The holiday season is busy for everyone, but especially for your Farm. You are tasked to encourage sales, plan ahead and offer a range of product options. While it may be difficult to make your products stand out, Barn2Door offers plenty of suggestions for the holidays.

If you want to move all your Farm inventory, start Pre-Selling today. You can build consistent cash flow for your business, and satiate Buyers who don’t want to miss out on your products.

Farm sales can increase significantly by improving your Brand awareness, including email, social media, a website and grassroots efforts. Each of these tactics can help your Farm grow tremendously by attracting more Buyers. Without Farm marketing, you may be missing out on significant opportunities to serve a wider audience online and in-person.

Back to school time means that many families are back on a routine schedule of dropping off and picking up kids from class, practices, and other activities. You can maximize your Farm opportunities by having Farm pick-ups after school, offering sustainable food alternatives, and present field trip and volunteer options for students.

Every Farmer would like to be on page one when Buyers are searching for your business online. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an important marketing strategy to help boost your farm website's visibility, attract more organic traffic, and increase sales for your business. 

Barn2Door works exclusively with Farmers and is attentive to the unique needs of your business and products through easy-to-use software. Forms and surveys are sent out to gather farm feedback and suggestions to improve our Software and Services. Barn2Door has seen how important it is to give farmers a clean and intuitive refund process. We’re delighted to debut a new simple and easy Refund Experience, to streamline your farm operations and give you peace-of-mind.

The Shenk Family Farm in North Carolina is home to a pasture-based livestock farm, including chicken, pork, eggs, and Thanksgiving turkey. The husband and wife duo rely on hard work, core values, and volunteers to lead a successful, and ethical, farming business.

Operating in North Dakota, one of the least populated states, Bartlett Farms has carved out an impressive business for their family’s dairy and beef operation. Recently, Barn2Door spoke with Peter Bartlett, one of the family owner-operators to learn more about the underpinnings to building a successful Farm business.

Grass Fed Cattle Co. has built a thriving direct-to-market business, with a strong Brand that has attracted and served 1000’s of Buyers. Follow the 5 steps above to grow your Farm business and attract a loyal base of Buyers.

Founded in 1882, Mannix Family Beef has been operating their family ranch for 5 generations in the Blackfoot Valley of Montana. Recently, Barn2Door had an opportunity to speak with Logan Mannix, one of the owner operators of Mannix Family Beef, about the growth and success of their family ranch.

We conducted a survey across 10,000’s of to better understand what places were convenient for a Farm Pick-up based on their activities, habits, and routines in their local community - also known as the “Local Loop.” Here’s what the survey has to tell us about Buyer expectations for local Farm Pick-ups.

In this Farm Spotlight, we’re delighted to capture the wisdom shared by Camille. Working for 10 years at another Farm, Camille is an experienced Farmer who recently ventured out to start a New Farm business: Long Lane Farm in Warren, Rhode Island. 

We are thrilled to share that our Barn2Door Point-of-Sale (POS) device now supports Mobile Wallet applications from Apple Pay and Google Pay. All existing Barn2Door POS applications were automatically updated to expand support for these new payment methods earlier this month.

Small businesses are the backbone of America and local economies. Many small businesses are eager to partner with your Farm business (e.g. hosting a Pick-up). It is a win-win! Here are the four (4) key reasons why Small Businesses want to work with you:

It is important to build a network to provide your Farm with the best practices, data, insights, and counsel, so you can make the best-informed decision for your business. To set your Farm up for success, here are 5 Resources Your Farm Can’t Live Without.

Farmers seeking to increase Sales and attract more customers, can benefit by offering Buyers convenient Pick-ups in their Local Loop. Analyzing the outcomes from our most successful Farmers, here are three (3) of the most convenient Pick-up destinations along the Local Loop.

Too often, Farmers fail to evolve their business practices or expand their market presence to reach a wider audience. Serving 1000’s of Farmers, here are the 3 Insights for your Farm to succeed selling direct.

Buyers are conditioned to “tip” at check-out when purchasing a variety of products and services. Farmers that utilize Barn2Door can choose what ‘tipping verbiage’ they prefer Buyers see at check-out. 

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.

While in-person avenues still hold merit, only 1% of Americans regularly attend farmers’ markets. The other 99% want to find convenient and approachable options for purchasing Farm food - like online. Selling Farm products online has three key components.