Built-In Communication

Talk to your buyers without giving up your phone.

Every order question, custom request, and pickup confirmation lives in one inbox — inside your shop. No personal phone number on labels. No DM chaos across four apps. No buyer email lost in the spam folder.

Built into every store.  ·  No add-on, no upgrade, no setup.

The Problem

Customer questions don't wait for business hours.

When a buyer is ready to spend money, the makers who reply first win the sale. Most cottage food sellers are losing those moments — not because they're slow, but because their messages are scattered everywhere.

Buyers ask before they buy

Allergens. Custom orders. Pickup logistics. Holiday deadlines. Every unanswered question is a sale that quietly walks away.

Your messages are everywhere

Instagram DMs, Facebook Messenger, text threads, the contact form on your website, and four different email addresses. None of it searchable, none of it tied to an order.

Your number isn't a marketing tool

Putting your personal phone on labels, jars, and social means after-hours calls, spam, and zero boundaries between the kitchen and dinner.

See It In Action

Your inbox, the way it should be.

Click a conversation on the left to switch threads. Type a reply and send. This is the same split-pane layout your buyers see when they message you — and the same one you see when they reply back.

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Joanne's Jam Pantry — Inbox 1 unread
Sarah M. Inquiring about: 8oz Strawberry Jam

Buyers reach you through SellFood. Your number, your email, your weekend — all stay yours.

What's Included

Built into every store.

Messaging isn't an upsell on SellFood — it's part of how your shop works. Six things you get the moment your store goes live.

Split-pane inbox

Conversations on the left, the active thread on the right. The same layout you'd expect from any modern email client — without leaving your dashboard.

Message buyers from orders

One click from any order opens a thread to that buyer, already attached to the order context. No copy-pasting names or order numbers.

Email notifications that work

Every new message hits your real inbox. Buyer replies thread back into SellFood automatically. You can step away from the dashboard and not miss a thing.

Unread counts everywhere

The sidebar, the page header, your dashboard — all stay in sync. One unread message shows up in three places, so you'll never miss a question.

Archive without losing history

Done with a thread? Archive it. The conversation stays searchable in your archive but disappears from the active inbox so you can focus on what's open.

Your number stays private

Buyers contact you through SellFood. Nothing personal ends up on a label, a jar, an invoice, or a social profile. Boundaries built in by default.

Stop losing buyers to slow replies.

Open your shop on SellFood and messaging is on from minute one. Not a feature you upgrade to — part of how every store works.

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