Free forever plan · 2,296 shops live · No credit card to start
Built by a cottage bakerCottage CMS connects online orders, market sales, gift cards, inventory, fulfillment, reviews, customer marketing, and a search-ready website. Start with a capable Free storefront, then use the paid plan whose live feature set fits the way your operation is growing.
Highest-value workflows
The latest additions bring live selling, daily operations, customer demand, and advanced storefront control into the same platform as online orders.
Use QR-friendly market checkout for live events, or record walk-up and phone orders with Quick Sale.
Drill downStart with the Today view, then move orders across a visual board as they enter production, become ready, and leave the shop.
Drill downCollect reviews, capture back-in-stock interest, and organize customers into useful segments and tags.
Drill downAdd hero layouts and Search Console setup, then follow the live plan matrix for advanced controls such as custom CSS and subscriptions.
Drill downPlan-aware features
Every feature card shows the minimum plan from the active admin-controlled feature matrix. Mixed labels call out aggregate workflows whose core and advanced pieces span plans.
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A complete starter storefront you can stay on as long as you need.
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Core paid tools for a growing cottage food business.
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Expanded tools for businesses ready for the full feature set.
Feature drill-downs
Each category page expands the feature set with Free, mixed, Pro, and Scale labels so sellers can see what is included now and what unlocks as they grow.
Everything you need to sell cottage food online and in person: scheduled ordering windows, Square checkout, gift cards, market checkout, quick sales, product forms, quotes, tax controls, inventory holds, pickup, delivery, and shipping workflows.
View allConfigure order open and close times, pickup windows, blocked dates, and recurring pre-order schedules.
Sell digital gift cards and issue store credit that customers can redeem at checkout.
Run a mobile-friendly market menu with QR ordering, live inventory, and Square checkout.
Record walk-up, phone, and manual sales without rebuilding a full online order.
Keep customers connected with first-class reviews, customer accounts, segments and tags, back-in-stock alerts, notes, loyalty, subscriptions, notifications, and targeted outreach tied to the same storefront.
View allCollect and display verified customer reviews directly on your storefront.
Plan split: Collection and display are base capabilities; imports and text requests follow the active plan matrix.
Organize customers with tags and saved segments, then use them for focused outreach.
Plan split: Customer organization is a base capability; outbound channels follow the active plan matrix.
Let customers request an email when a sold-out product becomes available again.
Combine automated email with optional browser push and credit-backed text notifications.
Plan split: Email is a base capability; push and text channels follow the active plan matrix.
Create a professional cottage food website with a visual editor, custom color and font controls, homepage hero layouts, mobile optimization, custom domains, Google Search Console verification, and sitemap submission.
View allVisual editor allows you to customize your site without technical skills. Build a professional cottage food website in minutes.
Choose purpose-built homepage hero arrangements for products, announcements, and brand photography.
Bring your own domain or purchase one during setup, then connect it to your Cottage CMS site.
Verify your site with Google and submit its sitemap from the Cottage CMS dashboard.
Run daily cottage food operations with a Today dashboard, fulfillment board, calendar sync, occurrence inventory alerts, customer and product exports, category management, customer notes, recipe costing, and event-level analytics.
View allStart the day with upcoming fulfillment, unread activity, and the work that needs attention now.
Move orders through a Kanban-style board from new to ready and fulfilled.
Subscribe to an external calendar feed for orders, availability windows, and planned work.
Measure revenue by event, payment fees, order sources, products, traffic, and conversion performance.
Publish blog posts and custom pages, send newsletters and multi-channel announcements, build social proof, create trackable QR codes, and reward members who share Cottage CMS.
View allSend branded newsletters and category-based emails outside of a single event or order.
Pro and Scale members can earn recurring account credit by referring new Cottage CMS subscribers.
Plan split: Available to active Pro and Scale members.
Create customized QR codes with scan tracking. Set custom colors, embed logos, and wrap in frames.
Create unlimited blog posts with our rich block editor. Share recipes, stories, and connect with customers.
Build the shop first
Free gives sellers a real site and operating flow. The live plan matrix keeps Pro and Scale availability aligned with the current rollout as more advanced tools become useful.
