pricing, without the small print

Flat plans. No fees on top.

A flat monthly price for the whole shop, no add-ons, and no fees added to your customers' orders. Set it up free and practice in test mode until you're ready.

Start your shop free while you set up

No fees added to your customers' orders. No platform fee on paid plans.

pick a size

The plans

Each one is a flat monthly price, or a little less paid yearly. None of them adds a fee to your customers' orders.

  • Starter

    $19 / month

    or $190 a year

    • Monthly subscription boxes: not on this plan
    • Your own local delivery: not on this plan
    • Your own web address: not on this plan
    • Email from your own address: not on this plan
    • The premium storefront look: not on this plan
    • Up to 1 staff account, 10 recipes and 1,000 emails a month
    • No platform fee on your sales
  • Pro

    $39 / month

    or $390 a year

    • Monthly subscription boxes
    • Your own local delivery
    • Your own web address: not on this plan
    • Email from your own address: not on this plan
    • The premium storefront look
    • Up to 3 staff accounts and 5,000 emails a month
    • No platform fee on your sales
  • Studio

    $79 / month

    or $790 a year

    • Monthly subscription boxes
    • Your own local delivery
    • Your own web address
    • Email from your own address
    • The premium storefront look
    • Up to 10 staff accounts and 25,000 emails a month
    • No platform fee on your sales
the whole sticker sheet

What's included

Every plan gets these. Where one starts on a bigger plan, its sticker says which.

  • Your own shop pageYour name, your menu, your link to share.
  • Preorders and pickup windowsPorch, market stall, any time you set. Repeat them weekly.
  • Drops and secret flavorsCaps on every item, flavors revealed on the date you pick.
  • Monthly boxes4 picks and 2 surprises. Subscribers skip or cancel on their own. Pro and up
  • Your own local deliveryInside a radius you set. No shipping, no couriers. Pro and up
  • Costing and labelsCost per piece, and labels with ingredients and allergens.
  • Bake plan and checklistWhat to mix, bake and pack, then tick it off.
  • Cottage-food limitsYour state's yearly cap and allowed foods, tracked.
how it starts

Free while you set up. Paid when you open.

Your customers pay your prices. We don't add a fee to anyone's order.

Order #1042EXAMPLE
2 country loaves
$[your price]
1 seeded loaf
$[your price]
Porch pickup · Sat 9–11
free
Fee added by Kitchenstead
$0.00
Your customer pays
your prices

Card payments go through a payment processor. Its standard processing fee comes out of your payout, as at any shop that takes cards.

  1. Set up for freeMake your shop page, menu, pickup windows and delivery radius.
  2. Practice in test modePlace pretend orders, try a drop, run a box. No real money moves.
  3. Open when you're readySwitch on real orders. That's when the flat monthly price starts.
so there are no surprises

What the price doesn't cover

Card processingCard payments go through a payment processor. Its standard fee comes out of your payout, as at any shop that takes cards.
ShippingWe don't ship food, and there's no courier. Delivery is you, locally, inside your radius.
Features still comingWeekly loaf subscription, payment at your market stall, jar deposits, food-truck ordering and phone apps aren't ready yet.
straight answers

Pricing questions

What does it cost my customers?

Only your prices. We add no fees to their orders. You pay one flat monthly price.

When does the monthly price start?

When you leave test mode and open your shop to real orders. Setting up and practicing are free.

Is there a bigger plan?

There are three plans: Starter, Pro and Studio. They share everything on this page; the bigger ones add the stickers marked with a plan's name, and more room for staff and recipes.

What is test mode?

Your shop works as it will for customers, but orders are practice orders and no real money moves. Stay in it as long as you like.

Do I need a permit?

Probably. Most states ask home food sellers to register or hold a cottage-food permit, and the rules differ by state. Kitchenstead doesn't issue permits. It tracks your state's limits once you have one.

What's the price, exactly?

Starter is $19 a month or $190 a year, Pro is $39 a month or $390 a year and Studio is $79 a month or $790 a year, plus any sales tax. That's the whole bill.

made just for you

Want something custom?

A storefront look designed just for your shop is a separate project, priced on its own once we've talked. Start your shop and ask from Brand in your admin, or write to help@kitchenstead.com.

Set up free. Open when you're ready.

One flat monthly price. No fees added to your customers' orders.

Start your shop