floral delivery services

Online flower delivery services are websites that allow you to place floral and allied gifting orders by browsing an online catalogue.

Types of service

Services are broadly divided into three categories: Local Florist, Order Broker and Courier.

Local florist

Local florist websites offer arrangements and bouquets for direct delivery in the geographic areas physically serviced by their companies' own vans and personnel. This service is also known as 'hand delivered' and has the advantage of presenting shoppers with the precise items available for delivery on a same-day basis. Local delivery charges are generally displayed as a separate fee. Florists in the Yahoo! Directory.

Order broker

Order brokers are third-party agents that display arrangement and bouquet images and then transfer orders to affiliated local florists for fulfillment and hand delivery. Shoppers pay additional service fees as well as the local delivery charges which are generally included in the price displayed with each product. The advantage of this service is the consolidation of purchases for delivery to multiple locations through a single website.

Most local florists also offer order brokering services for national and international delivery.