Comments on: Virtual Flowers on Valentines Day?

By: Matthew Chuck

Matthew Chuck — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:41:45 +0000

Cool Information!

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:53:15 +0000

Did the price of flowers go through the roof this year? I bought a bouquet that usually costs $5.99 for $16.99 yesterday. It was crazy.

By: Steve Elliott

Steve Elliott — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:11:58 +0000

How long will it be before someone tries to water their virtual flower, busts their pc, ends up in ER and then get’s on to their lawyers!

If I were to send virtual flowers, I could virtually guarantee a slot in the spare room !

By: Greg Howlett

Greg Howlett — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:01:38 +0000

Also, I have to keep reminding myself that I am out of touch. I do not get 90% of what happens in Facebook.

By: Greg Howlett

Greg Howlett — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:39:08 +0000

On the other hand, these guys might be geniuses. If I remember right, they are (or were) advertising in Second Life which to me is even more out there. I wonder how that is working out for them…

By: GoWFB

GoWFB — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:20:29 +0000

What a moronic idea; asking people to pay up so they get to send someone what would essentially be a picture of some flowers? I thought the virtual gift idea was stupid and a complete waste of time and effort, but see how popular it got, so there’s no accounting for peoples’ foolishness i suppose.

By: Joshua Wexelbaum

Joshua Wexelbaum — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:09:31 +0000

Sure, but do you guys think this is a profitable business model.. that people will pay up to $3 to send virtual flowers?

By: Elixir PPCer

Elixir PPCer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:47:06 +0000

I seem to remember sending virtual flowers to people 10 years ago — mostly to online friends from chat rooms and discussion groups. It went along with sending e-cards.

By: Seomotion

Seomotion — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:16:23 +0000

It is great Idea. It will be very good if there will be possibility to upload own models of flowers and other kinds of gifts

By: Joshua Wexelbaum

Joshua Wexelbaum — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:29:08 +0000

Regarding Bokayme.com, I think this is a fantastic idea with the wrong monetization strategy.

As I see it, this should be a completely free service that serves for additional branding/exposure for 1-800-Flowers.

Charging $3 bucks for virtual flowers? I have sincere doubts if that’s going to pull in any type of significant profit.

However, if they open the entire platform to a free model, there is more customer goodwill and increasing brand exposure.

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:26:10 +0000

Greg –

Thanks for the post. I certainly hope you don’t send Bokays to your wife instead of real flowers – and I’m sure she feels the same way. Our goal is to create a radically lower price point to allow you to say “Hey, I hope you’re having a great day” without breaking the bank.

As you point out, BokayMe is a hybrid free / premium model. If you want to send flowers to a mobile device, there is real value in that (and real cost) so we need to charge for it. If you want to send a Bokay to an email address, that service is free.

Regarding your feelings about 1-800-Flowers overall, I’m sorry if you’ve had a bad experience but I would be happy to talk to you about it in greater depth. Most people truly appreciate our service and our company.

Seth

slasser[at] 1800flowers.com