What are the benefits of using an online ordering system?
The holiday season is one of the most joyous times of the year, but it can also be quite stressful when it comes to preparing for it. One of the things that can take the most time and energy is choosing and buying a Christmas tree. That's why it's no surprise that many Christmas tree delivery businesses have turned to online ordering systems to make the process easier and more convenient for their customers.
There are more benefits to booking software than baubles on a tree, but to name a few:
- Have customers easily order and pay for their tree and delivery. No more phone calls or emails.
- Helps you to stay fully organized, understand how many trees you sell a day, who you sell them to and where to deliver them. Vev's delivery software even automatically calculates the best delivery route for you!
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Why is an online tool useful for Christmas tree deliveries?
For Christmas tree delivery businesses, an online booking system can help to reduce the amount of time and resources that are needed to manage orders and deliveries. With streamlined appointment scheduling and the ability to automate many of the tasks involved in the ordering process, businesses can free up more time and energy to focus on other areas of the business, like getting those trees to people's living rooms.
“Remove all the back and forth to sell Christmas trees ”
How do you get started with Christmas tree business delivery software?
In the Christmas spirit, we'll gift you a quick 5-step guide to setting up your Christmas tree delivery business. Let's start with step 1:
- Create a free page with Vev
- Insert the exact trees you sell, how far you want to drive and some other small things
- Share the link with customers or spread it where your customers regularly visit
- Check your Vev-dashboard and see orders coming in
- Deliver it easily with Vev's automatic routing
Happy holidays!
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Auto pilot
Overview
Customers
Delivery
Offering
Decide what you offer at your home. Add descriptions for your christmas trees, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your christmas tree business makes, what your customers order most and even learn how they made their order.
Order again
In just a tap your customers become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next order. No upcoming order? You and your customers are reminded to order a christmas tree again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your customers order.
Your duration Vev+
Some orders don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another customer.
Order deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when customers can order a christmas tree, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering customers a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to order. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows customers to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster orders efficiently.
Hide items
Hide christmas trees so you can only order them for your customers.
Sell
Offering
Decide what you offer at your home. Add descriptions for your christmas trees, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your christmas tree business makes, what your customers order most and even learn how they made their order.
Order again
In just a tap your customers become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next order. No upcoming order? You and your customers are reminded to order a christmas tree again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your customers order.
Your duration
Some orders don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another customer.
Order deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when customers can order a christmas tree, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering customers a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to order. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows customers to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster orders efficiently.
Hide items
Hide christmas trees so you can only order them for your customers.
Marketing
Get reviews from customers
Effortlessly collect reviews from your customers, which will soon appear directly on your page for everyone to see.
Share your link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the orders of your home up to 40%.
Personalize emails
Create personalized emails for orders to engage clients and strengthen your business.
Add Vev to your website
Add Vev to your website with two options: a popup booking button or a fully embedded booking widget for seamless customer acquisitions.
Cover your christmas tree business
Add a cover to your header that matches your home. Impress your customers of your christmas tree business even more.
Order with a QR-code
Make it easy for your customers to order christmas trees by placing your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers, posters, or any other visible spots in their home. With just a quick scan on their phone, they can access your services effortlessly, no extra steps needed.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Page description
Write a catchy slogan or description that highlights what makes your christmas tree business special. This helps your customers share and recommend you to others.
Show your colors
Set the tone for your page by choosing colors that represent their home. These will create a cohesive look across your page, tools, and emails, aligning everything with your unique brand.
Social handles
Add the profiles of their home from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, and your website to connect with customers and expand your online reach.
Payments
Get paid ahead
Have your customers pay ahead for their order. Only if you want to, you're the christmas tree seller, and you are in control.
Deposits
Have your customers put down a deposit to get their order. This has proven to reduce no-shows.
Tap to Pay on iPhone
Accept contactless payments with only your iPhone. No extra terminals or hardware needed.
Scan to pay
Let your customers scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their christmas tree so your christmas tree business administration is always up to date.
Discounts
It's easy to give your customer a discount on their christmas tree. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your christmas tree business.
Add amount
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the order, in the simplest way possible for you as a christmas tree seller.
Save costs, no extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and pay for that extra device in your home. Simply use your phone to have customers pay for their christmas trees on the spot.
Refunds
Choose if customers who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their order is cancelled.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up very easy. So you can get paid out of the gate.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Learn
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' orders, cancelations, most popular christmas trees and revenue. This way you know exactly how your home is doing.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your christmas tree business makes, what your customers order most and even learn how they made their order.
Auto pilot
Emails
Every order, cancellation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your customers. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to your customers.
Order reminders
On the day of the order, your customer receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their christmas tree.
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' orders, cancelations, most popular christmas trees and revenue. This way you know exactly how your home is doing.
Share your link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the orders of your home up to 40%.
Bookkeeping
Make your administration of their home run smooth.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Personalize emails
Create personalized emails for orders to engage clients and strengthen your business.
Item suggestions
Creating the right mix of christmas trees is essential to attract and retain customers—but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Our suggestions are here to guide you every step of the way. With personalized recommendations based on industry trends and your christmas tree business, you can quickly set up a winning selection of offerings. Let us help you create the perfect lineup so you can focus on growing your christmas tree business.
Overview
Calendar view
See all your christmas tree delivery orders in a calendar view.
Your overview of christmas trees
See exactly who will get what christmas tree, and at what time the order is due.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your christmas tree business makes, what your customers order most and even learn how they made their order.
Today's customers
Your daily overview of customers. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you order again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver christmas trees. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Notifications for you
When your customer makes an order, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync (one way) your orders to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' orders, cancelations, most popular christmas trees and revenue. This way you know exactly how your home is doing.
Customers
Fields
Add more specific customer information to run your christmas tree business even better. For instance add their date of birth, Customer ID, pet name and more.
Get reviews from customers
Effortlessly collect reviews from your customers, which will soon appear directly on your page for everyone to see.
Customer list
See or find your most valuable customers. This lets you build relationships and get more orders.
Edit customers
Edit customer details, merge and remove to keep your customer list up to date.
Customer details
For christmas tree sellers it's super handy to have all the details of customers at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Add notes
Add notes about your customers. These notes show up around the order, so you can pick up the conversation with your customer where you left off last time.
Today's customers
Your daily overview of customers. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you order again.
Order again
In just a tap your customers become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next order. No upcoming order? You and your customers are reminded to order a christmas tree again.
It's your data
It's your data. The customer information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your christmas tree business. Of course not!
Customer history
See exactly what christmas tree your customer ordered before.
Delivery
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver christmas trees. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Set your delivery area
Vev shows your customers whether you deliver christmas trees on their doorstep. You define the area in which your christmas tree business is active.
Travel time
The travel time needed between addresses will be taken into consideration. This way you will see your customer on time.
Set your work area.
Indicate your work area where you're available for orders. This lets customers quickly see if your christmas trees are available on their doorstep.
Smart routes
Vev automatically calculates the smartest route. And that's not all, you can even define your favourite maps app to get directions. All done out of the box.
Choose your transport type
Pick your mode of transport to get the best route and travel time between orders.
Set delivery charges
You decide whether you want to charge for the delivery of christmas trees, in a way that works best for your christmas tree business. From standard rates, charge based on distance, a minimum price for delivery, or free delivery beyond a certain amount. Vev also takes care of the tax for delivery charges.
Specific delivery area
Exactly define how far you want to go on a map to your customer.