Case study · E-shop with own delivery

Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth: the end of middlemen who were ruining their name

They spent 25 years building a good name in Galanta. One bouquet sold through a middleman was enough to realize they needed their own sales channel: a website with an e-shop and their own delivery.

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Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth: the end of middlemen who were ruining their name
25+
years of the florist business in Galanta
~30%
of the bouquet price they kept when selling via the middleman
100%
of every order through their own e-shop
24/7
sales thanks to the vending machine and the e-shop

01

The client: 25 years of flowers in Galanta and a flower vending machine at the door

Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth has been running in Galanta, Slovakia for over 25 years. In 2025 the owner decided to invest in a flower vending machine right in front of the shop: it sells fresh flowers 24 hours a day and pays off most during holidays, when the shop is closed.

With modern technology at the door came a realization: the vending machine needs promotion and people have to be able to find it. But the florist had no website. No page of their own, no place a customer would find when searching for flowers in Galanta.

Flower vending machine in front of Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth in Galanta
The flower vending machine in front of the shop: fresh bouquets non-stop, even when closed

02

The problem: a middleman selling under their name and ruining it

For years, bouquet delivery orders came through an intermediary delivery service. The model looks harmless: the middleman sells a bouquet to the end customer, sends the florist an order at an agreed price and keeps the difference. The florist never knows what the customer actually paid.

Then this happened: a customer ordered a bouquet for a loved one through the middleman, paying over 100 euros. The florist received the order at roughly 30 euros - and honestly made and delivered exactly that bouquet. The recipient was shocked at how small the bouquet was for that kind of money. And they weren't angry at the middleman, whose name appeared nowhere. They were angry at the florist, whose name was on the bouquet.

By coincidence, it was the owner's distant family - otherwise she might never have learned about the damage to her name. That's when the decision was made: enough. We won't let anyone ruin our name for someone else's margin. And we'll solve two problems at once: our own website and our own delivery.

03

The solution: an e-shop with own delivery, no middleman

We built a complete custom e-shop where customers order bouquets directly from the florist: at a price the florist sets, in a quality they can stand behind with their own name.

Their own bouquets with real photos: the customer gets exactly what they ordered
Product catalog with filters by flower type, color and occasion
A wider assortment than just flowers: quality Belgian chocolates, arrangements and funeral wreaths
Multi-step checkout with a dedication and greeting card editor (automatic PDF)
Online card payments via Stripe
Own delivery within 20 km with delivery zones and time slots based on opening hours
Custom admin system: order overview, delivery countdown, product management
A dedicated page for the flower vending machine, so people can find it on Google too
Bouquet catalog in the Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth e-shop
Bouquet catalog: their own photos, their own prices, no middleman

04

The result: name and margin back under their control

With every order from their own e-shop, the florist knows the real price, the bouquet matches what the customer paid, and the whole margin stays home. When the name Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth is on a bouquet, both quality and price are under their control.

Together with the vending machine, the florist has, for the first time in 25 years, a sales channel that works 24/7: in the shop, at the machine and online.

This is exactly what our Ownership Matters principle means: the sales channel, the data and the name belong to the client, not to a middleman or an agency. The e-shop is built on open technologies, so the florist can keep developing it with us, or with anyone else.

Own delivery page of Kvetinárstvo Elizabeth
Own delivery within 20 km: zones and time slots based on opening hours

Technologies used

Next.js 16SupabaseStripeVercel

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