I started a new thread for this one because I wanted to make sure that those involved saw it, and that FTD, Teleflora and the folks from the other two saw it too.
Honest Florist, as we all know, is not so honest these days. Knowing Aron will see this, let me save you a phone call, don't bother, I'm out of town til Monday... look at this page carefully: http://www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com/ ........ I estimate there are perhaps 5000 of these pages of various configurations... when you click the link to enter the "store" it goes through lynksynergy... a PPC outfit.
Next we have Discount Flowers with URL's based in Nassau Bahamas as evidenced here: http://flint-discount-flower-delivery.com/ ..... this is a local listing for me found through a Google search today for the terms 'discount flowers, flint' check your city. We have found many of these listing throughout the US the last couple weeks, even in cities where we *know* there is NO florist. All have local addresses and unlisted phone numbers, many using addresses that exist, but in cities that have no local shop. When you call the numbers listed they either do not answer, or they ring repeatedly until they click over to a busy signal.
Doing a Google search for 'discount flowers, city name' or 'cheap flowers, city name' and these folks have the top spot in every search I did. And we know cash strapped consumers will more and more be doing these types of keyword searches as their wallets shrink.
FTD is helping to get these orders placed according to those in control of these domains at the FTD Top Member trip last week. It'll be interesting to see them outed....
Kudo's to Teleflora for separating themselves from these folks.
Urban Florist is alive and well... as we know they reconstituted themselves as e-floristinc.com and while they WERE a Teleflora member in the beginning, they were cut loose long ago, and no reside with Floral Source, in their stable of order gatherers. FSI these days chooses to fax their orders out as company orders as far as I can tell (could be wrong, I was once) both to CLOAK where they really originate from and knowing that upwards of 16-22% will never be reported for payment, thus they make 100% profit on those unreported orders.
More to come later today as I do some more digging.
And some folks wonder why I cut the cord with the wires... putooie
Ya'll keep filling for these thieves, and at the same time whine about not making any money. Filling ANY **Company Order** is NOT in the best interest of your business. But you go ahead and keep telling yourself the incremental-marginal-non-existent-meager NET Profit is worth killing the industry...
Putooie-putooie... don't come whining to me, I have no patience for those who fill rather than stand up and say no...and then complain about how bad business is.
Honest Florist, as we all know, is not so honest these days. Knowing Aron will see this, let me save you a phone call, don't bother, I'm out of town til Monday... look at this page carefully: http://www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com/ ........ I estimate there are perhaps 5000 of these pages of various configurations... when you click the link to enter the "store" it goes through lynksynergy... a PPC outfit.
Next we have Discount Flowers with URL's based in Nassau Bahamas as evidenced here: http://flint-discount-flower-delivery.com/ ..... this is a local listing for me found through a Google search today for the terms 'discount flowers, flint' check your city. We have found many of these listing throughout the US the last couple weeks, even in cities where we *know* there is NO florist. All have local addresses and unlisted phone numbers, many using addresses that exist, but in cities that have no local shop. When you call the numbers listed they either do not answer, or they ring repeatedly until they click over to a busy signal.
Doing a Google search for 'discount flowers, city name' or 'cheap flowers, city name' and these folks have the top spot in every search I did. And we know cash strapped consumers will more and more be doing these types of keyword searches as their wallets shrink.
FTD is helping to get these orders placed according to those in control of these domains at the FTD Top Member trip last week. It'll be interesting to see them outed....
Kudo's to Teleflora for separating themselves from these folks.
Urban Florist is alive and well... as we know they reconstituted themselves as e-floristinc.com and while they WERE a Teleflora member in the beginning, they were cut loose long ago, and no reside with Floral Source, in their stable of order gatherers. FSI these days chooses to fax their orders out as company orders as far as I can tell (could be wrong, I was once) both to CLOAK where they really originate from and knowing that upwards of 16-22% will never be reported for payment, thus they make 100% profit on those unreported orders.
More to come later today as I do some more digging.
And some folks wonder why I cut the cord with the wires... putooie
Ya'll keep filling for these thieves, and at the same time whine about not making any money. Filling ANY **Company Order** is NOT in the best interest of your business. But you go ahead and keep telling yourself the incremental-marginal-non-existent-meager NET Profit is worth killing the industry...
Putooie-putooie... don't come whining to me, I have no patience for those who fill rather than stand up and say no...and then complain about how bad business is.
