Recipes, real-cost pantry tracking, batch production, customer orders, compliance docs, and a public storefront — built for home bakers and cottage food operators who've outgrown spreadsheets.
Cottage HQ is operations software, not legal or financial advice — your state's cottage food laws still apply.
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Most baking apps help you cook. Cottage HQ helps you sell — by tracking what it actually costs to make, what you have on hand, what you owe customers, and what your state requires.
Log every purchase with shipping. FIFO deduction means batch costs reflect what you actually paid — not a guess.
Logging a batch deducts the exact lots used and flags expiring inventory. No more discovering stale flour mid-bake.
Store certifications, kitchen photos, and state-specific records in one place. Renewal reminders included.
Twelve modules that work together — built specifically for the way home bakers and cottage food operators actually run.
Build recipes with weight conversions, ingredient densities, and live cost-per-unit. Adjust the markup and Cottage HQ recalculates the suggested price across all variants.
Raw materials track per-lot quantities, expirations, and last-purchase costs. Batches deduct the oldest stock first and the shopping list refills itself when you fall below threshold.
Plan upcoming bakes, log actuals, auto-deduct ingredients, log waste. Every batch shows real cost, yield, and inventory impact.
Each operator gets a public shop page (your-shop.cottageheadquarters.com) where customers browse products, place orders, and pick a ready-by date — no login required.
Certifications, kitchen photos, license expirations all in one folder.
Multi-page label editor with Avery sheet support, fonts, and PDF export.
Auto-logs from expired lots, plus manual entries with cost impact.
Auto-populates from low stock and expiring lots. Estimated cost included.
See planned batches, due orders, and pickup dates on one timeline.
Cross-references your pantry against your recipe library and your library gaps.
Track repeat buyers, order history, allergies, and pickup preferences.
See margin per recipe, monthly revenue, and where you're losing inventory.
Most operators are taking real orders within an afternoon.
Import your recipes (or scan handwritten ones with AI). Log raw materials and supplies — Cottage HQ tracks the price of every lot you buy so cost calculations stay accurate.
Each batch deducts ingredients from the right lot, flags low stock, and logs waste automatically. Customers can place orders directly through your storefront.
Store your certifications, generate compliant labels, track your sales, and see real margin per recipe. Everything you'd need for your state's cottage food audit lives in one place.
No per-recipe limits. No per-batch fees. No upsells. Pick monthly or annual — both start with a 14-day free trial.
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Every plan includes recipes, pantry, production, orders, customers, compliance, labels, the storefront, AI matching, and waste tracking. We don't hide features behind tiers — there's only one plan.
Whether you're selling at the farmers market or running a multi-product home bakery, Cottage HQ scales with you.
Cookies, breads, jams. You make a few products well and want to track cost honestly.
Weekly batches, perishable inventory, repeat customers — all the moving pieces in one view.
Cake decorators and custom bakers. Track each order's ingredients, due date, and margin.
Dozens of SKUs, multiple variants, real production planning. The spreadsheet phase is over.
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No credit card. Full access to every feature. Bring your spreadsheet — we'll help you leave it behind.
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