All posts in online sales

Value-Added Product Success, Three Farms Share Their Stories

Value-Added Product Success, Three Farms Share Their Stories

CAFF’s Tech Hub is hosting a three part webinar series on value-added products and success stories of small producers using Ecommerce. The series highlights farmers who have developed their business to include value-added products and offers practical information on how they navigated

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Updated Ecommerce Report for the Small Farm

Updated Ecommerce Report for the Small Farm

CAFF participates in the CSA Innovation Network who recently updated a report that breaks down how popular eCommerce platforms perform in comparison to one another, based on findings from national farmer surveys in 2020 and 2021.  This report was refreshed

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Marketing for Farmers by Kendall Ballantine

Marketing for Farmers by Kendall Ballantine

Kendall Ballantine has created some awesome short, easy to understand blogs on marketing best practices for small farms. We highly recommend her blog https://www.onlinemarketingforfarmers.com/blog for topics such as search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing, and tips for selling online.  She has

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Details to Consider When Choosing Online Tools

Details to Consider When Choosing Online Tools

Here is a list of considerations and questions to ask before investing in new tools for your business.  Cost Will the costs outweigh the gains/returns? Most sales platforms charge start-up fees or keep a percentage of sales.  What is the

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Exploring Squarespace for Farm Websites & Online Sales

Exploring Squarespace for Farm Websites & Online Sales

Spanish subtitles are available on Youtube and slides are available in Spanish (Exploración de Squarespace para sitios web de granjas y comercio electrónico) In this peer-to-peer learning webinar, we reviewed farmer experiences using Squarespace for their website hosting, building, and

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Exploring CSA Platforms: CSAware and Farmigo

Exploring CSA Platforms: CSAware and Farmigo

RECORDING. Pronto proporcionará subtítulos en español. Explorando Los Plataformas de Agricultura Apoyada por la Comunidad – CSAware & Farmigo. In this peer-to-peer learning webinar, we will compare two popular online CSA management platforms: CSAware and Farmigo. Participants will have the opportunity to see

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7 Simple Steps for Creating a Website

7 Simple Steps for Creating a Website

There is a saying, “If you don’t have a website you don’t exist!” As of January 2021, it is reported that there are 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide. As a small farm, food hub or farmers market, this is

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