Best App to Sell Homemade Food

As of October 2026. We make VibeKitchen, so keep that in mind. We haven't run a shop on every service; the facts about other tools come from their public pages, checked October 10, 2026 and listed at the bottom. Prices are in US dollars.

Below, each option is compared on the same four points, with who it suits and its trade-off. Costs are in the next section.

These are standard US rates for the plans named; premium and international cards cost more (Stripe's pricing, checked October 10, 2026). Passing VibeKitchen's service fee to the buyer doesn't cover Stripe's fee, which still comes out of your payout.

Choose on how you sell, not on fees alone. When you set prices, count app and card fees as a cost, like ingredients and packaging; the baked goods pricing calculator does the math.

A few orders a week? A post and your DMs can work. Keep a simple list of who paid and when they're picking up.

A form is the next step up; the bakery order form guide lists what to ask. Move to an ordering tool when you need a hard limit on how many you sell, or payment before you start cooking.

Finding buyers is a separate job. The sell food online guide covers how one ordering link fits with your social posts.

Castiron is the common case. As of October 2026, the public record is a November 21, 2024 announcement that T.D. Jakes Enterprises acquired Castiron to launch Nourysh. It doesn't say what happened to individual seller accounts, so check yours directly.

To switch any tool without losing orders:

1. Save what you can: menu, prices, photos, customer contacts you have permission to use, and any orders you still owe.
2. Rebuild your menu in the new tool, then place a test order the way a buyer would.
3. Tell your customers where to order now, and update the link in your profiles and on printed signs.

A new link doesn't bring old orders with it, so keep your own list of paid orders and pickups while you switch.

VibeKitchen can't import from another platform; you add your menu by hand. After that, order customers export to CSV with names, emails, phone numbers, and order IDs. Notify Me sign-ups, which are only on sold-out Ready Now items, export to their own CSV with consent details.

Pick CottageCMS if you want a website you design, or need its quote and deposit tools on a paid plan. Pick VibeKitchen if your menu fits Ready Now, Scheduled Batch, and Made to Order, and you want to run orders from a phone app. Either way, buyers order in a browser, and neither one finds customers for you.

• Setup: CottageCMS has you build a site, a menu, and Square checkout (features). VibeKitchen has you add a menu and connect Stripe.
• Where buyers order: CottageCMS describes a browser storefront buyers can save to their home screen. VibeKitchen buyers also order in the browser; its iOS and Android apps are for sellers.
• Pickup and delivery: both do pickup. CottageCMS lists delivery and in-state shipping on Pro, nationwide shipping on Scale. VibeKitchen supports delivery you arrange, but no shipping.
• Customer list: CottageCMS includes customer records. VibeKitchen exports order customers and Notify Me sign-ups to CSV.
• Cost: CottageCMS has free and paid plans plus Square processing (pricing, checked October 10, 2026). VibeKitchen has no monthly fee; its costs are in the table above.
• Promotion: CottageCMS lists QR codes and marketing tools on paid plans. VibeKitchen's sales kits turn a food photo into Facebook Marketplace and Instagram posts and printable QR signs. The Marketplace kit writes reply text you can use in Marketplace automatic replies or saved replies; VibeKitchen doesn't connect to Facebook or answer your messages.

Before you commit to any app, walk one real order through it. Say it's 20 meal boxes, orders close Thursday night, and pickup is Saturday from 11 to 2.

• Can you set a limit, and does ordering stop by itself when you reach it?
• Does the buyer pay when they order, or do you chase payment?
• Where do you see who's picking up, and when?

Then try what goes wrong: the boxes sell out, someone misses pickup, or a customer wants something custom. Whatever the app doesn't handle, you will.

VibeKitchen doesn't do shipping, deposits, or quotes, and it doesn't check whether your food is allowed where you live. For that, use the state-by-state rules and agency links, then confirm your menu with your state or local health department. Being able to list something in an app doesn't mean you're allowed to sell it.

VibeKitchen is your own storefront and order tool, not a marketplace, so it doesn't bring you buyers. You share your link where your customers already are.

You manage orders on the web, iOS, or Android; buyers order on your web storefront with no app or account. Each order shows who it's for, the pickup time, what they bought, and what you earn, and your order customer list exports to CSV anytime. Starting with baked goods? The home bakery startup steps cover pricing a batch and setting up orders.