The Homegrown Vendor Blog

You already sell at the farmers market. But your market is only open Saturday mornings, and you spend half the day setting up, selling, and tearing down for...

You sell out at the farmers market every Saturday. Your sourdough, your hot sauce, your granola — people line up for it.

You set up your online store. Your products are listed. Your prices are right. Now you share the link and wait. But nobody orders.

You have been selling food the way most food vendors start. Maybe you set up at a farmers market every Saturday. Maybe you take orders through texts and DMs.

You have been selling food through DMs, texts, and word of mouth. Customers ask what you are making this week, you tell them, they place an order, and you...

You posted a photo of your banana bread, someone sent you a DM saying "I want one," and just like that, you were selling food on Instagram.

You already know pre-orders are a good idea. Customers commit before you produce, you make exactly what is sold, and your week gets more predictable.

You are selling food through Instagram DMs, Etsy, or Facebook Marketplace — and it works, sort of.

You started accepting online orders and now your phone buzzes at all hours, your kitchen counter is covered in sticky notes, and you just forgot to tell a...