Ms. Qi, the owner of虞美人Flowers in Hangzhou which has been operating flowers for many years, introduced that several years ago a bunch of flowers with cost price of 100 yuan could be sold at 500 yuan, but now it can only be sold at about 200 yuan. Deducting the loss of flowers, the net profit is only about 20%-30%. An insider who has been engaged in the floral art industry for many years revealed that the floral art market is getting bigger and bigger, but the profits are far less than before. It is impossible to get rich quickly by this industry now."In the past, some bosses would ask for exorbitant prices when selling flowers. The price of flowers plus packaging and matching flowers might reach several thousand yuan. At that time, flowers were a fashionable luxury. But under the fierce market competition, the prices of bouquets and potted plants have begun to become transparent. Customers have a basic understanding of flower prices, and there is not much difference in flower prices among each flower shop," said Manager Tang of Hangzhou Mountain Point Water Flower Garden Art Engineering Co., Ltd. He disclosed that the profit margin of fresh flowers was higher than that of potted plants, but many flower shop owners tended to operate potted plant business because of their longer survival time, less loss, and more favor from enterprise customers, thus steady business. In order to save costs and benefit customers, Hangzhou Yu Meiren now launches e-commerce shopping. National customer service hotline of Yu Meiren Flowers: 400 6526 008 Website: www.xianhua52.com