General Queries

FlowersCakesOnline.com is an online shopping/gifting facilitator for users in India for delivery of various types of flowers, cakes, chocolates, teddy, dry fruits, sweets, and gift hampers in India.

FlowersCakesOnline.com operates from Ahmedabad which is the 7th largest Metropolitan city in India. All customer service issues are handled in-house from Ahmedabad, India.

FlowersCakesOnline.com enables merchants/vendors of quality products & services across India to display their products on our site. We have tie-ups with established merchants/vendors in their respective product categories. We try to ensure that all our vendors maintain high-quality standards to provide you the best of the products & services.

Creating your account enables us to personalize all your transactions on FlowersCakesOnline.com and also provides a quicker & easier Checkout in future.

You can change your personal information anytime as per your convenience. To make the changes, log into your account and make the changes in the 'Edit Profile' option.

The shopping bag is a virtual carry cart that displays the number of items you have chosen to purchase along with the total purchase amount. This is displayed as a small window located at the right-hand top corner of the web page. This window also provides links to view the details of the items you have chosen - 'View Details’ and to confirm your purchase 'Proceed to Checkout'.

You can update your order by adding / removing items, etc. in the shopping cart once you click on the link 'View Details'.

Yes, you can send your personalized message/greetings along with your gifts. Just type in your message in the message box in the order form. Your message will be printed and sent along with the gift.

We accept all major Indian and International Visa & Master Cards. The authorization is done via an online, secure payment gateway.

Credit Card/Net Banking/Debit Card/PayPal/Wallets

We are in process of providing other payment modes in the near future.

The site is secured completely by SSL certified which is an industry standard for all Ecommerce sites. Apart from this, all our Payment Gateways are also VeriSign certified which ensures safe and secure transactions.

FlowersCakesOnline.com works best with all operating systems above Windows 98. It is best viewed in the browsers Firefox, IE and above, Safari, Chrome, and Opera.

Though you can email your concerns to us at info@flowerscakesonline.com, you can also alternatively contact us via phone or whatsapp.

CHECKOUT

Checkout is the beginning of the Payment process on online portals. Once you add item(s) in your cart, the next subsequent process is Checkout which starts the moment you click on the 'Checkout' or ‘Buy Now’ button. Here you will be asked to enter the shipping and billing details along with your choice of Payment mode.

Following this, you will be redirected to the respective Payment gateway where you will be required to provide your Credit card/Debit card/Net Banking/Wallets details in order to authorize the payment for the particular item(s) that you added in your cart. Subsequently, you will receive a confirmation message about your order being placed with us successfully and awaiting delivery.

You received the message "Transaction Declined" due to any of the following reasons:

- Billing Address which you entered while placing the order does not match with the address related to your credit card
- You would have entered wrong 3 digit security code
- You would have entered wrong Verified by VISA password or MasterCard Secure Code

In majority of the cases, the customer is trying a legitimate transaction and is simply confused as to why the credit card was declined. In such situations, we advise our valuable customers to get in touch with their card issuing company or bank as they will be in a better position to assist them.

ORDER QUERIES

As soon as you place an order with us, we will send you an automated email as well as SMS confirming the placement of the order.

Please note that cancellations have to be made within a maximum 24 hours of placing an order. For canceling your order, you will have to get in touch with our customer support executive by sending an email giving your order number.

In case we receive a cancellation e-mail and till that time the order has already been processed by us, the order cannot be cancelled. FlowersCakesOnline.com has complete right to decide whether an order has been processed or not.

The customer agrees not to dispute the decision made by FlowersCakesOnline.com and accept FlowersCakesOnline.com decision regarding the cancellation.

In case you cancel the order of perishable products, the cost of the product will have to be borne by you. In all other items, a cancellation fee of 10% will be charged to cover the credit card transaction cost, and balance 90% will be returned.

DELIVERY

The delivery cities and towns depend on the product you are ordering. Each page has a link detailing the cities and towns serviced for that particular product.

For all express delivery products we mentioned earliest delivery date.

For all courier products,

Orders from FlowersCakesOnline.com are delivered quickly anywhere in the India, by courier through our logistics partners. Subject to the availability of stock, our minimum lead-time for shipping of any product is as follows:

Within India: 6 - 8 working days

However, different products may have different delivery lead-times depending upon the vendors or the place of shipment. Also, the delivery is not attempted on Sundays and public holidays, since there is no courier service available on these days.

There may be slight variation in the gifts especially in perishable items like cakes, chocolates and flowers. It will be similar to the pictures on the web; they will definitely match or exceed all the specifications in terms of weight, size, count and functionality.

Flowers specified in the arrangements shown may differ as per seasonal availability. If the flowers specified in the arrangements are not available, suitable alternatives will be used.

Shipping charges are inclusive in the sales price for limited cities ONLY and there will be additional shipping charges for remote cities and towns. Based on the shipping address you select, if any additional shipping charges are applicable, it will reflect in your shopping cart while you check out before you make the payment.

An e-mail as well as SMS will be sent to you informing that your order has been shipped / delivered along with the shipping details.

Delays may happen due to conditions or circumstances beyond our control, which may include situations arising out of strikes, fire, arson, riots, earthquake, floods etc.

The most common reason we have experienced is when the recipient of the gift is not at home, or due to an incorrect address or the address has changed. We cooperate with you to rectify this situation if it does occur.

Please note that our maximum liability is limited to the refund of the purchase price in case of non-delivery only, if the error is due to FlowersCakesOnline.com.

FlowersCakesOnline.com will inform you of such an eventuality. You can inform us to change the receiver's address within 24 hours of receiving our message, else your order will be cancelled and no refund will be made. All charges for the repeat delivery attempt at the corrected address will be collected from the consignee. But in no circumstances will the gift be changed, or in case of perishable commodities, will a fresh one be delivered.

In case of courier products, the logistic companies will attempt the delivery again and will also try and inform the recipient on phone. After confirming the availability of the recipient, they will deliver the product/s.

In case of courier products, the logistic company will attempt delivery of the items thrice. In case the delivery is not executed during all the three attempts, due to recipient not available / premises locked / recipient refuses to accept, etc., the customer shall still be charged for the order.

In case of express deliveries, the products are sourced locally. The local vendor will call the recipient in order confirm their availability and then will deliver the order. However, if no one picks up the phone then in that case if the address of the recipient is searchable then the local vendor will attempt the delivery. While attempting the delivery, if the delivery boy founds that the premises are still closed then in that case the product will come back to the local vendor, the delivery will not be attempted again and the customer will not be refunded for the same.

While attempting the delivery if the recipient refuses to accept the delivery, the customer shall still be charged and will not be refunded for the same.

RETURNING AN ITEM

We take stringent measures to ensure that the items delivered to you are in perfect condition. However, there is a remote possibility that : 

the item may be damaged during transit

or there might be a manufacturing defect

or that a wrong item is delivered to you.

In only such cases as given above, we will replace the item at no extra cost, provided that the request for replacement / return of item is made within the stipulated timeframe as given below. No returns, replacements or refunds will be allowed after the order is processed, except for the reasons given above.

To get a replacement or return an item, email us your Order Number and the reason for returning. Only after receiving our confirmation for the return, you are requested to send the item back to us.

We will then arrange for the replacement of the item through our logistics partner. We shall not be responsible for any items sent to us for return / replacement without our confirmation.

• There are no extra shipping charges for the delivery of replacement items for the reasons mentioned above. 

• In case of a replacement, our logistics partners will attempt delivery of the items thrice. In case the delivery is not executed during all the three attempts, due to recipient not available / premises locked / recipient refuses to accept, etc., the customer shall still be charged for the order. 

• In case of perishable items or custom-made non-perishable items, neither FlowersCakesOnline.com nor our enabling partners will be able to accept any returns, replacement, or refunds of such items.