Choosing tools
Best Website Builder for a Small Bakery Business
Help you pick a website builder that takes orders and gets you paid, without paying for parts of it you will never use.
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You bake for people you know. Your cousin’s baby shower, the Tuesday coffee crew, the neighbor who orders two dozen every Friday. A website builder is just the tool that turns those conversations into orders you can see in one place. Here is an honest look at the big general builders, what to check before you pay, and when a tool made for home bakers is the better fit.
Start with what your bakery actually needs
Most home bakers need four things from a website: a page that looks like them, an easy way to take an order, a way to take card payments, and a price that does not eat the profit on a batch of cookies. Everything else is nice to have.
What to remember
- Orders and payments in one place, so you are not scrolling through texts to work out who wanted what - Your own photos, your colors, and your own web address - Something you can update from your phone while the oven is on - A monthly cost that one or two orders can cover
What Squarespace gives a home baker
Squarespace is a general website builder that works for many small businesses. With every Squarespace billing plan, you can build a site, send invoices, and sell products, courses, and memberships. All paid Squarespace plans let you sell products or services, but the specific selling features vary by plan, so the plan you pick matters. Squarespace also offers a free trial, which is a low risk way to see whether the editor feels right in your hands.
What Wix gives a home baker
Wix is the other big general builder people ask about. Upgrading a Wix site to a premium plan includes a custom domain name, extra storage, and traffic analytics. Wix Premium plan prices may differ depending on your geographic location, so the number you see may not match what a friend pays. Wix Studio pricing plans are listed for client sites, which is worth knowing if you are building sites for other people rather than for your own bakery.
What to check before you pay
Two more things to check: how you get paid, and whether you can edit your shop from a phone. If a builder needs you at a laptop every time you change a price, that is a real cost on a busy Saturday.
Where a bakery tool fits
General builders are made for every kind of business, so you spend time stripping out what you do not need. A tool built for home bakers starts with the parts you do need. If you are weighing Bakesy, our Bakesy pricing breakdown walks through what it costs and how it compares.
Why home bakers choose Brevl
Brevl is the alternative home bakers choose because it is easier to set up, more customizable, takes cards through your own Stripe or Square account, and works reliably on both a computer and a phone. It is one flat $20 a month with no cut of your sales, and you get a 14 day free trial. We set it up with you and move your old shop over, products, photos, reviews, and dates included. Compare the two side by side on Brevl vs Bakesy, and when you are ready to move, Switch walks you through it.
A simple way to choose
Write down how you take orders now
List where orders come from today, whether that is texts, messages, or a notebook, and how people pay you.
Check the plan you are buying
Make sure that plan includes selling products, your own web address, and the payment methods you want to offer.
Set up and add your first items
Add your photos, prices, and pickup or delivery details, then place a test order yourself to see what your customer sees.
Share one link everywhere
Put that link in your social bio, on your labels, and in every reply, so people always land in the same place.
Keep reading
If you want to go deeper before you commit, these will help.
- How to make a website to sell baked goods
- Online platform to sell baked goods: what home bakers should compare
- Bakesy pricing
Common questions
Do I need a website to sell baked goods from home?
Not always. Plenty of home bakers start with one simple shop page and share the link in their social bio, then grow from there. What matters is that people can see your bakes, place an order, and pay you without a long back and forth.
What should I check before I pay for a website builder?
Check the plan you are actually buying, not the brand. All paid Squarespace plans let you sell products or services, but the specific selling features vary by plan, so read the details for that plan before you enter your card.
Can I run my bakery shop from my phone?
With Brevl, yes. It works on a computer and on a phone, so you can update your shop, check orders, and answer customers from the kitchen. If you are comparing builders, test the one you like on your own phone before you pay.
Is a free trial enough to test a builder?
Squarespace offers a free trial, and Brevl gives you 14 days free. Use the trial for real work, add a product with a real photo and place a test order, rather than just clicking around the editor.
How much should a bakery website cost each month?
Enough that one or two orders cover it. Brevl is one flat $20 a month with no cut of your sales, so your cost stays the same whether you sell ten cookies or a thousand. With other builders, check the plan details and any payment fees before you decide.
Sources
Plan prices and features change over time. Check the provider's own page before you buy.