We’ve been asked to explain how we’re different to the industry giant, Flower Store In a Box.
With a combined experience in floristry of over 55 years and web development experience of over 15 years, our team understands what it takes to make it work for florists. We customise every build to make sure it does exactly what a florist needs. This includes essential features like charging for delivery by suburb not postcode (or by any other method you want), delivery dates with customisable cut-off times, card messages, and printable worksheets for every order that are easy for your designers to read.
We also take great care and pride ensuring any content we add or create is spelling and grammar checked, in Australian English not US English.
 | Flower Store In A Box | ||||
Startup Package | Professional Package | Starter Package | Premium Package | Innovator Package | |
Web Design Experience | 15+ years | 20 years | |||
Offering this product for... | 12 years | ||||
Floristry Experience | 55+ years' combined floristry experience, second- and third-generation florists | ??? | |||
Petals Network integration | Yes | No | |||
Standard Maximum Setup Cost | $2,000 | $6,250 | $3,600 | $6,000 | $12,000 |
Upfront Payment Discount | $300 | $937.50 | $180 | $600 | $1,200 |
Products/Categories | Unlimited | ||||
Products added for you | 10 | 150 | 50 | 100 | Either 100 or 200, it's not clear |
Categories added for you | 3 | 50 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Pre-designed template website | No | Yes | No | ||
Custom design from the ground up | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Custom SEO-friendly landing pages | One for every suburb you deliver to | Paid addon, $550/yr for 40 | 40 | ||
Full access | Yes | FTP access negates support | |||
Future-proof | Yes - we monitor all WordPress and plugin updates for you, and only release ones that improve and/or secure your site. We are also continually developing our offering, reducing the number of plugins needed to operate your site by incorporating features into our own single plugin. | Yes - custom-built proprietary software | |||
Open Source | Yes - if you 100% self-manage your site later, or move to another provider, you can take your whole site with you, code included. | No | |||
Choice of Hosting Plan and/or Provider | Yes, or host on our Australian servers | No choice of provider, can upgrade to a VPS for $249.95/mo. Unclear whether servers are in Australia or not | |||
SSL security | Included | $149/year | |||
What about the DIY options?
FSIAB DIY
$1200 and you’re locked into FSIAB hosting or VPS as mentioned above.
BAKKBONE DIY
Use any software you like alongside our industry-leading free and open-source WordPress Plugin. We’ll happily guide you through setup if our plugin documentation doesn’t meet your needs or you’re new to DIY web building. You can choose to host your site with us, or absolutely anywhere you please.
Information accurate as at 8th March 2023
