliate Site Demo
I hope you went to my other blog to look at the demo on how you can use Site Builder and Paypal to create a website in minutes. I now have a video bar here so you can see it on the right.
I made another demo that shows you how you can create an even easier business online. You just use affiliate links from Linkshare or Commission Junction or others which are all free to join and get the great templates and Site Builder they have at Homestead to quickly create some webpages. Watch the demo for now. In later entries I'll be getting into more information on which companies to affiliate with to make the best commissions and the strategies you can use to get visitors.
There's also one showing how to put a lead capture form on the page and it is literally only 2 minutes long because that is all the time that it takes.
I made another demo that shows you how you can create an even easier business online. You just use affiliate links from Linkshare or Commission Junction or others which are all free to join and get the great templates and Site Builder they have at Homestead to quickly create some webpages. Watch the demo for now. In later entries I'll be getting into more information on which companies to affiliate with to make the best commissions and the strategies you can use to get visitors.
There's also one showing how to put a lead capture form on the page and it is literally only 2 minutes long because that is all the time that it takes.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Gearing up for Valentine's Day Nightclub Rose selling
Make sure you've got roses for Valentine's Day, it's going to be a good one as it falls on a Saturday so lots of people will be out that night celebrating. Not only that it will be a great Friday night as well, because by Saturday night, many guys will have already bought their girl their Valentine roses. Even so don't worry, most will still buy a rose or bouquet on Valentine's Day anyway, plus friends buy friends roses---it's your best rose selling day. But as I was saying on Friday you'll have a good chance that they will buy the big gift from you, so it would be good to have some bouquets. Either way, you'll do great. You may sell your whole basket a few times too. You experienced rose sellers know I'm not kidding.
I'm already getting more sales because V-day is coming. I'm planning on going out more on the weeknights now up until Valentine's Day. It's also a good time to try some of those car dealerships in the day, I talk about in my newsletter.
It does make me a bit stressed and nervous this time of year. I've had some rose seller friends say the same, mainly the ones that plan a lot of extra things, like me, around Valentine's Day for selling roses.
But when the night finally comes and all I've got to think about is selling roses for the night(even though it's still quite a panic getting from place to place fast enough), it's just like my favorite holiday. It's almost better than Christmas to me now. But it reminds me more of Halloween. I don't know why, I guess it's like trick or treating for money.
Anyway good luck and make sure you'll have roses to sell. See my post on this. I still have roses
on my site but you should reserve some if you want long stem red as I believe my Valentine's shipment will go fast, I've already got much of it pre-sold, but I do have the medium stem as well.
Happy Valentine's Day in advance,
Claire Mesa
I'm already getting more sales because V-day is coming. I'm planning on going out more on the weeknights now up until Valentine's Day. It's also a good time to try some of those car dealerships in the day, I talk about in my newsletter.
It does make me a bit stressed and nervous this time of year. I've had some rose seller friends say the same, mainly the ones that plan a lot of extra things, like me, around Valentine's Day for selling roses.
But when the night finally comes and all I've got to think about is selling roses for the night(even though it's still quite a panic getting from place to place fast enough), it's just like my favorite holiday. It's almost better than Christmas to me now. But it reminds me more of Halloween. I don't know why, I guess it's like trick or treating for money.
Anyway good luck and make sure you'll have roses to sell. See my post on this. I still have roses
on my site but you should reserve some if you want long stem red as I believe my Valentine's shipment will go fast, I've already got much of it pre-sold, but I do have the medium stem as well.
Happy Valentine's Day in advance,
Claire Mesa
Thursday, January 29, 2009
I've been making a Site builder demo
I really like this site builder I've been telling you about so I making a little demo so you can see how easy it is to use and how quickly you can get something up and running that you only had time to think about. I'm having fun with my new Camstasia software too.
I thought about my oldest son. I asked him to send me some snake pictures, he didn't know why.
I know he could totally make his own website using something like Dreamweaver but maybe doesn't have the time to get it done too quickly.
He is in the snake business. I don't know a thing about them but I thought I'd use that as my theme this time.
So this is a demo on how you might use Site Builder to create a website where you sell your own product, including how easily you can put paypal buttons on your site.
Next time I'll make a demo on how you can create a profitable affiliate marketing site with Site Builder. I'm going to be talking a lot more about this on my other blog, so stay tuned to that if your interested in this.
Anyway they have a whole month free trial, this is the only web hosting I found with that and if your only going to be having one website, it's only $4.99 for three months then goes up to $9.99. I've been using it and I definitely think it's worth it, just for the fact it has that free awesome site builder. But it does all kinds of things, keeps track of the stats of your site ie you can see how many people visited, from what website or search engine they came from. You can sign up for a free trial from this link directly or go to my website buildyourownbusiness.homestead.com and there's a sign-up link there and more information about paypal and other resources you can use in conjunction with it, plus some good information on some good businesses you can get into.
The demo will be ready shortly.
Stay tuned,
Claire
I thought about my oldest son. I asked him to send me some snake pictures, he didn't know why.
I know he could totally make his own website using something like Dreamweaver but maybe doesn't have the time to get it done too quickly.
He is in the snake business. I don't know a thing about them but I thought I'd use that as my theme this time.
So this is a demo on how you might use Site Builder to create a website where you sell your own product, including how easily you can put paypal buttons on your site.
Next time I'll make a demo on how you can create a profitable affiliate marketing site with Site Builder. I'm going to be talking a lot more about this on my other blog, so stay tuned to that if your interested in this.
Anyway they have a whole month free trial, this is the only web hosting I found with that and if your only going to be having one website, it's only $4.99 for three months then goes up to $9.99. I've been using it and I definitely think it's worth it, just for the fact it has that free awesome site builder. But it does all kinds of things, keeps track of the stats of your site ie you can see how many people visited, from what website or search engine they came from. You can sign up for a free trial from this link directly or go to my website buildyourownbusiness.homestead.com and there's a sign-up link there and more information about paypal and other resources you can use in conjunction with it, plus some good information on some good businesses you can get into.
The demo will be ready shortly.
Stay tuned,
Claire
Monday, January 26, 2009
Information on the best and cheapest resources for Valentine roses
It's been so long since I've posted anything!! I have been quite busy with my websites and roses, preparing for Valentines Day etc...
Some of you may be consumers of roses and since I definitely know where the best deals on that are I can't neglect to let you in on it.
Firstly, I've created an information page on one of my websites which gives you the actual prices from the top internet floral sites on their premium long stem roses and the delivery costs, so that you don't have to surf all over the place and then go through their checkout before you find the total cost: http://www.easygiftsandflowers.com/bestprices.html
I also have some options where regular consumers who want to give gifts can buy from my wholesale website on a new page created for the public: http://roseladywholesale.com/public.html. You can get a dozen actual high quality premium long stem red roses for only $29.99 and you can deals on 25, 50 or 75 roses. Why so cheap? Only because there are less middlemen and I'm being a little crazy right now as this is a new internet business. I have no problem selling these same roses for $5 a piece.
Anyway wholesale is definitely the way to go as the flowers are fresher and cost less. In fact I will soon do a price comparison on my blog on wholesale florists.
I also have a page on my retail site dedicated to my own roses: http://www.easygiftsandflowers.com/Claires.html or simply use beautifuldiscountflowers.com which will get you to the same web page, which has been there for some time but has more options now as far as where they can be delivered. I can say my prices are the lowest available for high quality long stem roses and I have some free delivery specials going on, on both sites.
The above page is for my roses and I thought some people might want to know how get some even if they are not selling roses but my site Easy Gifts and Flowers has roses, flowers, chocolates and all best internet floral and gift sites to give you plenty of variety and don't forget to check out that price comparison page, it's invaluable and will save you a lot of time.
If your fine with short stem roses here is a really good deal I've found on those :
Some of you may be consumers of roses and since I definitely know where the best deals on that are I can't neglect to let you in on it.
Firstly, I've created an information page on one of my websites which gives you the actual prices from the top internet floral sites on their premium long stem roses and the delivery costs, so that you don't have to surf all over the place and then go through their checkout before you find the total cost: http://www.easygiftsandflowers.com/bestprices.html
I also have some options where regular consumers who want to give gifts can buy from my wholesale website on a new page created for the public: http://roseladywholesale.com/public.html. You can get a dozen actual high quality premium long stem red roses for only $29.99 and you can deals on 25, 50 or 75 roses. Why so cheap? Only because there are less middlemen and I'm being a little crazy right now as this is a new internet business. I have no problem selling these same roses for $5 a piece.
Anyway wholesale is definitely the way to go as the flowers are fresher and cost less. In fact I will soon do a price comparison on my blog on wholesale florists.
I also have a page on my retail site dedicated to my own roses: http://www.easygiftsandflowers.com/Claires.html or simply use beautifuldiscountflowers.com which will get you to the same web page, which has been there for some time but has more options now as far as where they can be delivered. I can say my prices are the lowest available for high quality long stem roses and I have some free delivery specials going on, on both sites.
The above page is for my roses and I thought some people might want to know how get some even if they are not selling roses but my site Easy Gifts and Flowers has roses, flowers, chocolates and all best internet floral and gift sites to give you plenty of variety and don't forget to check out that price comparison page, it's invaluable and will save you a lot of time.
If your fine with short stem roses here is a really good deal I've found on those :
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Valentine's Day and Wholesale Rose Prices
I've had some comments on my blog and email asking questions about this and this is a good thing to discuss right now. See my earlier post as well on Valentine's Day.
I had mentioned that if you are a regular predictable customer of a wholesale florist you can usually get your prices locked in for Valentine's Day so you keep the prices you've had all year.
That does go for my wholesale florist business as well. Most wholesale florists require a set in stone standing order to keep the prices down all year. I personally just need it fairly predictable because I have to keep a standing order with the importer to get one for you.
Usually standing orders with the wholesaler are done by December to lock in those prices.
As of right now I can still sell long stem red roses, which is the most expensive thing you can get from a wholesaler, now through Valentine's Day at my regular prices which are on my website.
A new rose seller mentioned paying $1.40 per stem for long stem red roses. This is quite high but you can expect to pay that and more this time of year.
My long stem red, which is Night Fever, read the post on these, is $1.13 per stem for 75 and $1.06 for a box of 150 which includes a Free Shipping special, so that's the price delivered right to the door.
I also have a newbie special running, where you can just buy 25 roses, they will be already stripped, come with all the tubes, sleeves and baby's breath you need with that, plus an instruction book on rose selling and preparation, a sample prepared rose, with free shipping for
$34.99 and the same package with 50 roses for $59.99. The cost of the roses themselves(which are the long stem red roses) is less than .75 per rose if you subtract the cost of all that comes with it. So my roses are on sale with a special on free shipping at a time of year roses are sky high.
Roses do go into very high demand from florists and the public very soon, if you are experienced you know this is true. So regarding the question on my prices, they stand for right now. As of this week you can lock in prices and be sure to keep it for Valentine's Day but it really is on a first come first serve basis as I have only a certain size order I'm allowed to get from the importer at my normal price than my costs will go up quite high if I want more. If you let me know now than you've got it.
Later,
Claire
I had mentioned that if you are a regular predictable customer of a wholesale florist you can usually get your prices locked in for Valentine's Day so you keep the prices you've had all year.
That does go for my wholesale florist business as well. Most wholesale florists require a set in stone standing order to keep the prices down all year. I personally just need it fairly predictable because I have to keep a standing order with the importer to get one for you.
Usually standing orders with the wholesaler are done by December to lock in those prices.
As of right now I can still sell long stem red roses, which is the most expensive thing you can get from a wholesaler, now through Valentine's Day at my regular prices which are on my website.
A new rose seller mentioned paying $1.40 per stem for long stem red roses. This is quite high but you can expect to pay that and more this time of year.
My long stem red, which is Night Fever, read the post on these, is $1.13 per stem for 75 and $1.06 for a box of 150 which includes a Free Shipping special, so that's the price delivered right to the door.
I also have a newbie special running, where you can just buy 25 roses, they will be already stripped, come with all the tubes, sleeves and baby's breath you need with that, plus an instruction book on rose selling and preparation, a sample prepared rose, with free shipping for
$34.99 and the same package with 50 roses for $59.99. The cost of the roses themselves(which are the long stem red roses) is less than .75 per rose if you subtract the cost of all that comes with it. So my roses are on sale with a special on free shipping at a time of year roses are sky high.
Roses do go into very high demand from florists and the public very soon, if you are experienced you know this is true. So regarding the question on my prices, they stand for right now. As of this week you can lock in prices and be sure to keep it for Valentine's Day but it really is on a first come first serve basis as I have only a certain size order I'm allowed to get from the importer at my normal price than my costs will go up quite high if I want more. If you let me know now than you've got it.
Later,
Claire
Thursday, January 8, 2009
A Comment on Work Roses
If you are an experience rose seller or florist, you know what I'm talking about. For florists I think they have certain uses. For example I knew a florist that used them for funerals because they were going to go in the ground anyway.
If you don't know, they are just older roses that the wholesaler is selling and he is suppose to let you know that's what they are and sell them for a lower price.
When I first sold roses, the person who taught me suggested I buy these because they were cheap and at the place they were selling them they really appeared not so bad. After enough experience with them( I put them in my own vase at home to test them), I learned I really couldn't rely on how long they would last and some were obviously not good from the start. For a few cents more per rose I got much better roses that had a much more impressive lifespan. I've seen other wholesale places call roses in much worse condition than the above, work roses.
Some rose sellers don't mind selling these and I can tell that's what they are selling. I've seen some pretty bad ones. I don't know what they are thinking.
Actually I do know as I've heard this even from wholesalers before. Oh, the customers are drunk and they'll leave it in the bar and they will never see you again.
Never see me again, believe me some of these bars and nightclubs have some really regular customers.
I think that's crazy. Why would you want to rip off your customer? They aren't going to keep buying from you if the rose turns out to be crappy.
How do you stay ahead of competition and get repeat business? Obviously- have a great product. Customers do comment on roses that last and big beautiful roses. They also comment when someone has sold them a bad rose.
I had a friend who was a rose lady and she told me the above about selling old roses--they're drinking etc... I told her my thoughts on it as I've mentioned and she did have competition on her route, so she took my advice and she was very happy with the results.
The rose sellers I sell my wholesale roses to are very particular about their roses being fresh and high quality and I'd be the last person to try to give rose sellers a bad name. But there are different opinions about it so I thought is was something worth commenting on.
Happy sales,
Claire
If you don't know, they are just older roses that the wholesaler is selling and he is suppose to let you know that's what they are and sell them for a lower price.
When I first sold roses, the person who taught me suggested I buy these because they were cheap and at the place they were selling them they really appeared not so bad. After enough experience with them( I put them in my own vase at home to test them), I learned I really couldn't rely on how long they would last and some were obviously not good from the start. For a few cents more per rose I got much better roses that had a much more impressive lifespan. I've seen other wholesale places call roses in much worse condition than the above, work roses.
Some rose sellers don't mind selling these and I can tell that's what they are selling. I've seen some pretty bad ones. I don't know what they are thinking.
Actually I do know as I've heard this even from wholesalers before. Oh, the customers are drunk and they'll leave it in the bar and they will never see you again.
Never see me again, believe me some of these bars and nightclubs have some really regular customers.
I think that's crazy. Why would you want to rip off your customer? They aren't going to keep buying from you if the rose turns out to be crappy.
How do you stay ahead of competition and get repeat business? Obviously- have a great product. Customers do comment on roses that last and big beautiful roses. They also comment when someone has sold them a bad rose.
I had a friend who was a rose lady and she told me the above about selling old roses--they're drinking etc... I told her my thoughts on it as I've mentioned and she did have competition on her route, so she took my advice and she was very happy with the results.
The rose sellers I sell my wholesale roses to are very particular about their roses being fresh and high quality and I'd be the last person to try to give rose sellers a bad name. But there are different opinions about it so I thought is was something worth commenting on.
Happy sales,
Claire
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
New Blog
I started a new blog. It's at www.buildabusinessnow.blogspot.com. It's just for people who are not interested in what I have to say about rose selling but just interested in starting a business online.
I will still talk about that here as well and you'll probably see the same post on my other blog.
I also have a new website www.buildyourownbusiness.homestead.com where you can learn how to create an online business from scratch starting with easy, professional do it yourself websites and including some great cheap ideas on exactly what kind of businesses you can put on there.
I have some step by step Camtasia demos on exactly how to do this. I'll be posting a short demo on this blog soon but if you'd like to see the full set on "How to create your own online work at home business" you can send me your email address here.
Bye,
Claire
I will still talk about that here as well and you'll probably see the same post on my other blog.
I also have a new website www.buildyourownbusiness.homestead.com where you can learn how to create an online business from scratch starting with easy, professional do it yourself websites and including some great cheap ideas on exactly what kind of businesses you can put on there.
I have some step by step Camtasia demos on exactly how to do this. I'll be posting a short demo on this blog soon but if you'd like to see the full set on "How to create your own online work at home business" you can send me your email address here.
Bye,
Claire
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year! (And Heads Up on Valentine's Day)
So how was your New Years? I went rose selling of course. It's one of the nights you can be sure to have great sales. Right before and right after the clock strikes 12 there seems to be a rush on rose purchases which continues late into the night.
The next really big holiday is of course Valentine's Day. If you're not a rose seller yet and you've been thinking about doing it, this is the time to get started so by the time V-Day comes you've got it down. Also if the first time you purchase roses to sell is Valentine's week, you are in for paying some high prices from any wholesaler, as the prices from the farms go way up on all their purchases except for those which they have standing orders for. If you become a regular customer fairly soon you will be locked into a significantly better price than if you wait. At this point the prices have already gone up but nothing like it will be closer to Valentine's Day. It will go down for a bit after V-Day and then you should quickly lock in a better price before Mother's Day. But you don't want to miss getting to sell on Valentine's Day especially since this year it falls on a Saturday which will make it an even bigger date night. You won't to miss the week or two prior either.
In fact starting with Christmas time all the way through Father's Day, it is the best time of year to sell.
Happy Selling,
Claire
The next really big holiday is of course Valentine's Day. If you're not a rose seller yet and you've been thinking about doing it, this is the time to get started so by the time V-Day comes you've got it down. Also if the first time you purchase roses to sell is Valentine's week, you are in for paying some high prices from any wholesaler, as the prices from the farms go way up on all their purchases except for those which they have standing orders for. If you become a regular customer fairly soon you will be locked into a significantly better price than if you wait. At this point the prices have already gone up but nothing like it will be closer to Valentine's Day. It will go down for a bit after V-Day and then you should quickly lock in a better price before Mother's Day. But you don't want to miss getting to sell on Valentine's Day especially since this year it falls on a Saturday which will make it an even bigger date night. You won't to miss the week or two prior either.
In fact starting with Christmas time all the way through Father's Day, it is the best time of year to sell.
Happy Selling,
Claire
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