Florists Payments

Consultation Fees, Workshop Payments and Event Deposits for Florists

A couple books a paid wedding floral consultation on your booking page and pays through Stripe, PayPal or Square, with an email reminder beforehand (plus SMS if they opted in). Once they approve your design, you send an invoice with a 50% deposit and the balance due two weeks before the wedding. Flower-arranging workshops are booked with a set number of seats and paid in full at booking. SchedulingKit handles the booking and payment side of consultations, workshops and event work.

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Free plan available. Online payments through Stripe, PayPal or Square on Standard and above.

Online payment collection for florists means clients pay a deposit or the full service price when they book — not after the appointment. SchedulingKit lets florists businesses accept secure payments at booking in 2026. View all Payments.

% or $

Deposits set per service as a percentage or a fixed amount

Payment processors you can connect: Stripe, PayPal or Square

$12

Per seat per month on Standard, the first plan with online payments

Common Problems

Payment Challenges Florists Face

These revenue leaks cost florists businesses thousands every year

Special-order arrangements require purchasing specific stems on consignment, but customers cancel at the last minute leaving the florist with unsellable inventory

Wedding deposits are collected by check or cash with no consistent system, making large event commitments fragile until the final weeks

Subscription bouquet revenue is unpredictable because customers pay each delivery cycle individually instead of on auto-billing

Corporate accounts for office arrangements have payment terms that stretch 30-60 days while the florist absorbs the daily cost of fresh stems

Payment Features

Payment Features for Florists

Tools built specifically for how florists collect and manage payments

Set up consultations and workshops

Create services for wedding and event consultations and group workshops with a capacity, each with its own price and payment rule.

Client books and pays

Clients pick a time and pay through your connected Stripe, PayPal or Square account. An invoice is created automatically for every paid booking.

Reminders and changes

Email reminders, plus SMS for clients who opt in (Standard plan and up), include the reschedule link, within the cancellation deadline and minimum notice you set.

Event invoices with deposits

For weddings and events, send a manual invoice with line items and a deposit-plus-balance or installment schedule. The client pays each part from the link.

Why Florists Cannot Afford Net-30 Terms on Perishable Inventory

Floral retail has the most extreme

Perishability of any service business, stems have a 5-7 day usable life from the wholesale market, and a custom arrangement is essentially worthless 24 hours after the intended delivery date. When a florist accepts an order without full payment and then has to absorb a last-minute cancellation, the loss is total: the stems were ordered specifically for that arrangement, cannot be returned, and have no resale value to another customer who wanted something different. Full payment at order placement transforms this risk profile entirely, the florist orders stems against committed revenue, not against hopes.

Wedding florals magnify this principle dramatically.

A 200-stem peony arrangement for a Saturday wedding requires a wholesale order placed Wednesday, and peonies bought Wednesday are paid for Wednesday whether the wedding happens or not. The florist who collects only a small deposit and chases the balance after the event takes on the full inventory risk of a five-figure stem order. The florist who collects 50% at signing and the balance two weeks before the wedding has cleared funds in the bank when the wholesale call is placed and zero exposure to last-minute family cancellations.

Consultations and workshops

The other side of a florist's calendar. Charging for design consultations filters for serious clients, and workshops paid in full at booking fill seats without chasing payment.

Why Florists Need Upfront Payment to Survive Perishable Inventory

A florist who takes a Friday

Afternoon order for a custom Saturday morning arrangement has to commit to wholesale stems by Friday morning at the latest. Without payment, the florist is fronting the cost of those stems on credit while hoping the customer shows up to pay. Even a few last-minute cancellations can eat the margin on the remaining orders. Upfront payment is not a convenience preference, it is the only way the floral retail model survives.

Wedding and event florals push this dynamic to its limit.

The floral cost on a single wedding can exceed an entire week of normal retail revenue, and the stems are ordered weeks in advance based on contracted designs. A milestone payment structure, deposit at signing, progress payments, balance before stems are ordered, keeps the florist's cash position aligned with the wholesale calendar instead of carrying tens of thousands in inventory exposure on customer goodwill alone.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Accepting custom arrangement orders without full prepayment

Require 100% payment at order placement for any arrangement requiring special-order stems, never absorb inventory risk on unpaid orders

Collecting only a small wedding deposit and the balance after the event

Structure milestone payments, deposit at signing, balance two weeks before, so stems are ordered against cleared funds rather than post-event collection