With skilful grip Florentyna Hödl picks one flower after another from the pots. Roses, tulips, freesias, violet, orange, white. With her right hand she holds the plants, with her left she steadily adds new ones. “The right grip is essential for a beautiful bouquet”, she explains and then strides briskly to the back part of the shop, “if it’s not held properly, it will be nothing.” Her apprentice, Noëlle Locher, can actually do it much better, the manager smilingly remarks, but she is a few metres away busy with a large arrangement. Keeping her fingers firmly around the greenery, Hödl now adds various cut greens. Step by step, flower by flower, leaf by leaf, a small work of art is formed.

The finished arrangement will cost fifty francs. The owner of the flower shop Florist Ali is not a fan of odd amounts. The visit should be simple and straightforward, from ordering to payment. The latter was always designed the same way in the last 35 years that this Thun traditional shop has existed: “Either cash or on account”, Hödl summarizes. A model that, in an increasingly digital age, where fewer and fewer people have notes or coins in their pockets, simply no longer worked.

A quick and appreciated payment solution

A payment solution was needed, something uncomplicated and simple, suitable for the business of the young owner, who only took over the shop in January 2024 from the long-time owner Stefan Ali. So Hödl’s father, who repeatedly helps his daughter with digital matters, contacted Payrexx AG. A company from the same town, he thought, and quickly arranged a consultation appointment. And on the agreed day, Mr. Hödl dropped by the Payrexx office – although the appointment was actually arranged to be online. Fitting to the family’s mentality, direct and personal, without unnecessary detours.

On the glass table in front of Florentyna Hödl’s till today stands a display with a violet background and delicate floral drawings, in the middle a simple QR code and above the inscription: Scan + pay. “Our customers appreciate a lot that we offer Payrexx”, the florist explains and begins to trim the ends of her flower bouquet with the garden shears. Especially the simplicity and speed convince her visitors. Just as nimbly as the stems are clipped, the payment process works using Payrexx QR Pay.

“Nowadays everyone is used to working and paying with the smartphone. You always have it with you, just have to hold it up, scan the code – and done!” – Florentyna Hödl

With credit card or TWINT

Additionally, there is a variety of payment methods: Not only can Hödl’s customers pay with a credit card, but also the payment method TWINT, which is especially popular in Switzerland, is integrated into the Payrexx tool. Just the fact that a TWINT sticker now hangs on the entrance door is a reason for many passers-by to shop with her. Hödl’s shop is centrally located, on the edge of Thun’s old town, and therefore attracts not only the loyal regular customers but also passers-by.

For her as a fresh shop owner, there are also other points in focus, continues Florentyna Hödl. For example, that the cooperation with Payrexx is pleasant – “no detours, no waiting loops, I can just call” – or that creating a QR code works intuitively and quickly. “And, what is also particularly important to me”, she adds and puts the finished bouquet in a vase until it is picked up, “we don’t need a Lector de tarjetas and have only low transaction fees. Payrexx is also a great offer in terms of price.”

The team is manageable: Besides Florentyna Hödl, the apprentice Noëlle Locher (left) and the former owner Stefan Ali also work in the flower business. And Hödl’s parents also help out again and again.

Discover and benefit from Payrexx QR Pay

Flower bouquets and arrangements cover only a tiny area of all the goods that Comerciante can sell using Payrexx QR Pay. The payment solution is as flexible as it is versatile, has the most modern security standards and can be easily integrated into machines thanks to the API created by Payrexx itself. So the tool was able to convince not only Florentyna Hödl but countless Swiss companies.

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