Look establishedbefore you feel established.
A storefront, preorders and pickups built for sourdough bakers. Your own domain, Square or Stripe checkout, and the order texts that go with it, instead of DMs, spreadsheets and Google Forms.
Family Kneads
Sourdough Breads, Scones, Cookies, & More! All made with traditional methods and simple ingredients.
Family Kneads
Sourdough Breads, Scones, Cookies, & More! All made with traditional methods and simple ingredients.
Custom Tres Leches Number Cake
Two layers of scratch-made cake soaked in our homemade tres leches, frosted with a…
FULL BATCH Espresso Chocolate Chunk Scones
**Full Batch Order **- includes 8 scones, each 8-pack starts as an 8-inch round, and…
FULL BATCH Maple Pecan Scones
**Full Batch Order** - includes 8 scones, each 8-pack starts as an 8-inch round, and…
Family Kneads, the founder’s family bakery, as it runs on Cottage CMS today.
The short version
Your bakery's website, preorders, and customer messages in one place.
What it costs
Free: $0, no card needed What you get
Free is a real storefront with no time limit: products, availability windows, checkout, and customer records.
The only charge is the per-order platform fee on card orders, listed under Per-order fees.
Full pricing and plan comparisonPro: $20/month or $200/year What Pro adds
No platform fee on orders, and Pro adds Custom Domain, Domain Purchase, Text Messaging, Pickup Reminders, Newsletters, External Payment Options, and more.
Yearly billing is one $200 charge. Monthly billing can be cancelled anytime.
Everything in ProScale: $37/month or $370/year What Scale adds
Scale adds Nationwide Shipping, Email at Your Own Domain, Customer Subscriptions, Unlimited Locations, Custom CSS, Square Gift Cards, and more.
Everything in Scale
Yearly plans work out to $16.67/mo for Pro and $30.83/mo for Scale.
Your own domain
Connect one you own: Included on Pro and Scale How it works
Point your registrar’s DNS or nameservers at Cottage CMS, then wait for routing and SSL to show active before you print the address on labels or ads.
Your Cottage CMS web address keeps working alongside it.
Buy a domain or connect one you already ownBuy one in the dashboard: Set up automatically, on Pro and Scale How it works
Search for an address and buy it; DNS, routing, and SSL are configured for you.
Registration and renewal are billed separately from the plan, and a purchased domain is not refunded if you cancel the plan.
How domain purchase works- Registration: A separate cost, whether you buy through us or elsewhere
On Free: Your shop lives at a Cottage CMS web address What that means
Every shop gets one from day one. A custom domain stops serving if you later move to Free, and visitors are sent to that address instead.
Per-order fees
Free: 1.9% + 25¢ platform fee on each card order How it is charged
Paid by you, never added to the customer’s total, and calculated before tips.
It is how Free pays for itself; there is no monthly charge.
Compare total cost against other toolsPro and Scale: No platform fee on orders Why
The subscription replaces the per-order fee entirely. Card processing still applies.
Every plan: Card processing by Square or Stripe, charged by the processor Typical rates
Square’s typical online rate is 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment, and Stripe’s is similar.
On Pro and Scale you can pass processing fees to customers at checkout.
Cash, Venmo, and other outside payments: On Pro and Scale, with no platform fee How it works
Customers pick Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle, or cash at checkout and follow your instructions. You mark the order paid when the money arrives.
Offer Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle, and cash
Customer texts
Order texts: Included on Pro and Scale Which texts
Confirmations, pickup reminders, and payment reminders go out on the order lane at no per-message cost on those plans.
Configure text messaging and creditsPromotional shop alerts: Prepaid credits on Pro and Scale How credits work
One credit sends one SMS segment: up to 160 standard characters, or 70 with emoji or other special characters. A longer message uses one credit per segment.
Purchased credits stay in your balance until you use them; only Scale's included monthly credits expire.
How text credits workConsent: Customers opt in, and you can export the record What we keep
Opt-ins, opt-outs, and the wording customers agreed to are kept, and a compliance packet can be exported from the dashboard.
Trust center
All the basics: getting paid, preorders and pickup, email, your data, and support
A real drop, start to finish
One drop, from announcement to pickup.
Nothing below is a mock. The storefront and dashboard are the product's own screens with a sample shop's data, the messages come from the real templates, and the file is a real export.
Step 1
Tell your list the drop is open
A shop alert goes out by text and email the moment you open ordering. This is the real wording your customers get, sent to a sample customer.
Text from the shop
Example Bakery Saturday market drop is now accepting orders! Order now: https://examplebakery.example/products UNSUB EXAMPLEBAKERY to stop event texts Pwd by Cottage CMSStep 2
Take orders on your own storefront
Customers pick a date and a pickup spot, choose their items, and pay by card through Square or Stripe. This is the storefront's own date picker, showing the sample shop's next two drops.
examplebakery.cottagecms.com/productsOrder aheadChoose your date
Pick a date to shop its menu, or keep scrolling to browse everything.
Orders open3 itemsSaturday market drop
Sat, Nov 14 · Sample Farmers Market
PickupPickup: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
⏰ Orders close in:6d 23h 23mSSample Sourdough Loaf
$12.00
EExample Cookie Box
$22.00
EExample Cinnamon Rolls
$14.00
Step 3
Confirm each order automatically
The customer gets a confirmation with the pickup details; you get the order in your dashboard and an alert in your inbox. Both emails below are the real templates.
Your dashboard, today
View all ordersToday
Saturday, November 14
Orders due today
2 total | 1 new | 1 in progress
- Avery Sample11:00In progress
- Riley PlaceholderUnpaid16:00New
Pickup windows today
Open planner- Saturday market drop @ Sample Farmers Market9:00 AM-1:00 PMActive now
Step 4
Remind customers on pickup day
Pickup reminders go out at the lead time you set, with the address released only to paid orders. This is the real reminder text.
Text from the shop
Example Bakery: pickup reminder pickup: Sat, Nov 14, 11:00 AM Sample Farmers Market Pwd by Cottage CMSStep 5
Keep every record in a file you own
Orders, customers and products export as spreadsheets on every plan. These rows come from the published sample export file.
Order Number Customer Name Fulfillment Type Fulfillment Date Pickup Location Total Items S-1001 Avery Sample Pickup 10/31/2026 Sample Farmers Market 37 Sample Sourdough Loaf x1; Example Cookie Box (Chocolate chip) x1 S-1002 Riley Placeholder Delivery 11/01/2026 26.6 Example Cookie Box (Snickerdoodle) x1 S-1003 Jordan Example Shipping 24 Example Cookie Box (Chocolate chip) x1
Setup
Three steps. One afternoon.
Claim your shop name.
Pick yourshop.cottagecms.com or bring your own domain. Live in seconds.
Drop in your menu.
Add products, prices, photos, and pickup windows. Cottage food templates do the layout for you.
Take orders today.
Connect Square or Stripe, share your link, and your next batch is already half-sold.
Proof
Shops running on it, and what they say.
Every number here has a date and a definition behind it, every story names the shop, and every quote names the person. Check any of it.
- Live storefronts
- 3,468
- company-reported · snapshot Nov 3, 2026
- Case studies
- 6
- customer-reported
- Founders Club
- 72
- lifetime members
- Live shops
- Browse
- real storefronts, linked
Case studies
Sentinel Family Farm · Oregon
The community. Being able to talk directly to Drew and other small business owners. Even though she knows the platform serves many businesses, it feels like it was built just for her — and the site gives her the appearance of a well-established business, even as a brand-new operation.
Tammy Whalen, Owner & Operator · customer-reported
Astrid's Kitchen ·
The level of service. Jenny feels like she has a partner in her business, not just a software vendor. The platform also helped her streamline operations and stay organized — solving the exact chaos that had led to missed orders.
Jenny Cleveland, Owner & Baker · customer-reported
A Simple Life Homestead · Northern Maine
The website lets each gathering be more than a listing. Julie can share the practical details and story behind an experience, then connect it to articles, other gatherings, bakery offerings, and the wider homestead. Her goal is to help visitors experience a slower, simpler way of living and feel encouraged to bring some part of it home.
Julie Tweedie, Owner · customer-reported
What sellers say
“Cottage CMS has made running my business easier by saving me time and keeping everything simple and user-friendly. I love the Square integration and can’t wait to see what Drew comes up with next!”
Michelle ScottOwner,Rolls & Wrinkles Bakery· Oct 2026
“Cottage CMS is helping me establish a digital presence. I am not a techy, and I find C-CMS very cumbersome, but Drew is so very helpful. He helps me muddle my way through.”
Kimber ConklinOwner,Vanillahollic· Oct 2026
“Cottage CMS has boosted my sales greatly.”
Arlene E MulhearnOwner/Baker,All That I Knead· Sep 2026
Built and run by Drew Meyer, a cottage baker.
His family bakery runs on the same product, as the hero shows, and the roadmap follows what live shops ask for. One founder means one direct line: support@cottagecms.com, and the trust page says plainly what happens when he is unavailable.
Pricing
Start free. Grow with Pro or Scale.
Free is a real storefront, not a trial. Pro adds growth tools, and Scale adds higher-capacity operations.
Full feature tier
Scale
Expanded tools for businesses ready for the full feature set.
$30.83/mo billed annually
Save $74/year
- Everything in Pro
- $10 monthly Text messaging credits
- Unlimited Locations
- Nationwide Shipping
- Email at Your Own Domain
- Custom CSS
30-day money-back guarantee · used text credits deducted
Pro
Most PopularThe best current move for custom domain, checkout controls, marketing, and growth tools.
$240$16.67/mo billed annually · two months on us
- Everything in Free, plus
- Custom Domain
- Custom Pages
- Delivery Options
- Shipping Options
- QR Codes
- Text Messaging
- Hosted Business Mailbox
- Blog Posts
- Digital Products
30-day money-back guarantee · cancel anytime
Free
ForeverA complete starter storefront you can stay on as long as you need.
+ 1.9% + 25¢ platform fee per order
- Professional cottage food website
- Square or Stripe checkout
- Pre-orders and availability windows
- Pickup fulfillment
- Product options and order forms
- Recipes, ingredient costs, and bake planning
Scale available · annual savings · payment processing fees
FAQ
Answers, no fluff.
Still have questions?
Email a real person — we usually reply within an hour.
Your kitchen is the product.Let everything else run itself.
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