Even if they are just flowers, they can communicate to people. They bring message, such as of love, passion, respect, celebration, gratitude, apology, and sympathy. That is why floral arrangement can be a hot product of a business in any season. People look for them on Valentine’s Day, on wedding ceremonies, and on other events that flowers are essential. This February, especially on Valentine’s Day, flowers will bloom and businesses will boom. Flower shops will be expecting tons of flower sales on February 14. Lovers will be sending their love through flowers to their loved ones. Thus, if you are one of the romantic people who want to express their love through flowers, it’s important that you already have an idea where to look and buy them.
If you are far away from your special one or if you are currently in the other parts of the world, you can still break the distance by purchasing flowers through the Internet. To give you some tips, we have searched some of the well known flower shops in the country that have ecommerce enabled websites. The following is a list of online flower shops in the Philippines that can accommodate orders online and send them anywhere in the country.
IslandRose.net
Island Rose is one of the most popular flower Internet portals in the Philippines. With 13,453 likes on Facebook as of the date of this post, it shows that this website is pretty well-known to many Filipinos. Island Rose is the official e-commerce site of the Philippine Cut Flower Corporation (PCFC) – the largest retailer and wholesaler of roses in the country. It specializes in growing popular Dutch and French variety flowers using state-of-the art greenhouse facilities in the cool climate of Tagaytay, Philippines. The company claims to give their customers high quality, fresh, and fairly priced roses straight from the farm for delivery anywhere in the Philippines. Since they have their own flower farm, customers can get the flowers they want directly from Island Rose.
The company also sells chocolates, stuffed toys, scents, and accessories to supplement your orders. Island Rose accepts online payment through Paypal and credit card (VISA and Mastercard). Their eCommerce website has also been validated for secured online transactions by NetworkSolutions.com as of this post. For more information, check out Island Rose website here.
FlowersExpress.com.ph
Flower Express is owned and operated by eLBC Direct, Inc., an LBC company that is dedicated to providing Filipinos access to products and services apart from the traditional products offered by LBC. According to their website, Flower Express guarantees that their flowers are grown, selected and hand-picked by the best growers in the country and then shipped directly to you or your recipient, usually within24 hours of being cut. They offer free nationwide flower delivery. Customers can order online 24 hours a day and send the freshest flowers to their loved ones anywhere in the country.
Flowers Express also has an online gift shop in their website that offers products, such as chocolates, stuffed toys, fruit baskets, and gift baskets. They accept Visa and Mastercard credit cards for customers’ online payment. For more information, check out Flowers Express website here.
MyFlowerDepot.com
Flower Depot’s philosophy is to plant, grow, harvest and provide vibrant, living, and beautiful flowers with integrity. Their flowers are grown in the foothills of Mt. Kitanglad, where they aim to have a flower farm that upholds the sources of life, is sustainable, and wastes nothing. They claim to recognize ecological balance and do not feel the need to rely on chemicals, synthetics or pesticides, relying instead on nature itself to do the healing work for us. Their farm has a marketing office at the 2nd Floor of Madison Building, 904 Arnaiz St., Makati City.
Their products include roses, mixed bouquets, lilies and orchids, and charitable bouquets. Flower Depot also sells chocolates, stuffed animals, gift and hampers. It also seems that the company is giving discounts to selected products from time to time. They also offer monthly subscriptions where you can send flowers or bouquets every month, every 3 months or 4. For online purchase payments, they accept all major credit cards (American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Diners and Discover). You may also use Paypal or by ATM payment through their ATM processor Weepay. For more information, check out Flower Depot’s website here.
LarosaFlowerShop.com
La Rosa Flower shop started their flower shop business in the Philippines on 2000 with 2 shops in Quezon City. The company was founded by Ms. Emma San Jose, Mr. Livy Darocca and Ms. Sally San Jose. Each founder has more than a decade of experience in the Flower arrangement industry which serves as one of the strength of La Rosa as a company. Their vision is to provide beautiful and affordable flower arrangements to the Philippine market. Through their online flower shop, they are able to cater people from all over the world who want to send flowers in the Philippines. La Rosa offers all-occasion flower arrangements. They also offer add-ons products, such as stuffed toys, chocolates and balloons.
Their website accepts payment through Bank Deposits in Metrobank, Union Bank, Banco de Oro and Western Union. We have not seen any credit card payment option in the website, but it seems they accept Paypal at additional 7% on flower’s actual price. For more information, visit Larosa Flower Shop’s website here.
ManilaBlooms.com
Manila Blooms is an eCommerce flower shop owned and operated by Paraiso Flowers, from the family of the Encarnacion Bechaves Group, pioneer and firmly established name in the Philippine flower industry. They deliver to Metro Manila, Cebu City, Davao City, Iloilo City, Baguio City and other major cities in the Philippines. Manila Blooms offers roses, exotic, spring, orchids, bouquets, fruits, balloons, gifts, and gourmet in their categories of products.
To shop flowers and floral arrangements, just choose an item and add to your shopping cart. They accept all major credit card payments, such as VISA, Discover and American Express. Their eCommerce website is powered by 2Checkout.com, an online credit card processing company that enables websites to accept credit card payments with simple integration and secure transactions with all major credit cards. To learn more about Manila Blooms, check out their website here.
There may be other online flower shops in the Philippines that provide quality products and reliable services. If you know any one of them, you can suggest it to us by making a comment below. If you have any experience on the above companies, don’t hesitate to share it to us.
Disclaimer: We are not in any way associated or affiliated with all the online flower shops or companies above. This article only serves as an informational resource to give our readers ideas that they may find interesting and useful.
Victorino Q. Abrugar is a marketing strategist and business consultant from Tacloban City, Philippines. Vic has been in the online marketing industry for more than 7 years, practicing problogging, web development, content marketing, SEO, social media marketing, and consulting.
jane says
Thank you for the very useful information.