How to make money from scratch selling flowers for the holidays. New business ideas Make money on March 8 ideas
Answers to questions from site readers about the flower business.
Now let’s look a little at the number of flowers on March 8 and what bouquets should be made for this holiday.
The questions are below, the spelling of visitors has been preserved.
Elena: “please tell me how much flowers should be ordered and what bouquets are usually in demand on March 8th? Are bouquets more in demand or are they just single flowers?
We are planning to open the store by this date, because... I have no experience, it’s hard to navigate such issues.
thank you in advance!"
Maria: “ MichaelHello. Please give me some advice. I’m going to open a flower pavilion, but I can’t figure out how many goods I need to purchase at the initial stage. (what flowers and in what quantity) And approximately how many tulips are needed on March 8.”
Now let's get straight to the point.
Look, based on personal examples, on ordinary days in the provinces (everything that is not Moscow) one point brings 4000-8000 rubles. On Friday and Saturday (usually from spring to autumn), when there are weddings, income increases to 15,000-25,000 rubles per day.
On February 14, the income will be approximately 30,000 rubles (plus or minus). //Update. As of February 14, 2013, my relatives’ income amounted to approximately 60,000 rubles.//
On March 8 you can make 250,000-400,000 rubles.
But these are very general figures, since a lot depends on the region, on the place where you do flower business, on the number of competitors, on the mentality of people and income in a particular region (perhaps somewhere it is not customary to buy flowers so often, people may use alternatives, such as going to a restaurant or buying jewelry/clothes/a trip somewhere).
It also happens that on March 8th the whole city quickly sells out all the flowers and there are simply almost no flowers left. This is just a great chance to make money! Don't miss it, but you have to think about where to get the flowers. One year, March 8th was conventionally celebrated for 2 or 3 days, when first they congratulated everyone at work on Friday, then March 8th itself, and then those who were late (these are those men who forgot about March 8th, when all the deadlines for congratulations had expired). So we had to go to Moscow on March 7 to buy flowers, buy them there, and then urgently return on March 8 to sell the batch of flowers, since by March 8 the flowers were already running out. But it doesn’t happen year after year. I almost forgot, often even after March 8 there are no flowers in the city, this is also an option to make money, since many flower growers take a break to count the money they have earned, and you can continue to try to work. I remember that one year the revenue in the next 2 days after March 8 was simply enormous.
Now figure out how many flowers you need on March 8, if sales volume increases 50 times(in our case, and for others, maybe 100 times)!
I can’t tell you how many packs of roses or boxes of tulips this is, it all depends on the prices in your region, but now you can at least somehow get an idea of the approximate amount of flowers sold for March 8th. So calculate the prices for flowers in your region.
Yet again To make good money, you can’t sell flowers at everyday prices, you shouldn’t give special discounts, since all your friends will come to you, get discounts, and you won’t earn anything special. You can directly tell your flower clients in advance that you always have discounts, except on March 8th.
If you are just starting out and don’t have any experience yet (especially just experience in running any business), then I don’t recommend that you purchase for very large sums, as there is a high risk of going broke. Do everything gradually.
Now on the flowers themselves on March 8. What flowers do men buy on March 8? They are the main clients.
They buy everything, but The main flowers for March 8th are, of course, tulips. They take a lot of them. The main color... hmm, corny red, but other colors are also excellent, so just don’t take red tulips, it will be more interesting for you to sell multi-colored tulips.
It is better not to pack tulips one at a time. This will then be a very long, necessary work that will not bring money. Pack 3, 5, 7 pieces in plastic bags (if you do this in advance). On site, it’s better to just have transparent rollers with cellophane (or the same ready-made bags) and quickly pack the required number of tulips into them, as clients request.
In general, it is better not to do almost anything individually in advance, to do almost nothing individually at all. Just judge for yourself how much time it takes to pack one rose and how much for normal bouquets. In fact, the difference is not very big if your hand in making bouquets is full, but large bouquets are more expensive than one rose, which means it’s better to focus on bouquets (if you make them in advance, make bouquets for clients on March 8, I I think it's just killer).
By the way, about in advance. I recommend that you start making bouquets within 3 days. Otherwise, on March 8, you simply won’t have time to do anything, or rather, you won’t have time to earn the amount of money that you can realistically squeeze out of this day.
Of course, they also take roses. Try selling armfuls of, for example, a dozen roses in transparent cellophane (and cellophane also comes with different cool patterns, it’s not floral, it’s transparent, but with small patterns, we had lessons on the CDs, if I’m not mistaken, on how to pack armfuls of roses ). This way it’s easier again, there’s less work than packing each rose separately, and financially the gain is big.
Make from bouquets everything you usually do, but only in large quantities. Well, of course, experiment, maybe you find your trick. which will constantly bring you money and set you apart from your competitors.
Don’t forget about beautifully decorated potted flowers. They are also a great buy. This is a good source of income for March 8th in the flower business.
Don’t forget about all sorts of small bouquets (European bouquets and something like ikeban) - this can also bring good income, especially considering that such bouquets often contain scrap flowers.
Flower baskets and flower toys also work well.
But I recommend that you decide in advance what exactly you will make from flowers on March 8, since different efforts can bring completely different financial results from sales in the flower business.
And further! Do not forget that all flowers, especially lilies and tulips, do not like frost. That is, if you sell on the street, you need to think about how to keep them alive so that they do not freeze. If you have a store or indoor market, then you are in luck.
Lilies begin to turn black in the frost, tulips simply become nonexistent. Roses are more durable in this regard, but as soon as they bring all this frozen miracle home, it will almost immediately disappear at room temperature. But don’t worry too much about this, the men will give you flowers, then a feast and so on, and then everyone will forget about the flowers. Realities of life and flower business.
You will be very lucky if the temperature outside is around freezing or above. If it’s lower, then use minibuses (if you don’t have one, rent them for the day), otherwise in just a couple of hours the tulips will end, and then the rest of the flowers. But in principle, if there are a lot of people, and usually there is a wall of people (I’m talking about the market and street trading), then 90% of the flowers will be sold. The main thing is that fresh flowers that will still be sold should lie somewhere in a room or car and wait for their moment to be sold, and not somewhere on the street at sub-zero temperatures.
I will be very glad if you personally write to me about your sales results on February 14 and March 8! I hope our personal experience will be useful to you.
Despite the fact that the holiday of March 8 - International Women's Day - was invented in the Soviet Union, it is firmly established in many countries today. On this day, many people not only manage to congratulate their women, but also earn good money.
It's no secret that all entrepreneurs look forward to any holidays, as they can make good money. On this day, the demand for services and goods is higher than ever. Those who have had their own business for a long time can predict from past years what people will need on March 8th. Beginners will have to remember what they saw in stores, what they bought as a gift, what was given to them, and figure out which of their goods or services will be in demand on the market before the holiday. So who makes money on International Women's Day and how?
Flower profit
On March 8, the biggest increase can be observed among flower sellers. There are much more sales on this day than on a regular day. People buy both cut flowers and potted flowers.
“We are looking forward to March 8th. We have already begun to prepare little by little, bringing small soft toys, postcards, boxes of chocolates, since clients willingly buy them along with bouquets,” says Olgi M., the owner of a flower shop.
Despite the fact that the competition in this business is enormous, the likelihood of being left without income is extremely low. The fastest and most profitable option would be to purchase several plastic buckets and find students and young people who need to earn money. They gladly agree to temporary part-time jobs, and for little money. Such sellers need to be placed in places where there is a lot of traffic. This could be a business center, stops, shopping centers, metro.
You can buy flowers from wholesalers, but if you approach the flower business quite seriously and in advance, you can grow tulips in your basement or greenhouse. The most popular assortment is all types of roses, chrysanthemums, carnations and tulips. Roses are in greatest demand, chrysanthemums and carnations are easy to care for. The price of one rose wholesale is from 3–5 UAH, retail sales start from 10–15 UAH. a piece. The price of one tulip in retail starts from 5 UAH.
You can sell not only fresh flower bouquets, but also sweet ones. A sweet bouquet is, first of all, originality and exclusivity, which combines both flowers and sweets.
Before you decide to start your own candy and bouquet business, you must understand that your main task will be to bring joy with your bouquets, and for this it is important to make them original, beautiful and always of high quality. Starting price of a sweet bouquet from 150 UAH.
Gift Baskets
In addition to flowers, women's products are in high demand on the eve of women's holiday. And these are perfumes, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, jewelry and costume jewelry. Buying goods and selling is not an option. This requires a creative approach to interest the buyer.
You can make such kits yourself at home. Take and put together several options for gift sets in different price categories. So that the buyer has a choice, since not everyone can afford to buy an expensive gift. To wrap gifts, you can use paper bags or transparent film. Just keep in mind that all this must be done in advance.
You are allowed to add a postcard to the gift set; you can make it yourself. The success of such an idea will depend on your hard work, business and public speaking abilities.
There is always a demand for handmade goods; they are very popular on the eve of the holidays. You can sell your crafts yourself or negotiate with retail outlets and provide the goods for sale, it all depends on your desire.
Making money with balloons
On March 8, you can make good money on balloons. Congratulating a woman with a bouquet of balloons is unusual, sweet, and most importantly, impressive.
On holidays, people are willing to pay a lot of money for balloon arrangements. You can earn about 500 UAH per day.
“I haven't completed any courses. I learned how to twist different shapes out of balloons in one day. First I twisted a dog, then I started making flowers. Now I spend only 25 seconds on one flower. I come up with many compositions myself,” says the balloon seller Vladimir.
You can sell “airy” bouquets in underground passages near the metro, at bus stops, and can also be sold via the Internet. One flower made of oblong balls costs 10 UAH. A composition of balloons in the shape of a bear is valued at 200 UAH.
Earnings from services
Temporary job offers appear between 5 and 9 March. Jobs as a florist assistant, sales assistant in a gift, flower or cosmetics store, as well as couriers are in great demand. On average, the earnings of temporary workers are about 200 UAH. per day, and the working day is about 10 hours.
People who provide services make good money. These are taxi drivers, promoters, waiters, cosmetologists and manicure-pedicure specialists.
If you have a car and a desire to earn extra money, then you will not be left without money. On March 8, it is not prohibited to be on duty near restaurants and clubs. It is on this day that the most people gather there. Young people will be willing to pay a lot of money to get home. You can earn a couple of hundred hryvnia in an evening.
Also on International Women's Day, cafes, bars and restaurants need additional staff, namely waiters. A waiter receives from 120 UAH per shift. plus a generous tip.
Manicure-pedicure and makeup specialists are also not left out on this day. Many masters have long scheduled their entire day by the hour. On this day, women want to be beautiful and irresistible. Therefore, if you know how to cut hair, do makeup and manicure, offer services at home.
Yulia Korniychuk
In our country, March 8 is a women's holiday for all people. However, there are people who manage to not only congratulate their mother and wife on this day, but also find ways to make good money. That’s why we want to present you today with several ideas related specifically to the last question.
Everyone probably knows that on this day the biggest boom is observed among flower sellers. Some people may not buy a gift, but they will definitely take flowers with them. What can you do, that's the tradition. And female psychology.
So let's start with the flowers.
If you decide to make money on a women's holiday, then you can find a place in this niche. Despite the fact that the competition in the sale of flowers is simply enormous, the likelihood of being left without income is extremely low. The fastest and most profitable option would be to place a couple of sellers throughout the city.
You will not need to buy any special trays for this and hire professional sellers. I suggest you limit yourself to a few plastic buckets and a couple of retired grandmothers. They gladly agree to temporary part-time jobs, and for little money. You can buy flowers from wholesalers, but if you approach the flower business quite seriously and in advance, you can grow tulips in your basement or greenhouse. Well, this is the case if there is both a place and time for this.
In addition to flowers, products from, let’s call them, women’s groups, are in high demand on the eve of women’s holiday. What does this include? Perfumes, cosmetics, personal care products, jewelry and bijouterie. But here simply buying and selling is not a very interesting option. A new, creative approach to an old business is required.
Any company, enterprise, and even public catering necessarily congratulates its employees on the spring holiday - March 8th. For such an action, a strong part of the team, the director, or the administration allocates the necessary funds and appoints a person responsible for all operations. This person selects, purchases, packages and delivers gifts to work.
I doubt that this can bring a lot of pleasure to anyone. In addition, often men simply do not really understand what to give to their beloved women, well, as for those who are not loved, I would rather not say anything at all. Collective gifts sometimes turn out to be not only useless, but also stupid.
Take and put together several options for gift sets in different price categories. Include hygiene and cosmetic products for women in your gifts. Well, for example, shower gel, shampoo, skin moisturizer. Absolutely any woman should use these products. So such a gift would be appropriate for everyone without exception.
Create a beautiful color price list with descriptions and pictures. However, it would be better to make a purchase, make sets, and package them beautifully. Use paper gift bags or transparent film for packaging. Visual acquaintance is much more effective. Now take action. Take the gifts you have prepared, think about a high-quality presentation and go to offices, enterprises and companies offering your services. Based on your location, you will already have an idea of who would be best for you to collaborate with—the director or the administrator.
Please note that all this must be done in advance, that is, in February. Offer smart kit selection, on-time delivery, and a personalized approach. You can also add postcards to gift sets, or, even better, make them personalized (Dear Galina Mikhailovna! Congratulations to you...). Make 3-5 sets in different price categories, since everyone has their own needs and funding for such events. The success of such an idea will depend on your
hard work, business and public speaking skills.
If you have acquired clients, then you should take care to fulfill and deliver their orders on time, in the exact quantity and corresponding to the option they have chosen. If you provide your services efficiently, you can count on further cooperation.
If you are not already a consultant for the production of cosmetics in any company, then become one. Often, it is either completely free or costs very little. In this way, you will have the opportunity to offer products to choose from from catalogs. With the right approach - not just promoting the product, but also offering the same gift sets, you can make a good profit.
Now let's move on to packaging and balloons.
You can come up with a large number of options on the topic of making money on March 8 and other holidays, and with the right approach to them, making money will be quite realistic and not as difficult as it might seem. I suggest you create a gift wrapping station. Floral wrapping paper is beautiful in itself, but it is standard for all holidays except New Year. You can create a separate thematic paper for March 8th.
You can use it at your own packaging point, or you can sell it to the same existing gift wrapping points. You can at least print a photo on it to order.
One of my friends, her beloved man congratulated her on March 8th not like everyone else, with flowers, but with a beautiful bouquet of balloons. And she was satisfied and delighted. Congratulating a woman with balloons is unusual, cute, and most importantly, impressive. Well, what if it’s not just balloons, but each one contains a congratulation, a compliment, or a declaration of love, huh?
I believe that the most enjoyable method of making money is making money on human happiness and, of course, joy!
Hi people! Have you asked me to tell you how to make millions? I am ripe for the transfer of experience. Understand what you need for a flower business and start taking action!
How the flower trading business developed
The hottest time in terms of trade in fresh flowers occurs at the beginning of spring. We prepared for this in advance: I borrowed 100 thousand rubles against the security of a car, and my partner invested about 200 thousand. To realize the idea of selling tulips in bulk by March 8, we had to attract investors in the form of friends and relatives.
We sold some of the goods in large quantities, and kept the rest of the flowers for resale.
Why tulips and not roses? There were 2 factors that were decisive:
- Rose is a year-round flower, more expensive and capricious. Tulips are associated with spring.
- The partner has greenhouses near Novosibirsk, where his mother grows up to 100 thousand tulips.
Where to look for suppliers of fresh flowers
Finding suppliers can take a long time. Among hundreds of outbids on the Internet, you need to find those who will lead directly to greenhouses. It was easier for us because our partner’s mother had a greenhouse, but the number of flowers growing there was not enough. To make your flower business as profitable as possible by March 8, you need a lot of tulips.
Try to negotiate an installment plan with the supplier. We did it like this:
- We entered into an agreement with investors, and they gave us money to buy flowers.
- We agreed with the greenhouse owners on a minimum price and so that it would not suddenly increase before the final payment.
- We made a 50% advance payment.
- The remaining balance was paid after shipment and sale of part of the goods.
We have been working with our suppliers for several years, and there have been no problems since the beginning of cooperation.
How is the product sold?
We purchase the first batch every year on February 12th. Valentine's Day is also exciting. Take this into account, those deciding how to make money on flowers on February 14th.
We advertise on Avito, Yula and similar free message boards on the Internet. Ours works well. People see not no-names, but an active online community, so they are loyal and willingly order flowers.
I’ll also share a notable fail. We created a website, and incoming orders for tulips were sent to spam. We learned about this on the eve of International Women's Day. How much money is lost... Advice: trust the professionals to set up and launch your website.
As a result, ⅔ of clients came from ad platforms, and the rest came from a group on VK.
They sold retail from cars. We parked our own cars in a walk-through area where it was convenient to park. Usually they chose intersections. From a permanent point in a residential area, the partner managed to sell up to 2,500 tulips.
What varieties of tulips are best to buy for sale?
To reduce the risk of burning, we take 4-5 varieties of flowers. The majority of our clients sell tulips from cars; there is not enough variety there. Therefore, we take what is in stock from the supplier. Here is the answer to the question of which flowers sell best on March 8th.
Over 50% of the lot was a red tulip, the rest of the flowers were of a different color. An extra-class variety measures 40-70 cm in length, and the bud is from 3 to 6 centimeters. In order not to be left with one variety of tulips, during resale they tried to give 500 red flowers for every 1000.
Possible risks for sellers when selling flowers
No business is risk-free, and selling flowers is no exception. What we had to face:
- one client did not like the flowers he bought from us in the amount of 10 thousand pieces, and he returned them back. They gave the money, but didn’t end up with any money left, having resold it with a profit of 80 thousand rubles;
- The supplier did not have white tulips. The flowers did not have time to ripen, but there were many people willing to buy them. I had to get it in a neighboring town.
Our friends, who also sell flowers wholesale, did not manage to sell out about 5,000 tulips during the holidays. They managed to sell some of the leftovers to flower shops, and the rest dispersed after the holiday. People bought it as a gift for their bosses or simply wanting to please their loved ones.
Do I need a permit to trade from the city administration?
I will say right away that we did not apply for permission to sell flowers. To prevent the police from guessing, it is better not to mark cars with price tags. Our girls walked around with posters, and tulips stood in boxes on the roof. Only a test purchase can reveal such a scheme.
During the entire period of trading, we received a fine only once, and that was for parking in the wrong place. Why did this happen? If you fine for illegal trade, you need to confiscate the goods. It’s impossible to save perishable flowers, and they don’t want to deal with that. Although now they have taken entrepreneurs seriously. they can get to the bottom of it.
Additional channels for selling tulips
Until now, we have managed to get by with wholesale and direct sales. But considering flowers on March 8th as a business, it is better to try more channels. We did not have enough time to deliver tulips, but requests were received regularly. We'll decide something.
You can earn a hefty margin by calling companies where many women work - beauty salons, fitness clubs and the like.
They did not deliver to other cities. but clients came from there themselves and bought flowers from us.
Future plans based on sales results this year
We will look for more suppliers and attract additional investors. The purchased flowers ran out on the evening of March 7, and unprocessed requests were discovered in spam on the website at the same time. We could have earned 200-300 thousand more, but there was no time to search for new tulips.
Next year we are negotiating with suppliers from Moscow, the flowers there are of good quality and cheaper than everywhere else. I moved to the capital and am breaking into the local channels for buying and selling flowers. Then the tulips will travel in two directions - Yakutia and Novosibirsk.
