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CottageOps

From Napkin Math to Actionable Insights

CottageOps helps you understand what’s actually making you money so you can price better, choose the right markets, and plan smarter without spreadsheet chaos.

Your passion is food, not paperwork.

  • Market days leave you with a pile of receipts and scribbled notes.
  • Spreadsheets eat up hours you’d rather spend creating or selling.
  • It’s hard to know which products, prices, or events really pay off.

CottageOps keeps you focused on what you love.

Built by a fellow cottage food operator, CottageOps brings your sales, expenses, product insights, and pricing signals into one place. No spreadsheets. No guesswork. Just a clearer read on what’s working, what isn’t, and where to focus next.

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Your price might look right, but still be wrong

Cost plus margin can tell you whether a product clears a target on paper. It cannot tell you whether customers would keep buying at a higher price, hesitate at the current one, or whether demand is strong enough to support a change.

Sweet Spot Pricing brings customer response, demand strength, and unit economics together so you can see whether a price is too low, too high, or about right before your next market.

See past cost alone

Understand what margin misses when you are deciding what a product should really sell for.

Read customer response

Look at buying behavior and demand strength instead of relying on gut feel after a busy day.

Spot underpricing early

Catch products that are moving well but may still have room for a smarter price.

Get a practical recommendation

See whether to hold, raise, or review a price with a plain-English explanation behind it.

Most tools show margins. CottageOps shows if your price is actually working.

A few of the answers CottageOps helps you uncover

CottageOps turns messy records into practical reads on what is selling, what is holding up, and where the business may need a closer look.

Sweet Spot Pricing

See whether a price is likely too low, too high, or about right based on customer response, demand, and margin context.

Demand Health

Get a clearer read on whether sales strength looks broad and steady or whether performance may be starting to soften.

Product and market insights

Understand which items and events are really helping the business so you can plan with more confidence.

Works seamlessly with Square

If you sell with Square, you can export a single Detailed Sales CSV and import it directly into CottageOps. One file updates your sales and products, no double entry, no spreadsheet juggling.

How CottageOps Works

You’re already tracking this somewhere, in a notebook, a CSV, a Square report. CottageOps pulls it together and turns it into answers you can actually use.

1. Add Sales

Import from Square or CSV, or add them manually to capture what sold and when.

2. Log Expenses

Record ingredients, packaging, and booth fees so everything you spend is in one place.

3. Track Products & Events

Product costs pull from your expenses, keeping COGS current while you see which markets perform best.

4. Get Insights

See what’s working and decide what to make, price, and prioritize next with confidence.

Stop guessing. Start knowing what actually works.

Your business is already producing data. CottageOps helps you use it.

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