Where Can I Purchase Wholesale Quality Silk Flowers?
Silk flowers are a good addition to your florist shop or business inventory. Quality silk flowers are important for a good business reputation. When you have high quality materials, your customers will want the beautiful arrangements you can provide. Quality silk flowers are excellent for wedding flowers and can be used for funeral pieces as well. It is a pleasure for a florist to watch a customer reach out and feel the texture of a flower because they can not tell silk from the real thing.
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Go to stores that sell silk floral stems or arrangements. Feel the silk and look at the craftsmanship of the blossoms and interior of the flowers. Pull on a petal or leaf and check the sides to see if the fabric unravels. Any flower that will unravel easily is low grade. Look for manufacturer tags on the flower stems. Buy one or two of the flowers stems that you approve of. You should also check out the silk florals at your local wholesale florist. Check the tags to see where the wholesaler is purchasing their silks. There is a good chance you will be able to purchase from the main silk wholesaler at a lower price than you pay your local wholesaler.
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Do an online search for the companies you have found on silk flower tags or write to the company at the address on the tag. For example, Tapscott's Floral Company, located in Owensboro Kentucky is a high quality silk flower dealer. They have been in business since 1933. The Tapscott's Floral Company has a mail order catalog that you can request. They also have a website with their entire line of products for you to view. Their flowers are excellent for bridal pieces and they are also perfect for all weather arrangements for wreaths, exterior decorations and cemetery grave pieces.
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Contact any company you are interested in for a catalog or view their online catalog. The Pioneer Wholesale Company label themselves as "The Silk and Basket People." They have a new customer area on their website to help the florist who is using their site for the first time. They have been in business for more than 30 years. Afloral.com site also has a large variety of silk florals and supplies for your retail business. An added feature with their business is pre-made wedding bouquets and corsages. Their site has a series of You Tube videos that show "how to" instructions on wedding bouquets and more.
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Read the wholesaler's requirements for a business to purchase from them. Wholesalers have a minimum order requirement that is generally $100.00 or up per order. Wholesalers have specific business policies and do state that "you must have an established business" to do business with them.
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Supply the wholesaler with your business information for their files. They will need the name, owner, phone number, business address and the sales tax certificate number or copy to prove that you are allowed to sell retail in your state of operation.
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Tips & Warnings
Wholesale flowers can come in boxes with dozens of the same flower type and color.
Be fully aware, you cannot order wholesale silk flowers without a sales tax number.
