05/23/2025

You can now create a custom URL for your store. Within the contact update page, you can now customize a URL that better fits your business. The custom URL will be https://biz.cottagegood.com/?yourChoice. For example, our Demo Bakery page is https://biz.cottagegood.com/?demobakery

04/25/2025

We have added the ability for you to set a lead time on custom orders. This new feature will help you notify your customers of you current lead time when custom orders, such as cakes, are request. Updating your lead time is located in your update payments page.

04/22/2025

You can now manage which email address displays to your customers. Go into the update contact information page and modify the email address you want your customers to see.

04/12/2025

The Cottage Good Android app is now available on Google Play. To download, use your Android phone, open your internet browser and go here. You can also find it in the Google Play store by searching for Cottage Good. The Android app helps manage your Cottage Good account on the go!

04/05/2025

The ability to mark your products as low in stock or out of stock is now available in the edit item page. When updating your item to show low or out of stock, text is placed over the item's image within your catalog. Once more inventory is available, you can update the item again to remove that label.

03/24/2025

You now have more control over what information is shown to the public. You can now hide your address and/or phone number. When hiding your address, customers will only see your city, state, and zip code. Along with this update, we have provided self service options to update your address and phone number any time you wish.

03/23/2025

Sometimes, customers cancel orders. We have enabled the ability to mark an order as cancelled in those unfortunate events. Within the orders details, you can easily cancel an order.

03/22/2025

You can now update the color scheme for your business. Choose one of several color schemes that best represents your business. The selected color scheme will be visible to your customers and to you when you are logged in.

03/19/2025

We have enabled more customization on your business profile page. You can now update the footer image to more closely match your business and your branding.

03/16/2025

Your online menu can now be sorted how you want. Choose from sorting by price, by name, by when you added it, or by the quantity included.

03/15/2025

When someone visits your business page directly, we now make it easier for them to get back to your page if they leave it to explore other non-business pages on the Cottage Good website. Once they access your business page, a banner is displayed at the top of their web browser providing direct access back to your business.

03/10/2025

We made it easier for you to continue the sign up process. If you began to sign up but did not complete it, simply log in and we'll get you back on track.

03/06/2025

Introduced a new feature to enable you to store your favorite recipes. When you log into your account, a new option 'Recipes' is now available. Add as many recipes as you would like to store then easily access them later.

03/05/2025

Improved the experience of managing your listed products. You can now easily update your product details when accessing them from your 'My Products' page after logging in.

03/02/2025

New referral program launched for our customers. Log into your 'My Business' page to see details.

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03/01/2025

Improved the method upcoming events are pulled from the database and displayed. Events that happened in the past will no longer show, leaving only current day and future events to be shown.

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03/01/2025

Updated our backend code displaying item descriptions within a product page to preserve any line spacing you may have entered when adding a new item to your online catalog.

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02/28/2025

Your cottage business can now be found when potential customers are looking for a cottage food operation near them. Our latest feature allows those potential customers to search by zip code and find locations near them. All results list the distance from their zip code, your business name, and a link directly to your business page! We are here to help you connect to customers and be found.

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02/25/2025

You can now customize your business profile page by modifying the default image of a black and white cottage to another image of your choice. This helps to add some more branding to your business page.

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02/24/2025

Improvement made to the business bio section to help preserve line breaks entered when you are setting up/managing your business.

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02/24/2025

You can now update your payment tags (Venmo, PayPal, etc.) without contacting us for help. You can also modify your payment policy selection and whether or not you accept checks as a form of payment.

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02/21/2025

New option added during the sign up process for payment policies. Previously, you had the choice of telling customers no prepayment was needed or full payment is required before beginning your order. The new option lets your customers know they must pay at least half before their order is started.

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02/20/2025

We added more business profile management options enabling you to update your business bio section quickly and easily. Prior to this update, you would need to contact us to make those changes.

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02/15/2025

Enhancement to allow you to easily delete products you no longer wish to sell. Previously, removing a product was a multi-step process. This enhancement makes it a one click function.

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02/09/2025

We gave you the option of adding in expenses from running your business. Not only can you add a new expense entry but you can compare expenses vs. paid orders to help you get a better idea of your profit. This view defaults to showing the full history or expenses and paid orders but you can filter it by year.

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02/05/2025

A new feature is introduced giving you the ability to add events you will be at in the near future. These events are also accessible from your business profile page so your customers know where to find you.

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02/04/2025

You can now view a list of all your customers in one location allowing easy access to reach out to them for follow ups, if needed.

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02/03/2025

Order management functions improved to enable you to keep track of which orders have been paid and manually mark newly-paid orders. We also introduced a breakdown of paid vs. not paid to help you watch your income from orders placed through the Cottage Good platform.

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02/01/2025

The shopping cart is enhanced to allow customers to adjust the quantity of products they want to order without having to go back to the item page.

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01/30/2025

The Cottage Good platform goes live with the ability to build an online catalog and accept orders.

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