By Artem Korsakov ·
In short: The budget for a flower shop website depends more on the sales rules than on the number of pages: can a bouquet be ordered without confirmation, how delivery is calculated, where bouquet availability comes from. Filling the catalog, payment and the connection to inventory are estimated separately. The article contains an illustrative calculation: a catalog with requests and the same catalog with payment and delivery.
The cost of a flower shop website depends on the sales rules, how delivery is arranged and the source of data on bouquet availability. A significant part of the work lies in the sales rules: can a bouquet be ordered without confirmation, how is delivery chosen and where does product availability come from. That is why it is better to start the estimate with one complete order that the shop is genuinely ready to process.
First choose the way you sell
A detailed comparison is in the article “Flower catalog or online flower shop”.
A catalog with requests passes the selected products to a manager, and the composition and pickup or delivery are agreed later. This is a suitable option if the range changes often or each bouquet needs clarification. The visitor should be told directly that sending a request does not yet confirm fulfillment.
An online shop lets people complete more steps on their own: choose a bouquet option, specify the recipient, calculate delivery and pay. This scenario requires rules defined in advance. If a manager still changes the composition and total at the end, automation may create extra back-and-forth.
The decision depends on how the particular shop works. Having a payment button does not make the process ready. Before the estimate, it helps to walk through a hypothetical order manually and write down all the questions an employee asks: these are the rules that will need to be reflected on the website.
The catalog and its content are estimated separately
Clarify the number of products for the first launch and the structure of a product card. One bouquet can have several sizes, prices, compositions and images. If variants need to be tracked separately, the amount of data will differ from a catalog with a single photograph per item.
The estimate should show who prepares photographs, descriptions and prices. Uploading a prepared spreadsheet, manually transferring items from message threads and organizing a photo shoot are different jobs. You also need a way to correct errors after import and clear instructions for staff.
Filters should be chosen based on the actual range. If the necessary attributes are not filled in, a nice toggle will not help the visitor. Preparing the data is sometimes more important than the number of filters provided.
What delivery and payment add
For delivery you will need zones, prices, time slots and restrictions. A hypothetical shop might start with one city and fixed districts. Individual calculation by address, several warehouses and assigning orders among couriers require a separate description.
For payment, you need to define the sequence of actions: checking availability, calculation, payment and order confirmation. The payment system may send the result later than the buyer returns to the website. So the success screen and the actual payment status must be checked in an agreed way.
A numerical example of a budget comparison
Below is an illustrative calculation for discussion (the figures are in Russian rubles, ₽). It is neither a trike_dev offer nor an average market price. Suppose a catalog with requests is estimated at 80,000 ₽:
- structure and design: 25,000 ₽;
- catalog and order setup: 35,000 ₽;
- content and testing: 20,000 ₽.
Photography and external services are not included in the example.
If you add payment for a hypothetical 20,000 ₽ and delivery rules for 30,000 ₽, the same hypothetical budget comes to 130,000 ₽. Integration with inventory is not included here: it still needs to be investigated. These numbers show why proposals with the same name cannot be compared without knowing their scope.
In a real estimate, a contractor may distribute the work differently or use a ready-made platform. So ask for the final scope, limitations and acceptance procedure. One total without explanation does not let you understand what you will have to order additionally.
How to get an estimate for your shop
Prepare:
- sample product cards and the initial range;
- rules for substitutions and receiving orders;
- the name of your inventory system;
- how orders are processed.
If availability is tracked manually, say so. The phrase “integration with stock levels” does not explain whether finished bouquets or individual components are tracked.
To start, look at the demo of the trike_dev flower solution and the current packages. The demo helps discuss the scenario, while the exact budget is formed based on your range, ordering rules and the connections you need.
Частые вопросы ### Do you need to include payment right away?
Not necessarily, if the shop starts with confirmation by a manager. But the buyer needs to understand when and how they will be able to pay. Subscriptions, fees and external services should be kept separate from the cost of development.
Who will update the catalog after launch?
This question is worth settling before choosing a platform. Also discuss hosting, access, support and fixing failed data exchanges. Even a limited version requires a responsible person at the shop.