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Vietnamese startup sells flowers with sex
Posted Date: 11/03/2013
By Anh-Minh Do


Vietnam's HappyEndng.vn sells flowers online in the most unique way - using sex to sell, reports Tech In Asia.

Upon logging in, customers are greeted with a hilarious intro. The site brings a whole new twist to "sex sells" with their sexually inspired marketing.

Despite the amusing name, Happy Ending is in the serious business of being a specialist e-commerce store. "Happy ending" is a term commonly used in Vietnam and across Asia for a pleasurable ending to a massage.

The online flower shop categorises its products into three main packages: cheap bastard collection, sugar daddy collection and playboy collection.

Users can order from a wide selection of different types of flower collections according to how much money they got in their pockets. The sugar daddy range is for the big spenders.

For customers feeling especially adventurous, click through their products and check out their "best responses" - they're dirty and hilarious.

HappyEnding is actually not alone in the flower e-commerce or online delivery market in the country. In January, Hoa Yeu Thuong was one of the startups that pitched at the annual year-end startup retrospective in Ho Chi Minh City. But Hoa Yeu Thuong doesn't have anywhere near the wit and charm of HappyEnding.
Comments:

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by Peter Nguyen
I found this misleading, they do not provide sex with flower, as the title suggested so. My understanding after reading this article is when you buy flower, their delivery girl will provide "special service". And I was like "heck, is this kind of business legal in Vietnam?" (as you mentioned they are a serious e-commerce business). After checking out their website, it appeared that they just kind of promise the customer that they will receive sex if they give those flower to the girls, and that's probably misleading too, but the advertising law in VN isn't very strict & well-covered anyway. Another thing is I don't think "Vietnamese startup" is the right term here, because it was founded by a foreigner, it just happened to be in Vietnam.

And I don't see the connection between the visual branding & the concept, between the classic, vintage, simplicity design and the playful, adventurous appoarch. This doesn't appear to me as an innovative, or insprising startup, and there are already many better online flower shops in the VN market. Like flowerbox.vn, they classed themselves by only selling premium flower, as they sign specialized contract with flower farms in which they provide farmer with their own imported flower seed in order to maintain the high quality (I am not related to flowerbox.vn in any way, just an occasional customer.)

Overall I think this is a poor self-promoting article, and I'm suprised to find such on IRA.

Regards,,

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