Choosing tools
My Custom Bakes Cookies: What to Check Before You Pick a Tool
Compare My Custom Bakes with the other ways to take cookie orders, so you pick the one that fits your kitchen and your budget.
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Cookie orders are personal. Someone wants a dozen decorated cookies for a baby shower, or three dozen for a school event, and they want to see your work, pick a number, choose a pickup day, and pay something up front. The tool you use should make that easy for them and quiet for you. This roundup walks through My Custom Bakes and the other options honestly, so you can decide without a sales pitch.
What to remember
- A cookie order needs a photo, a quantity, a pickup date, and a deposit. Check that any tool handles all four. - Look at the real monthly cost plus any cut of your sales, not just the headline price. - Test the ordering flow on your own phone, the way your customers will see it. - Ask what happens to your photos, orders, and customer details if you ever leave. - Brevl is one flat $20 a month with no commission and a 14 day free trial.
Where My Custom Bakes fits in
My Custom Bakes is one of the names that comes up when home bakers go looking for a way to take custom cookie orders. I could not verify its current pricing, features, or fees from a source I can stand behind, so this page will not pretend to list them. What I can do is give you the checks that matter, so you can look at their site and get a straight answer in about ten minutes.
That is not a knock on the product. It is just how it should work when you are spending your own money. Any company worth signing up with will show you the price and the payment setup before you hand over a card.
The four checks that matter more than a feature list
Open the example shop on your phone
Ask for a link to a real shop built with the tool, then open it on your phone over cell data, not your home wifi. Add a cookie box to the cart, pick a date, and stop just before paying. If that feels clumsy to you, it will feel worse to a customer holding a toddler.
Follow the money
Find out who holds the payment and when it lands in your account. Brevl takes card payments through your own Stripe or Square account, plus Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, and cash, so the money goes to you and not through a middle layer.
Add up the real monthly cost
Write down the monthly fee, any per order fee, and any percentage of your sales. A $20 month with no commission is a different animal from a lower fee that skims 5 percent off every dozen. Run the math on your best selling month, not your slowest.
Ask what you keep if you leave
Your photos, your past orders, your customer list. Get a plain answer in writing before you sign up. Brevl moves your old shop over for you, products, photos, reviews, and dates included, and it works the same way on the way out.
Compare on the things that cost you money
| What to check | Why it matters for cookies | What to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | Cookie orders are seasonal, so a flat fee is easier to plan around | Is it the same every month, or does it go up with order volume |
| Commission | A cut per order adds up fast on large custom sets | Do you take a percentage of each sale |
| Card payments | Customers expect to pay by card, not chase a payment link | Whose account receives the money |
| Phone experience | Most of your orders will be placed from a phone | Can I see a live example shop on mobile |
| Setup help | Getting your first products loaded takes a weekend | Do you help me set it up, and who answers when I am stuck |
Why home bakers choose Brevl
Brevl is built for exactly this kind of selling, and it is the alternative many home bakers land on after comparing. It is one flat $20 a month with no cut of your sales, and the 14 day trial is free. You get a shop that is yours to customize, with your photos, your colors, and your own web address, so a customer ordering a custom cookie set sees your work and not a generic listing.
It runs on a computer and on a phone, and it is a full desktop workspace rather than a phone only app, which matters when you are loading twelve cookie photos at ten at night. Recipes come with real costing, ingredient inventory, and a weekly planner, so you can price a decorated set properly instead of guessing. We set it up with you and move your old shop over, and a real person answers, usually within minutes.
If you want the side by side detail, read Brevl vs Bakesy and see how the two line up on cost and payments. When you are ready to move your cookie orders across, Switch walks you through it.
Keep reading
For a closer look at the app itself, My Custom Bakes App covers what to look for and which to choose. If Bakesy is also on your shortlist, Is Bakesy Worth It and Cost of Bakesy App give you a fair read on the money side, and Bakesy Pros and Cons covers the rest.
Pricing and fees change. Always check the company's own site for current numbers before you pay.