Porch Pantry is the drop platform with a built-in marketplace. Open a custom storefront for the audience you already have and get discovered by neighbors who don't know you yet. For cooks, bakers, growers, and makers — anyone selling something good from home.
— $0/month · 4 ways to sell · text-message drops · neighbor-discovered —
From "I should start selling these" to your first pickup window — without a website, a follower count, or a monthly subscription. Here's the whole flow.
Pick a name, add a photo, link your Instagram. You get your own page at porchpantry.app/yourname.
Set what you're making, how much, when orders open and close, and where you want neighbors to pick up.
Anyone who's followed you gets an SMS the moment your drop opens. Share the link to your IG stories, too — same link, same drop.
Your drop also shows up in the Porch Pantry marketplace for neighbors within walking distance — even ones who don't follow you yet. Free customer acquisition.
Print your prep list, hand off the goods on pickup day, and the money lands in your account. Or skip Stripe entirely — eaters can Venmo you direct.
No subscription, no setup cost, no contract. Same model as Hotplate — but with neighborhood discovery and four seller categories included.
A flat 1% to us, and the standard Stripe processing rate on each card payment. On a $20 order that's about $0.20 to Porch Pantry and $0.88 to Stripe. Prefer no fees at all? Skip Stripe and take Venmo / Zelle / cash directly — $0 either way.
No service fee, no checkout markup. Buyers pay exactly the price the seller sets — nothing added on top. The cost of a meal is the cost of the meal.
Four ways in. Same platform, same tools. Pick what fits — or pick more than one. Most established sellers run two categories side-by-side (a baker who also keeps chickens, a cook with a backyard garden).
Hot prepared meals from a county-permitted home kitchen. Tamales, pupusas, dumplings, curries, lasagnas, ramen kits, whole rotisserie birds.
Shelf-stable food: sourdough, focaccia, cookies, granola, jams, honey, dry mixes, candy. Lighter regulatory bar than prepared food.
Backyard fruit + vegetables, cut flowers, plant starts, small-flock eggs, herbs. The lowest-friction category — you probably already have inventory.
Original handmade goods: knit hats and scarves, sewn bags, ceramics, jewelry, hand-poured candles, art prints, small-batch soap.
Browse what's on your block this week — without subscribing to anybody's newsletter, scrolling Instagram for hours, or hoping someone DMs back about whether the cookies are still available.
Use your home, your office, your kid's school — wherever. We'll show you what neighbors within walking distance are dropping this week.
Tap to claim what you want. Pay through the app — or, if the maker doesn't use Stripe yet, just Venmo them directly when you pick up.
Walk, bike, or drive to the maker's porch (or the neighborhood pickup spot). Meet the person. Eat the thing. Repeat next Saturday.
If you already have 10K Instagram followers waiting for your next drop, the existing tools work fine. We're built for the long tail — makers who haven't gone viral, who need help getting their first 50 customers.
Your drop shows up in the marketplace for everyone within walking distance — not just people who already follow you. The closest thing to "passive customer acquisition" in food.
Cooks, bakers, growers, and makers all use the same tools. Most sellers cross categories (a baker who also keeps chickens, a cook with a backyard garden). One platform, more revenue lines.
$0 a month, no minimum, no contract. Pay only when you sell. And if you don't want to set up Stripe yet, your buyers can just Venmo you direct — the marketplace works without payment plumbing.
We're starting block by block. If you've been thinking about selling something good — your tamales, your jam, your dahlias, your knit beanies — open a storefront in 5 minutes and see what happens. No commitment, no fee, no follower count required.