You have chosen your plant, found a seller with a few good-looking feedback stories, a few feedback stars and know where your plant will live in your home. You could go over to the local big store, but read this list before you head out the door.
The prices in the local shops are usually a whole lot higher. Please add the cost of gas plus the value of your time.
The people employed in your local stores are, well, people. They probably don't know a thing about plants and a lot of the plant departments suffer from irregular watering, inappropriate light levels and long-term storage issues affecting shelf life.
Refund policies vary and that trip back to the store with ailing houseplant in hand is also your time and your gas money.
The number of plant sellers online far exceeds any nurseries or plant sellers in your area. Online you have a bountiful choice of places to get your plants.
Online you have a vast range of plants to choose from: a real surfeit of plenty.
The market in online houseplant sales is saturated. This means competition for your money is fierce. So is competition for your loyalty. Feedback for each of your plant purchases is gold,maybe platinum- very very valuable. So, you hold the golden feedback wand in your hand each and every time you order a plant online.
Online houseplant sellers often piggy-back on larger websites like Amazon ,Etsy, Ebay and many other sites. These sites don't sell exclusively houseplants, but they do apply their site rules to every order you place. Delayed shipping, poor products, damaged goods, you name it, they are watching every one of their sellers for under-performance.
Your payments to online sellers are tracked and traced. In the case of the big sites used by nurseries, sellers don't get paid until they register online that your order has been shipped.
Tracking of packages has grown into a massive and useful seller/buyer tool.Each order is a contract between you and your online seller. Tracking is a perfect way for you to watch your new houseplant get packed up, then shipped then delivered to you.
Delivery is recorded for each of your online houseplant orders.But not all deliveries are equal . With online sales the condition of your houseplant is under your control. Accept it if it's great. Don't accept it if it's not.
Your online plant comes with the common-sense idea that your new houseplant will not only last for more than ten minutes, but that you will watch it happily grow for maybe years. (We at Emeritus Gardens replaced plants which didn't thrive after over a year)So, online sales provide you with a convenient and accurate paper trail to demand reasonable use of your new houseplant.
The convenience factor of buying your houseplants online cannot be overstated. Plants are great gifts, plants are great for improving the air quality in your home, and plants elevate the decor in every room . In short, plants are not just very useful and convenient , they are available to savvy online buyers with just a few clicks of the mouse.
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