Legacy Console-based Application to Modern .NET Migration: The Florafire Modernization Journey

Background Story

MAS Direct Network is a leading software provider dedicated to serving the floral industry. With more than 150 years of combined floral and technological experience, their purpose has remained unchanged to enable florists of all sizes to succeed by using easy, feature-rich floral business management systems. The flagship product they offer is Florafire fully integrated POS and floral business management solutions that was born from deep industry experience and constant innovation.

Florafire is a SaaS platform that respects floral business users. Subscribers are offered a pre-configured environment in which they can run their point-of-sale along with numerous order types, customer and employee data, payroll, delivery tracking, order fulfillment, accounting, and other systems, thereby altering how florists conduct their everyday business activities.

Nevertheless, the existing ‘Legacy Console based application’ is operationally sound but not scalable, performant and cannot be integrated with new technologies of the cloud-native environment. This left a burning desire to initiate technological change.

Challenge at a Glance

The decision to migrate was not only technical, it was strategic. MAS needed to reposition its product to meet the expectations of today’s florists and tomorrow’s growth plans. Key Challenge included:

• A console-based application that is not aligned with modern usability expectations, inconsistent layout, poor navigation, lack of hierarchy.

• Outdated legacy codebase made it hard to extend or maintain
• Weak integration capabilities with Wire Service APIs (FTD, Teleflora, Bloomnet, FSN)
• Support seamless third-party integrations (e.g., credit cards, geolocation, accounting systems)
• Inability to support standalone real-time delivery tracking, visualization and route optimization features
• Manual workflows for order management, inventory, and customer invoicing
• Manual reconciliation of wire service orders
• Lack of real-time mobile delivery updates and signature/photo proof
• Scaling and mapping across multiple stores, registers, and order and delivery personnel

Solution Highlights

We partnered with MAS to rebuild the Florafire system from the ground up focusing on a scalable and secure platform that could evolve with market needs. The new solution was designed to support both SaaS-based subscription models and enterprise-level floral operations.

Platform Modernization

• Migrated core modules from Legacy to .NET 8 with Angular, powered by ABP Framework.
• Adopted an API-first architecture for seamless integration with wire services (BMT, FTD, TEL, FSN), payment gateways, maps, and accounting systems like QuickBooks.

Subscription Management

• Developed package-based subscription management with a comprehensive dashboard for monitoring.

• Implemented package-based subscription licensing with dedicated instances for each florist.

• Enabled feature-level access control and session tracking for subscribed users.

POS & Operations Management

• Introduced a user-friendly POS screen supporting all types of orders and delivery management.

• Introduced generic user support for multi-employee POS order handling.

• Implemented register-level session controls with Z-in/Z-out safeguards to prevent conflicts.

• Delivered seamless remote printing for POS and back-office operations.
• Integrated multi-level payment providers with store and application-level configuration.

Delivery & Customer Experience

• Enabled GPS-based live order tracking, signature capture, and real-time delivery notifications via web and mobile apps.

• Facilitated wire order sharing and confirmation with integrated communication features.

Accounting Management

• Developed a comprehensive Accounting Module with General Ledger, journals, financial charge reports, credit management, and real-time dashboards for full financial visibility.

Technical Foundation

• Technology Stack: .NET 8, ABP Framework, Angular, MSSQL
• Architecture: Modular, SPA, Multi-tenant SaaS
• Separate database for individual tenants
• Deployment: Azure App Services, Azure Pipelines, Azure SQL, Azure Blob
• Security: Open Id Identity Server, role-based authorization, audit logging
• Performance: Optimized DB queries, API caching, async queue processing
• Real-time communication via SignalR
• Responsive UI using Angular Material

Business Impact

• New florist business onboarded more quickly with dynamic instance provisioning
• Enhanced user experience with modern interfaces and workflows
• Register conflicts reduced and faster operations during peak seasons
• Improved financial visibility and reconciliation processes
• Better security and control with audit logs and permissions
• Real-time order tracking and delivery confirmation
• Improved platform stability, performance, and reduced technical debt

Result

Legacy console to .NET migration allowed MAS Direct Network to launch the new Florafire platform, positioning them as a modern, scalable solutions business in the floral software industry.

• Growth in subscriptions increased
• Improved efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Seamless third-party integrations
• Faster development and feature releases
• Stronger market positioning in floral technology