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Green growth with drop shipment: the future for plant web shops
Selling plants and flowers online is a growing business. Consumers are increasingly ordering their green purchases via web shops instead of the traditional garden centers and florists. A great opportunity for enterprising online stores to capitalize on this green wave!
But how do you approach the logistics for these special, fresh products? Keeping a stock of plants and flowers yourself is quite risky. What if they are not sold on time? Then you’ll soon be left to waste. Fortunately, there is a smart solution for this: drop shipment!
What is dropshipment?
With drop shipping, as an online store you do not keep any stock at all. Instead, you receive your customers’ orders and forward them to a logistics partner such as Perfect Plant Deal. We then ship the plants directly from our distribution center to the customer. So you don’t have to worry about storage, packaging or shipping!
This model offers a number of important advantages for online stores that sell plants and flowers:
1: No inventory risk
Because you do not have to keep stock yourself, you do not run the risk of overstock or waste of vulnerable products. This not only saves you storage space, but also the associated costs of inventory management.
2: Wide range without stock investments
Through drop shipment you can present an extensive range of plants and flowers to your customers, without having to make any investments yourself. The stock is managed by your drop shipment partner.
3: Lower shipping costs
Because the plants go directly from the distribution center to the customer, you save on shipping costs. The logistics partner can map out and bundle efficient routes.
4: Fast and fresh delivery
With a specialized dropshipment partner like Perfect Plant Deal, you benefit from fast, cool shipments so that your plants arrive at the customer in top condition. We work with specially developed packaging and refrigerated trucks.
Success factors for smooth drop shipment
Of course, not every dropshipment partner is the same. To really use this logistics model successfully, it is important to choose a reliable and experienced player who specializes in the online sale of plants and flowers.
The partner must have access to a wide and current range that is adjusted seasonally. In addition, an efficient processing process is crucial for fast delivery within 48-72 hours. And of course, special plant packaging and refrigerated shipping must be used.
At Perfect Plant Deal we have years of expertise in this area. Our extensive network of growers provides us with more than 150 different types of top-quality plants. With our advanced distribution center and data-driven inventory policy, we can respond quickly to demand.
Greener future for drop shipping
Drop shipping has been a popular model in other e-commerce industries such as clothing and electronics for some time now. But it seems to have the future for the plant industry. More and more online stores are embracing this model to expand their green offering without logistical hassle.
Consumers appreciate the fast and fresh delivery of plants that is possible via drop shipment. And for web shops it offers an efficient and sustainable way of doing business without waste or overstock.
At Perfect Plant Deal we believe that drop shipment will become the standard for selling plants and flowers online. Do you want to ride this green wave as an online store? Please contact us quickly for a flourishing collaboration!
Have a question?
We are always ready to help you. Please feel free to contact our green team.