{"id":822,"date":"2014-02-13T05:43:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T10:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/?p=822"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:45:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T23:45:38","slug":"ftd-websites-add-drop-ship-items-unsuspecting-florists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/florists\/ftd-websites-add-drop-ship-items-unsuspecting-florists","title":{"rendered":"FTD Websites Add Drop Ship Items To Unsuspecting Florists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First reported yesterday morning, florists with FTD website woke up to find several new categories of items active on their websites, just in time for those Valentine&#8217;s shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>The kicker? The items are all FTD Drop Ship gifts!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FTD-Drop-Ship-On-Florist-Websites.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-823 aligncenter\" alt=\"FTD Drop Ship on Florist Websites\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FTD-Drop-Ship-On-Florist-Websites-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FTD-Drop-Ship-On-Florist-Websites-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FTD-Drop-Ship-On-Florist-Websites-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/FTD-Drop-Ship-On-Florist-Websites.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This comment was posted by one affected florist:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look what appeared on my ftd website overnight without my approval. &#8220;Next day shipping&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Ground Shipping&#8230;&#8221; All of Ftd&#8217;s dropship items. 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