In my daily contact with growers, I receive many questions about how to increase their network in Floriday. Successful trading through Floriday depends on a good network. Floriday offers growers and buyers the opportunity to expand their network and discover new trade opportunities.
In this article, you will find five valuable tips for both growers and buyers to increase your network in Floriday.
1. Make connections
Growers and buyers can make connections with each other, making them part of each other's network. When the grower receives a connection request from a buyer, the grower can place this buyer in a specific price group. This means that this buyer will only see the supply and prices applicable to this price group. So it is not the case that buyers see all the supply, only the supply you want them to see.
New! Growers can now also send connection proposals to buyers. These requests are tailored to the grower's product category and delivery location(s). As a result, growers only meet buyers in the network who are interested in their product category and delivery location.
2. Optimise your profile
A well-stocked profile page in Floriday ensures that your organisation is easy to find. For both growers and buyers, this is the key to attracting potential partners. What can you do here?
- Fill this page with information about your organisation: biography, website, social media, profile picture.
- Make your profile public. Thisenhances your accessibility and makes it easier to collaborate with each other.
- And don't forget to set up proper delivery conditions. This allows new buyers to know where delivery is being made.
New! For buyers, we recently added a handy roadmap on the dashboard to raise your profile as a customer. This allows buyers to find even more relevant supply and connection suggestions. Read more.
3. Use the timeline
The timeline in Floriday is a way to raise your profile. Through the dashboard, you can easily post an update (status message) on the grower's or buyer's timeline:
- As a grower, you can send buyers in your network messages that appear on their timeline. Do you have offers or, for example, new items you want to draw attention to? Send a timeline message.
- Buyers, in turn, can post on growers' timeline. Does the grower offer the supply you are looking for? Then the grower can instantly make a connection and classify you in a price group, allowing you to do business through Floriday.
Did you know? Growers and buyers have 1x opportunity to present yourself on the timeline to all buyers. This is interesting for attracting new customers or suppliers!
4. Send enquiries or offers
Floriday allows you to send requests or offers to connect and trade with each other:
- As a grower, you have the option of sending an offer. With an offer, you create supply for buyers in a quick and easy way. Offers have flexible validity and can be created for multiple customers or even all customers at once. Give your offer a picture and a description to make it more attractive. When fully completed, the offer will appear on the buyer's timeline.
- As a buyer you have the ability to send requests for quotes. You can send these requests for quotes based on the assortment of growers. Here you select the trade items for which you want to send the request for quote. The grower immediately sees who the request for quote belongs to if you as the buyer have set your profile to public. Growers can reply to your request for quote and do business directly as a result.
Handy! As a grower, make sure you respond quickly to requests for quotes. Being active on Floriday shows that you are ready to do business. In addition, you can indicate in the trade settings that you can and want to work with requests for quotes. All the clearer for the buyer!
5. Extra tips
- Make sure your Trade Settings are set up properly. Indicate whether you work with stickers, do contract trading, etc. (new) buyers will therefore know exactly where they stand.
- As a grower, make sure you have activated My Shop. This allows buyers to immediately see what your complete supply is. Want to draw attention to your shop? Share the shop's link in your email signature or post it on your website.
Need help or more information?
In our Helpcenter, you will find all the information about the above features in Floriday:
Want to enlist our help? Our team of Floriday experts/I and my colleagues are here for you! Plan a (online) CheckUp or get in touch with our support team via 0174-352070 or support@floriday.io.