Some companies charge a monthly user fee instead of a one-time, up-front purchase price like FAS. Why should I pay more for FAS when I can get one of the other systems for little out-of-pocket money?
Some floral technology companies do provide their software on a “subscription” basis, i.e. you don’t really buy a license to use their product as you do with most software, but you pay a monthly subscription fee for as long as you use the software. Our competitors present this feature as a competitive advantage over FAS and other floral technology companies, when in fact, this type of program can present a huge financial disadvantage to a florist. If a business, floral or otherwise, changed computer systems every few months or even every year or so, the subscription-based program might make sense, but that’s simply not the way things work in the real world. It’s not easy or cheap to continually train your employees to use new systems, and the value of critical business data that is usually lost when converting from one system to another is significant. The reality of the matter is that businesses don’t jump around from system to system every few months or every year or so. Instead, the
Some floral technology companies do provide their software on a “subscription” basis, i.e. you don’t really buy a license to use their product as you do with most software, but you pay a monthly subscription fee for as long as you use the software. Our competitors present this feature as a competitive advantage over FAS and other floral technology companies, when in fact, this type of program can present a huge financial disadvantage to a florist. If a business, floral or otherwise, changed computer systems every few months or even every year or so, the subscription-based program might make sense, but that’s simply not the way things work in the real world. It’s not easy or cheap to continually train your employees to use new systems, and the value of critical business data that is usually lost when converting from one system to another is significant. The reality of the matter is that businesses don’t jump around from system to system every few months or every year or so. Instead, the
