For bakers
Saturday’s loaves, sold before Friday night.
You know roughly how many you can bake. What you do not know is who wants one until the replies start arriving, and by then you have promised twelve loaves out of an eleven-loaf oven.
What’s breaking today
- The group text turns into forty replies you have to reconcile by hand.
- Two people claim the same last loaf and one of them is disappointed.
- Payment is three Venmos, a cash envelope, and one person who forgot.
- Holiday pre-orders live in a notes app you are afraid to close.
How it goes instead
- 1
Batch it
Add the loaves, the sticky buns, and how many of each the oven can actually do.
- 2
Drop it
Set it to open Thursday at 8am and close Friday at noon. At 8am, open it and send the announcement with one tap. BatchDrop closes it on time.
- 3
Sell it out
Every order lands in one list against the count you set. Friday afternoon you print it and start mixing.
What matters most for you
Drops
Set how many the oven can do and see every order against it, not forty replies in a thread.
SMS broadcasts
One text to everyone who opted in, instead of a group thread.
Your storefront
A page you can put on the bag, so new customers find the next drop.
Your customer list
Import the spreadsheet you already keep.
Orders, receipts & invoices
Mark each order paid as the Venmos come in, and the receipt is issued for you.
We suggest Pro
A weekly drop to a list of even a few hundred subscribers adds up fast — a broadcast plus replies most weeks can pass Basic’s 300 messages a month well before the holidays hit. Pro’s 1,000-message allowance covers that, and a custom URL is worth having once you are printing it on the bag. Start on Basic to run your first few drops and see where your volume lands.
Questions
Can I take pre-orders for a holiday weeks ahead?
Yes. Open the drop now and set it to close whenever you need the final count, then put the pickup window in the drop description.
What if I bake fewer than I planned?
Lower the quantity before the drop opens. Once orders exist, you can cancel the drop. Every order stays in your dashboard, so you can see who already paid you and pay them back the same way.
How do people pay?
Directly, the way they do now — Venmo, Zelle, or cash at pickup. Mark each order paid and BatchDrop issues a numbered receipt, so the list shows exactly who has not paid yet. Online card payments are in development.