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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJoin these bakers<\/a> and turn your passion for pastries into a home bakery business. Here’s everything you need to know before selling baked goods online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cookies, cupcakes, tarts, cakes, macarons, and bars, oh my!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first step to starting a home bakery is to decide what you want to offer. Which baked good are you famous for among friends and family? What do you love baking the most? What is your favorite ingredient? For example, ube is the star ingredient<\/a> at many Airmart bakeries and several have built their entire menus around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choosing a specialty can help your bakery stand out from the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some examples from Airmart shops:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What sets you apart from other cupcake bakers in town? What niche does your bakery fill? Why are your ingredients so special?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe you use a family cookie recipe that has been passed down through generations, or you make an exotic dessert that isn\u2019t often sold in your area. Or perhaps you have a unique twist on a traditional favorite. Knowing what sets you apart is key to making a competitive, sustainable home bakery business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These Airmart bakeries are branding rockstars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mochee LA<\/a>: This bakery sells mochi everything: mochi egg tarts, mochi brulee, mochi jelly, you name it, but they are known for their egg tarts. Mochee LA has simple but beautiful packaging that can be customized for weddings and other events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Crumble & Whisk: Although the patisseries does offer pot pies and a few other baked goods, the main focus at Crumble & Whisk<\/a> is the gourmet cheesecakes. The bakery has become the premier choice for cheesecakes in the San Francisco Bay Area thanks to Chef Charles Farrier\u2019s culinary artistry. You won\u2019t find a more aesthetically-pleasing cheesecake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you need a license to sell baked goods from home?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You don’t need a license to sell baked goods from home. The baked goods you prepare in your unlicensed home kitchen can be sold as long as you follow the laws for cottage bakeries in your state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do I need insurance to sell baked goods from home?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your home bakery should have general liability insurance and product liability insurance to protect you and your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Texas<\/a>, you can own a cottage bakery with a gross annual business income of up to $50k. To start your cottage bakery in Texas, you must first complete safe food handling training. You may list your baked goods online in your Airmart shop, but the state requires that you hand-deliver the items to each customer. All of your baked goods must be labeled with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In California, your cottage bakery can earn up to $75k annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cottage bakeries in California may not sell items with time and temperature-sensitive ingredients. This is to prevent the growth of bacteria that may cause illness. For baked goods, that means you may not sell anything with cream or custard filling. To find out what you are allowed to sell from your home bakery, see the approved foods for cottage food operations in California here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida is a good place to be a cottage baker! Cottage food operations in Florida<\/a> can earn up to $250k annually, and you can sell any of the following from your home bakery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baked goods are delicate and they need to be packaged carefully. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with how you package your bakery items. Even a simple addition of a custom sticker on the pastry boxes can help with brand recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your homemade baked goods are worth much more than any store-bought cookies or cupcakes. After all, no one bakes quite like you do. When pricing your baked goods, you should factor in the cost of ingredients, tools, and packaging, the time it takes to make each item, and your talent (yes, you should put a price on that!). If you need some ideas for how to price your home bakery items, check out these Airmart shop menus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Basque Burnt Cheesecake<\/a>, 6-inch specialty cheesecakes sell for $39-$55 depending on the flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A box of 6 cupcakes is $35 at Naka Afro Patisserie.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n One dozen cookies from Cookies by Relle<\/a> costs $26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choose a cute, funny name for your bakery that\u2019s easy to remember and full of personality. You can put your name in it, like \u201cCassidy\u2019s Cakes\u201d or choose something that fits the theme of your bakery. For example, Ube Galore Breads & More<\/a> is a catchy name that perfectly sums up the shop. If you need help coming up with a bakery name, use our AI tool<\/a> as a bakery name generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your baked goods are gorgeous, so show them off! Good product photos can make or break your bakery in terms of sales, so take the time to snap well-lit, creative pictures of everything you bake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take a look at these stunning food photos from Airmart merchants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You could bake dozens of cookies and wait for the customers to come. Or, you could hold off on the baking and take pre-orders so that you only bake what you know you will sell. Airmart\u2019s online shop tool makes collecting pre-orders for your bakery easy and organized. Set up a free shop or subscribe for $16\/month to gain access to new shop themes and sales tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some examples of different shops:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cake Meet Me Patisserie<\/a> has a website-like layout rather than a typical Airmart storefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honolulu Rose Cakeshop<\/a> has a more traditional Airmart bakery storefront:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a mobile view of Sweet Little Things San Francisco:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nSelling baked goods online<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Texas Cottage Food Law<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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California Cottage Bakery Law<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Florida Cottage Food Law<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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