While your Farm may be “new” to self-serve ordering, it is NOT a new experience for your Buyers. Here are 5 Tips to Convert Buyers to Self-Serve Ordering from your Farm, based on the best practices implemented from our most successful Farmers.

This blog outlines some of the Top Farm Softwares and Services that have helped many Farmers scale operations and manage their Farm business. These solutions are designed to help Farmers stress less and save time.

Given the demands on your time, it’s important to know when your Farm can skip the scales, save time, and sell at a flat rate (and improve your margins). This blog walks through several considerations when deciding if you should sell at a flat rate or weigh your products purchased online.

Have you ever found a good photo of cows, crops, or a tractor on the internet and wanted to use it on your Farm website, social media, or email? Chances are that photo was the property of an artist, and without proper licensing, you could run into some legal issues if you choose to download and use it to promote your Farm business. So, how can you legally use a photo you found online? You need to license it.

There is no perfect ecommerce solution for selling Farm products online. Each available ecommerce solution in the market has its strengths and its weaknesses. You should choose what is best for your Farm based on your customers, products, and fulfillment preferences.

While there are plenty of ways Farms can use QR codes to spread awareness about their business and Brand, consider these three (3) tactics to attract new customers with QR codes to make it more convenient to access your Farm on all channels (web, mobile, social, and email).

Simplify the management of your Farm operations and focus on automating processes that can be done by business tools (using software to complete routine tasks). Here are the tactics implemented by top-performing Farmers to save time every day with proper business management.

Farmers across the country are leveraging a direct delivery service to cater to the expectations of their customers. As 70% of your customers will choose direct delivery over local pick-up to access your products, it’s essential to have a convenient delivery system to increase profitability, cater to buyers’ needs, and save time.

Buyers want to support local Farms, and one of the best ways to do that is through a Subscription to Farm Products for the coming season - often referred to as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). CSAs offer buyers regular access to your Farm’s products, and in-return Farmers lock in recurring revenue, guaranteeing that products are paid for the season.

When Farmers and Ranchers pivot to selling direct-to-market, they can often increase their margins from 30% to 80% (versus wholesale). However, before making the transition to direct sales, it’s essential to set your business up for success. Here are some tips to follow as you prepare your Protein Farm for the direct market.

Managing a Farm business requires wearing a lot of different hats. However, finding the balance between Farm tasks and operating a business can be simple. The most successful Farms use the winter months to prepare for next season. Make the time to do the same for your Farm.

Earlier this year, we announced that Barn2Door is a certified Avalara Partner, providing Farmers with access to the best-in-class tax solution to deliver accurate sales tax calculations in real-time. We recently sat down with Matt Hammond of Avalara on the Direct Farm Podcast.

Building a resilient Farm business is derived from the tools and services that can help Farmers increase sales and save time. Farmers do not have the luxury to only focus on revenue-generating tasks. Streamlining operations with a one-click purchasing system (Barn2Door), sending automated emails to engage Customers regularly (Mailchimp), and leveraging accounting software to ensure your books are in order (QuickBooks Online) are essential to growing and managing a thriving Farm operation.

Computers have become essential as they are used in every aspect of a company’s operations. From marketing, accounting, business automation, employee management, or conducting a quick search on Google or Bing, computers are the #1 tool in any business to generate and manage profits.

We recently sat down with Matt Jacocks, Partner Account Manager of QuickBooks Intuit on the Direct Farm Podcast. Focused on providing solutions that will save Farmers time and enable accurate decision making, Matt touched on 6 ways Farmers can better manage their business with Barn2Door and QuickBooks Online.

At Barn2Door, we constantly ask ourselves what capabilities we can offer Farmers to help them increase sales, access more customers, and save time. One of the most widely used, biggest time-saving tools we’ve built are the One-Click Pick and Pack Lists.

At Barn2Door, we know that a Farmer’s Brand is critical to attracting new customers, driving brand loyalty, and capturing sales. That’s why we offer the software and services to build Farmers’ custom websites that make it easy for visitors to shop from your store. However, one of the most common questions we get asked is why doesn’t Barn2Door build the website before the Farm store?

When you transition your Farm business online and begin to make “real” money paid digitally, then you can expect merchant processors will require a “KYC” audit.

This Spring we were delighted to announce a direct integration with Barn2Door and QuickBooks Online (QBO). We’ve found that Farmers who use Barn2Door to grow their operations and QuickBooks Online to manage their expenses enjoy higher margins and more resilient businesses.

Navigating all the nuanced requirements of Farmers is not straight forward. To help Farmers navigate the challenges of proper accounting, Barn2Door has integrated with QuickBooks Online (QBO) --- the best-in-class small business accounting solution. Together, the integration provides Farmers with GAAP-compliant accounting software that automatically syncs all Farms sales transactions occurring in their online store.