Free forever plan · 1,300+ shops live · No credit card to start
Built by a cottage bakerStop running your cottage food business through DMs, spreadsheets, and Google Forms. Cottage CMS gives you a professional storefront, preorder system, pickup scheduling, and Square payments — built around how cottage food sellers actually sell.
SweetFern Bakery
Serving Austin
SweetFern Bakery
Serving Austin · Est. 2024
Sourdough loaf
$9
Strawberry jam
$12
Brown butter cookies
$18
New order · Square
+$42.18
Pickup window
Sat · 9–11am · 12 left
Active members
1,300+
and growing daily
Coverage
US + Canada
all 50 states + Canada
Avg. setup
30 min
first order in hours
Uptime
99.99%
so you never miss an order
Built for cottage food workflows
Preorders, pickup windows, lead times, custom orders, recipe costing — every workflow cottage food sellers know by heart, baked into one platform. No apps to install. No plugins to configure.
Saturday · May 17
Planner
B. Smith
2× sourdough · pickup
Spring drop window
cut-off Fri 6pm · 42/50 sold
River Park farmers market
public · setup 11am
M. Williams
Strawberry jam ×3 · pickup
Restock bread flour
task · @home
Orders, preorder windows, public and private events, and tasks — all on a single planner the whole kitchen can read at a glance.
Order #1284
PaidCards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Cash App Pay through Square — plus optional Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, and cash. Connect in 30 seconds.
Window · Spring drop
Cap quantities, set cut-offs, and let availability rules do the work.
Recipe · Sourdough
73.2% margin · per unit
Pantry + recipe tools that auto-calc cost-per-unit.
Order confirmed · receipt sent
Push
Pickup ready in 10 minutes
Text
"Hi B! Pickup tomorrow at 9am."
Order confirmations, pickup & delivery reminders, and pay-as-you-go event marketing — across all three channels.
9:41
SweetFern Bakery
Reorder · 2 taps
Customers add your shop to their phone home screen and reorder in two taps. No App Store, no downloads.
And another two dozen smaller workflows — recipe importer, QR codes, blog, customer CSV import, digital products, plugins, and more.
Browse all featuresSetup
Pick yourshop.cottagecms.com or bring your own domain. Live in seconds.
Add products, prices, photos, and pickup windows. Cottage food templates do the layout for you.
Connect Square, share your link, and your next batch is already half-sold.
No app-stack tax
Generic builders make you bolt on plugins for preorders, pickup scheduling, forms, reviews, costing, and analytics. Cottage CMS ships with the workflows cottage food sellers actually need.
And you can swap from your current setup in an afternoon — most sellers had a comparable site live within an hour of signing up.
Compare platformsSee how Cottage CMS stacks up against common toolsReal sellers · real revenue
Tap any shop below to read their story — and see a real cottage food site running on Cottage CMS.
Amazing website features!
“I am in the process of setting up my business. Having Cottage CMS in my corner makes me feel confident that this will be successful. I am amazed at all of the improvements. It is obvious this is a tool built by a cottage baker for cottage bakers. I love opening my email to see yet another improvement I had no idea I needed, but now I see how helpful it is. Thank You!”
Carla
Owner, Hummingbird Heritage Treats and Gifts
“Total game-changer for my cottage bakery—everything is in one place, nothing gets missed, and my workflow has never been smoother.”
Jenny Cleveland
Owner, Astrid's Kitchen
“Thanks to Cottage CMS, I was able to setup my site and start taking orders quickly and efficiently with the Square and Venmo transaction capabilities!”
Esther
Owner/Baker, E. Lee's Sweets
“The best platform out there for cottage bakers. Super easy to use and fantastic customer support!!”
Jill Miller
Owner, Journeys End Sourdough
Great Product, Exceptional Support
“Cottage CMS helped us share our mission, not just our menu. It’s more than an ordering site — it lets you tell your story, connect with customers, and turn one‑time buyers into long‑term supporters.”
Andrew Hauck
Owner & Baker, Side Yard Bakery LLC
“Cottage CMS is helping me grow.”
Adriauna Christian
Owner, Nu ImageSweetz
Amazing Customer Service
“Cottage CMS has been amazing to work with. Their customer service is incredibly quick, helpful, and knowledgeable. Anytime I’ve had a question or needed assistance, their team has responded promptly and made the process simple and stress-free. It’s rare to find support that is both this fast and genuinely helpful. Cottage CMS truly goes above and beyond to make sure everything runs smoothly. Highly recommend!”
Sharon Stark
Owner, Sugar Nest Cupcakery
Amazing customer service and very open to feedback
“Cottage CMS keeps me organized and gives my customers a wonderful and professional shopping experience. Cottage CMS has been my saving grace!!! Thank you!!”
Angie Crabtree
Owner, A&R Originals
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Built from inside the community
Cottage CMS started as a tool I built for our own home bakery. Every preorder window, every form, every notification exists because real cottage food sellers asked for it through support, trials, and daily shop work.
Real cottage bakery
Built and used at Family Kneads — we eat our own cooking.
Community-driven
Roadmap shaped weekly by 1,300+ cottage food sellers.
Seller-shaped tools
Features follow real preorder, pickup, and storefront workflows.
Direct line in
Email a real human — usually replied to within an hour.
See Cottage CMS in action.
Family Kneads — our family bakery — runs entirely on Cottage CMS. Every preorder window, push notification, and recipe tool gets battle-tested at our own shop before it ships.
$10K–$15K
avg. monthly sales
Direct + wholesale
sales channels
100%
on Cottage CMS
Lifetime members who shaped the platform. We owe them a lot.
Pricing
The free plan is a complete shop — not a trial. You only move to Pro unlocks custom-domain support, delivery, loyalty, and the rest.
Bring your own domain, delivery, loyalty, push notifications, and the rest.
$240≈$16.67/mo · two months on us
Cancel anytime · downgrade to Free, keep your content
A complete starter shop you can stay on as long as you like.
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FAQ
Still have questions?
Email a real person — we usually reply within an hour.
From DMs to organized orders. From hobby-feeling to professional presence. A free shop in five minutes — purpose-built for cottage food.
No credit card · cancel any time · keep your content if you downgrade
