A calendar that knows your limits
Fridge space from bake day to pickup, a most-per-day for each item, and orders per pickup time. Full days close on their own.
Opens Tuesday, January 12 ·
Sell out. Never oversell.
Set your bake days and how much you can make. Customers pick a day that works, Doughdate takes the order, and the day closes when you’re full. Free for bakers.
Early access gets you 60 days with no service fee.
What it fixes
Orders spread across DMs, texts and a notebook
One inbox. Every order has a day, a time, a total and a status.
Saying yes to more than the fridge holds
Set fridge space and daily limits. A day shows Full the moment you are.
Working out what to bake at midnight
The bake list adds it up for each day: 14 loaves, 18 mousse cups, 2 dozen bagels.
Orders that come in too late
Order-by times you set, with an optional fee for short notice.
How it works
Set your days and limits
Pickup and delivery days, times, how much you can bake, and when orders must be in. No spreadsheets.
Share your link
Put it in your Instagram bio or on your website. Customers only see the days and times that work for you.
Confirm from your phone
New orders land in your inbox. Confirm or decline with a tap, and your customer gets an email either way.
Bake from the list
Each day’s bake list adds up every order. Mark orders ready, and customers get a reminder the day before.
Made for a home kitchen
The bake list writes itself
Every order for the day, added up by product and size, so you know what to mix before you start.
Drops and waitlists
Open orders at a set time with a countdown. When a day fills up, customers can ask to be told if room opens up.
Rules in plain words
Order-by times, short-notice fees, days you don’t bake. See every rule as one sentence, and why any day can’t be picked.
- Your look: your colors, fonts, logo and photos, on a free doughdate.com address or your own domain ($5 a month).
- Your website: show your menu on the site you already have, always up to date.
- Cards, cash or Zelle: take any mix. Card payments go straight to your own Stripe account.
- Pickup or delivery: delivery areas by ZIP code, with your own fees and minimum.
Free for bakers
Your customers pay a small service fee on each order: 4% plus 30¢, never more than $5.00. It shows as its own line at checkout, and once a month we collect what they paid.
- No subscription, and no processing cost on cash or Zelle orders
- No fee on orders you enter yourself, cancelled orders or no-shows
- Join with early access and your first 60 days have no fee at all
| Order | Service fee |
|---|---|
| $15.00 | $0.90 |
| $33.00 | $1.62 |
| $80.00 | $3.50 |
| $250.00 | $5.00 |
Partnering with real home bakers
We work with home bakers who sell every week. Each rule in Doughdate started as a question from one of their bake weeks: how many loaves fit in the fridge, when the bread is ready, what to do when Friday fills up.
Get early access
Doughdate opens to bakers on Tuesday, January 12. Sign up now and you’ll get:
- 60 days with no service fee
- An earlier invite, and you move up the list each time a baker friend signs up with your link
- Refer 3 bakers who confirm and get no service fee through the end of 2027
- Help from us setting up your shop
Questions
How do customers pay?
However you choose: cards, cash, Zelle, or any mix. Card orders are paid in full when the customer orders, through your own Stripe account, and the money goes straight to you. Doughdate never holds it. Cash and Zelle orders are paid at pickup or delivery, the way they are now.
What does it cost?
Doughdate charges you nothing. Each order carries a small service fee that your customer pays: 4% of the order plus 30¢, never more than $5.00. If you take cards, Stripe charges its standard 2.9% plus 30¢ per card payment, like any card reader. Cash and Zelle orders have no processing cost. Orders you enter yourself, cancelled orders and no-shows carry no service fee.
Do my customers need an app or an account?
No. They order in their phone's browser, including from your Instagram bio. They confirm their email with a 6-digit code, which works even inside Instagram's own browser.
Can it match my brand and my website?
Yes. Pick a look with your colors, fonts and photos, use your own domain ($5 a month; your doughdate.com address is always free), and show your menu on your existing website. Your menu lives in one place and stays up to date everywhere.
Is it allowed under my state's cottage food law?
Rules differ by state. Doughdate takes the order; selling stays your business. Our guides start with Michigan's 2026 law.
What happens on Tuesday, January 12?
We open Doughdate to bakers, starting with early-access sign-ups in the order they joined. You'll get an email with your invite and help setting up your shop.