Know Exactly What to Charge for Every Recipe
Stop underpricing your products. CottageMind is your AI business partner that calculates true costs—ingredients, labor, packaging, overhead—so you price with confidence and actually profit from your passion.
Most Cottage Food Producers Underprice by 30-50%
It's easy to count ingredients. But your time has value too—every hour you spend preparing, producing, and packaging deserves fair pay. Add in overhead and rising ingredient prices, and that's real money left on the table with every order.
76% of food producers say rising ingredient costs are their #1 threat to profitability.(Expert Market, 2025)
See It In Action
Just paste your recipe—CottageMind handles the rest.
Ask Anything About Your Business
Big opportunity? Tough decision? CottageMind thinks it through with you.
Everything You Need to Run a Profitable Cottage Food Business
From recipe costing to customer communication, CottageMind's AI handles the business side so you can focus on what you love—creating.
Easy Recipe Input
Add recipes by chatting naturally with our AI—just list ingredients and quantities, and CottageMind handles the rest.
Pricing Intelligence
True cost calculation including labor, fluctuating ingredient prices, packaging, and overhead—so you never underprice again.
Order & Production Planning
Manage capacity constraints, scheduling, and get consolidated shopping lists across multiple orders.
Customer Communication
Draft professional responses, handle rush requests gracefully, and automate follow-up messages.
Smart Conversions
Instantly scale recipes up or down, convert between units (cups to grams, ounces to pounds), and recalculate costs automatically.
Simple Bookkeeping
Revenue and expense tracking, tax-ready reports, and real profit margin calculations at a glance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about pricing, compliance, and running a cottage food business.
Spreadsheets require you to manually track every ingredient price, update formulas when costs change, and remember to factor in labor and overhead. CottageMind's AI does this automatically through conversation—just paste your recipe and get a complete cost breakdown including labor time, packaging, and a recommended selling price.
Absolutely. Just tell CottageMind you need to make 3x your usual batch or convert a recipe from cups to grams—it handles the math instantly. It also recalculates your costs automatically, so you always know exactly what a scaled order will cost you and what to charge.
Many cottage food producers discover they've been underpricing for years once they do the real math. If you're only covering ingredients and maybe a little extra, you're probably working for less than minimum wage. CottageMind calculates what you should charge to pay yourself a fair hourly rate AND earn a profit for your business—so you can see exactly where you stand.
Yes! Custom work for weddings, holidays, and special occasions commands premium pricing. These orders require extra coordination, custom designs, and higher stakes—your time is worth more. Many successful cottage food producers charge $25-30/hour for special events versus $15-20 for everyday orders. CottageMind automatically suggests higher rates when you're quoting event work.
CottageMind is built for cottage food producers at every stage. Whether you're selling your first batch of cookies or jars of jam at a farmers market, or considering a large catering order, it helps you understand your true costs so you don't accidentally lose money while you learn.
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