The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Local Food Marketplace runs two price lists: hub tiers meter producers, farm tiers meter distribution days. Processing rates are not published.

Square Online publishes every rate: $0 plan, 3.3% + 30¢. Cococart starts at $19/mo and publishes no transaction or processing fee at all.

LocallyGrown is free until $15,000 then 3%. Local Food Marketplace starts at $129/mo billed annually. The crossover is $66,600 in yearly sales.

Bake.Shop is $19/mo or $149/yr with 0% commission. The annual plan breaks even at 7.9 months, so seasonal bakers should pay monthly.

Etsy takes $2.83 on a $25 order. Square Online's free plan takes $1.13. That $816-a-year gap is what you pay Etsy for search traffic.

Squarespace Core and Wix Core both cost $29/mo with 0% commission and 2.9% + $0.30. Both have a cheap plan that is the wrong buy for a food business.

Absorbing Hotplate's 5% + $0.55 costs you $2.83 on a $25 order, exactly what Etsy costs. One of them spent it finding you a customer.

GrownBy is free to start, farmer-owned, and accepts SNAP/EBT. Barn2Door is $119/mo plus a $399 setup fee. Full cost comparison and what each one buys.

Shopify Basic and Squarespace Core are both $29/mo with 0% commission. The trap is Squarespace's $19 plan: its 2% store fee makes it costlier above $500/mo.