My name is Cindy and I am the managing member of CVU, LLC dba Vecchiola's Florals registered in Ohio. We are an internet based all occasion florist. Our website is vecchiolas.com.
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BOSS
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It seems you can't purchase anything on your site... that's odd for an "internet based florist"...
BTW, whose images are those?
I'm sorry, I should have given more details, I didn't realize the process.... and thanks for the warm welcome - wouldn't have expected anything else from a wolverine 
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Thank you for viewing the site, it's a work in progress. I checked my "Order" icon and it directed me to paypal as it should have, seems to be working correctly. Some of the images are mine from events, some I did and had photographed at a studio before I realized the Ohio Florist Association publishes a free gallery, and some I pulled off FTD and Proposterous Flowers.com.
In ohio, if you don't have a fixed retail commercial location, you are a transient vendor for sales tax purposes, and I think internet-based sounds more professional than home-based and... my customer base are businesses and young brides - and perception is reality.
I target market by mail, hand delivering samples to offices, tagging upscale apartments and at bridal expos. The same techniques I used in selling homes and leasing commercial real estate before deciding that, after losing my dad... another business... $60,000 on my house... and helping my mom through chemotherapy... life is short and I should be doing something I love.
I'm small and independent and new to this business, but like a lot of you I'm sure I love to entertain and I'm good at it. I have also run a small business before, been in management and sales so I think I'm qualified to operate this one. I will be working events in Ohio, WV, IN and KY and will do all occasion in the Columbus, Ohio area.
I've read through some of the blogs and they were quite helpful already - I'm looking forward to getting to know you all better -
My background is in real estate sales and apartment, condo and commercial leasing. I'm 51 years old and I thought it was time I put my heart into something I love for a change. I look foward to the time when I can afford to open my own shop - it would be a dream come true.
.Thank you for viewing the site, it's a work in progress. I checked my "Order" icon and it directed me to paypal as it should have, seems to be working correctly. Some of the images are mine from events, some I did and had photographed at a studio before I realized the Ohio Florist Association publishes a free gallery, and some I pulled off FTD and Proposterous Flowers.com.
In ohio, if you don't have a fixed retail commercial location, you are a transient vendor for sales tax purposes, and I think internet-based sounds more professional than home-based and... my customer base are businesses and young brides - and perception is reality.
I target market by mail, hand delivering samples to offices, tagging upscale apartments and at bridal expos. The same techniques I used in selling homes and leasing commercial real estate before deciding that, after losing my dad... another business... $60,000 on my house... and helping my mom through chemotherapy... life is short and I should be doing something I love.
I'm small and independent and new to this business, but like a lot of you I'm sure I love to entertain and I'm good at it. I have also run a small business before, been in management and sales so I think I'm qualified to operate this one. I will be working events in Ohio, WV, IN and KY and will do all occasion in the Columbus, Ohio area.
I've read through some of the blogs and they were quite helpful already - I'm looking forward to getting to know you all better -
My background is in real estate sales and apartment, condo and commercial leasing. I'm 51 years old and I thought it was time I put my heart into something I love for a change. I look foward to the time when I can afford to open my own shop - it would be a dream come true.
anytimeflowers
Linda
Hello Cindy, welcome to flowerchat.
I have to confess, I jumped to the same conclusion that Mark did when I first read your introduction. Internet Florist to us means somebody who simply sets up a website to snag floral orders and take a fee, then send those gathered orders on to a real florist through one of the wire services. Thank you for the definition, and now, I am very glad you found us!
Linda
I have to confess, I jumped to the same conclusion that Mark did when I first read your introduction. Internet Florist to us means somebody who simply sets up a website to snag floral orders and take a fee, then send those gathered orders on to a real florist through one of the wire services. Thank you for the definition, and now, I am very glad you found us!
Linda
BOSS
FlowerChat Administrator
BOSS's Quote of the day!
What I meant by "purchasing online" was that when I clicked an image, it did not give me an option to purchase... I did not see the other method, but will take another look today...
Welcome to the *Floral ZOO* that the FlowerChat Community is.... poke about, there's a lot to read here...
BOSS
Good to see you have a sense of humor anyway... and thanks for the "details"...thanks for the warm welcome - wouldn't have expected anything else from a wolverine
What I meant by "purchasing online" was that when I clicked an image, it did not give me an option to purchase... I did not see the other method, but will take another look today...
Welcome to the *Floral ZOO* that the FlowerChat Community is.... poke about, there's a lot to read here...
BOSS
Rhonda
Well-Known Member
pulled off FTD is a trademark infringement. I wouldn't let that out so easily....
Welcome...
Welcome...
Ah ha - thanks for the heads up, I never thought to link the pictures to the order form - will do this a.m.
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