Pre-order software for Canadian home bakers
Turn what you love to bake into something people wait for.
Give your bakery its own storefront, take paid pre-orders, and text subscribers automatically when your next drop opens. Set the quantity, sell the batch, and make exactly what customers ordered.
No monthly subscription. Built for Canadian bakers.
No monthly subscription
Opening a storefront is free
Drops with text alerts
Subscribers hear when orders open
Built in Canada
CAD pricing, Canadian Stripe payouts
Made for pre-order drops
Open orders when you’re ready to bake.
Choose what’s on your menu, decide how much of each item you’re making, and set your ordering window. Customers buy directly from your storefront and pay before production starts.
Inventory updates as orders come in. When an item sells out, ordering for that item stops automatically.
- ✓Menus that change from drop to drop
- ✓Quantity limits that reflect your real baking capacity
- ✓Pickup windows customers choose at checkout
The next drop is live
Friday, 9:00 AM
Automatic drop-opening text alerts
Your strongest direct marketing channel
Build a subscriber list that brings customers back.
Your bakery’s subscriber list is one of its most valuable marketing tools. With OurCakewalk, people can sign up for text alerts right from your storefront.
When your next drop opens, subscribers receive an automatic text. You reach people who have already shown interest in your baking, without waiting for Instagram to show them another post.
That gives every successful bake an opportunity to build demand for the next one.
From order to pickup
Everything you need for bake day, in one place.
As orders come in, OurCakewalk keeps the details together so you spend less time sorting through messages and more time preparing the food your customers ordered.
01
Know how much to make
Your prep list totals sold quantities across every order, so you know how many loaves, boxes, or individual items to prepare.
02
Keep packing organized
Use printable order tickets and packing lists to keep each customer's purchases together and check orders before pickup.
03
Make pickup easier
Offer defined pickup windows and keep a record of which orders customers have collected.
Work from what sold
Sell the batch first. Bake to your order count.
Your pre-order totals are already there when the ordering window closes. You can prepare from confirmed sales, with payment and pickup details attached to each customer order.
For bakers who run weekly drops or seasonal menus, it’s a simpler way to keep sales and production connected.
Simple pricing
No monthly subscription.
Opening a storefront is free. OurCakewalk charges a 5% + 55¢ service fee per sale. You choose whether to pass that fee to the customer, split it, or absorb it. Stripe card-processing fees apply separately.
Made in Canada
Built around how Canadian home bakers sell.
Price your products in Canadian dollars, accept online payments through Stripe, and receive payouts to your Canadian bank account.
Food rules vary by province, municipality, and the type of food you’re making. Our provincial guides can help you start your research, and you should confirm requirements with your local authority.
For home bakers & microbakeries
Sell on your schedule.
Weekend sourdough. Holiday cookie boxes. A monthly cinnamon roll drop. Your storefront is ready whenever you want to open orders.
Questions bakers ask
Frequently asked questions
What is home bakery pre-order software?
Home bakery pre-order software helps bakers collect orders before production instead of baking first and hoping everything sells. It usually combines an online menu with order management, quantity limits, payment and pickup information so the baker knows what has sold before bake day. OurCakewalk is built around scheduled pre-order drops, where a baker opens ordering for a set menu and quantity, then makes what customers actually ordered.
Can I use OurCakewalk if I already sell through Instagram?
Yes. Keep using Instagram to show your baking and announce your drops. Your OurCakewalk storefront becomes the link customers use when they are ready to order. That keeps order details, payment and pickup information out of your DMs.
Do my customers need an app?
No. Customers order through your OurCakewalk storefront in their browser. There is no customer app to download and no account they need to create.
Can I limit how many items customers can order?
You set how many of each item are available in every drop. Inventory updates as customers order, and an item stops selling once the available quantity is gone.
Does OurCakewalk take payment when someone orders?
Yes. Customers pay online when they place their order using Apple Pay, Google Pay or card. Payments are processed through Stripe and your share is paid to your connected bank account according to your Stripe payout schedule.
Can customers choose a pickup time?
Yes. You create the pickup windows available for the drop and customers choose from those options when they order.
Can OurCakewalk tell me how much to bake?
Yes. Your prep list totals the items sold across all orders, so you know the quantity of each product you need to make once ordering closes.
Does OurCakewalk make sure I am allowed to sell food from home?
Food-safety, licensing and home-kitchen rules vary across Canada. OurCakewalk handles the selling and order process, while each baker remains responsible for meeting the rules that apply where they live. Start with our guides to selling from a home kitchen in Canada, then confirm your specific requirements with your local authority.
Ready to open your next drop?
Set up your bakery storefront and start collecting paid pre-orders. There’s no monthly subscription, and you decide when to sell.
Create your free storefront