Start selling your cottage food locally. This week.
Create your storefront, accept orders from local buyers, and get paid on your schedule, with no booth fees and no monthly commitment.
How selling on LocalCottageFoods.com works
From signup to first order. A simple, guided path.
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Create your account
Sign up and add your business name, bio, and location. Buyers get to know you here before they place an order.
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Get verified
Upload your state cottage food registration. Our team reviews and approves it within 1–3 business days.
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List your products
Add products with photos and pricing. Set your pickup schedule and go live. Buyers in your area can find you right away.
Accept orders & get paid
Buyers checkout online or pay at pickup. Funds are processed automatically and paid out to you.
Get verified to sell
Before you can publish products, we verify your state cottage food registration. It protects buyers and gives your storefront instant credibility. Our team reviews applications within 1–3 business days.
Create your seller account
Submit your state cottage food registration
Our team reviews within 1–3 business days
Receive email confirmation when approved
Publish your products and go live
Required by state law
Cottage food sellers must be registered in their state before selling. We verify this to keep the platform compliant and trustworthy.
Reviewed by a real person
Every application is reviewed by our team, not automated. Approvals typically happen within 1–3 business days.
Secure payment options
Free plan uses platform-managed Stripe checkout. Pro sellers can connect Square or accept cash at pickup.
Why sellers choose LocalCottageFoods.com
Built specifically for cottage food, not adapted from a generic marketplace.
No booth fees
No stall rental, setup costs, or weather cancellations. Your only cost is the platform fee on completed orders.
Sell on your schedule
Set your own pickup windows and availability. No required market days or minimum commitments.
Keep up to 100%
Free sellers keep 97.5%. Pro sellers keep 100%, whether they use Stripe, Square, or cash at pickup.
Replace the chaos
Built-in checkout, orders, and messaging replace spreadsheets, DMs, and Venmo requests.
Built for cottage food
Every feature is designed for the realities of cottage food selling, not adapted from a generic marketplace.
Get discovered locally
Appear in local browse, city pages, and search results. Reach buyers actively looking for cottage food near them.
Keep more of what you earn
Free sellers keep 97.5% of every completed order. Upgrade to Pro and keep 100%, paid directly to you on Stripe, Square, or cash at pickup.
Earnings calculator
Free plan keeps
$24.38
2.5% fee deducted
Pro plan keeps
$25.00
No platform fee
Free plan deducts a 2.5% platform fee on Stripe orders. Pro sellers keep 100% on Stripe, Square, or cash. A small service fee is added to buyer card orders at checkout; cash/check at pickup has no service fee.
Free
$0
2.5% per completed order
- Seller profile & product listings
- Visible in browse & search
- Built-in Stripe checkout (platform-managed)
- Order management & messaging
- Optional local delivery (set your own radius & fee)
- Farm Stand Mode (QR-based in-person selling, card checkout)
- Verification badge
- 2.5% platform fee per completed order
Pro
$5/month
or $49/year · 0% platform fee
- 0% platform fee. Keep 100% of every sale.
- Connect Square for direct payments to you
- Pay-at-pickup orders (cash/check)
- Flat monthly or annual pricing
Everything you need to run your business
Every tool is built for the realities of cottage food selling, not bolted on from a generic marketplace.
Storefront customization
Custom colors, fonts, layout. Add your logo, bio, and branding.
Product listings
Add products with photos, pricing, descriptions, and ingredient/allergen details. Reuse data across listings.
Label generator
Auto-fill labels from your product data with state-compliant labeling.
Buyer messaging
Message buyers directly and use the request item feature to fill demand fast.
From the Kitchen posts
Post updates, photos, and announcements. Show recent activity right on your storefront.
Orders & payments
Platform-managed Stripe checkout on Free. Pro sellers can connect Square or accept cash at pickup.
Delivery & pickup
Set pickup windows and optionally offer local delivery with your own radius and fee.
Seller dashboard
Manage orders, revenue, and key tools to run your business day to day.
Local discovery
Appear in browse and search results and get featured sellers placement.
Want more orders? Turn on delivery.
An optional upgrade. Reach buyers who can't do pickup. You control the radius, fee, and when it's on.
How it works
Turn on delivery
Enable delivery from your seller dashboard. Off by default, so flip it on when you're ready.
Set radius and fee
Choose your delivery radius in miles and set a flat fee that covers your time and fuel.
Buyers in range can choose delivery
At checkout, buyers whose address falls within your radius see the delivery option alongside pickup.
Benefits of offering delivery
- Reach buyers who can't easily do pickup
- More orders without adding market days
- You keep the delivery fee; it goes straight to your payout
- Enable or disable any time from your dashboard
Best practices
- Start with a small radius (5–10 miles) to keep it manageable
- Price your fee to cover time and fuel. Buyers expect a fair charge.
- Add pickup notes to set expectations for both options
- Delivery fee applies on top of the order subtotal
Sell in person, too. Run a farm stand.
Set up a porch stand, driveway stand, or market table. Print a QR code and let shoppers scan and pay on-site from their phone — no prior order required.
How it works
Start a stand session
Open Farm Stand Mode in your dashboard, choose which products you have available today, and go live.
Print or display your QR code
A unique QR code is generated for your stand. Post it on your table, sign, or cooler.
Shoppers scan and pay on-site
Customers scan the code, browse your live menu, and check out right from their phone.
Close when you're done
End the session from your dashboard whenever you wrap up.
What you can do
- Works for porch stands, driveway setups, cooler stands, and market tables
- No extra hardware or separate app required
- Card checkout at your stand included on all plans
- Cash at your stand available on Pro with pay-at-pickup enabled
Farm Stand Finder
When your stand is active, you can optionally appear in Farm Stand Finder so nearby shoppers can discover you. You control what's visible and when — your address is never shared by default.
Start selling today.
It takes just a few minutes to get started. Create your storefront, get verified, and reach buyers who are already searching for cottage food in your area.