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Farm Store Selling 101

The mission of Farm Store is to provide Maine residence and visitors greater access to local farmers market vendors. This is a collaborative marketplace with multiple farmers, producers & markets together on ONE Maine online platform.

  • You are in Control of Your Store
  • Free Assistance When You Need It
  • Open 5 Days a Week Online – 24/5
  • Great Order Management
  • Products pre-sold before you get to market
  1. You must be a current, verified vendor of a recognized Maine farmers’ market in order to sell on Farm Store.
  2. You must provide us with State of Maine licensing certificates and proof of insurance. 
  1. Click on “Login” at the top of page.
  2. Select “I am a vendor” and fill out the required fields.
  3. Once you fill out the fields, check “I accept Terms & Conditions” and the application is complete.  You’ll hear from us in less than 24 hours. 
  4. Once approved, log into your account and see your Vendor dashboard.  This is where you will create and manage your “virtual store”.

You can add profile pictures, address, banking information in your store’s profile.

  1. Go to “settings”, then “store”, and click on “upload banner”
  2. Click “upload files” in the top left tab
  3. Click “select files” to upload a picture from your computer
  4. Select photo, then click “select and crop” in bottom right hand corner. From there you can crop your photo or skip the cropping. Banner images that are 625px x 300px work best.
  5. Next, update your profile picture. The process is the same as adding your banner
  6. Select how many products per page you would like to showcase (we suggest a higher number so that customers don’t have to flip through several pages to see your products). For example, make sure there isn’t a second page with just one product on it.
  7. Type in your address
  8. Please include your email and phone number so that customers can contact you if they have questions or concerns 
  9. Enable tab on product single page view for customers to see full product description
  10. Click “update settings”

To add a profile description, please email a short profile description to [email protected], it will be entered for you by our admin.

  1. Go to Dashboard and select “Products” from the column on left.
  2. Click “Add new product” in the upper right corner.
  • Currently, all sales are COD for market pickup. 
  • Soon we will be adding a major online company to process credit card sales.
  • Fees will be charged once online credit card processing begins.
  • For now, everything is free
  • Please consult your tax advisor as to where your products fall within the Maine Tax Code. 
  • Our system allow for 8%, 5.5% and Tax Exempt selling.
  • Farm Store is still in startup phase and there are no charges for using our service.  All orders are COD at markets.
  • In the spring of 2023 FS will be adding credit card processing.  Items will be pre-paid with credit cards while ordering.
  • Vendors will be required to have an account with that credit card company and will be responsible for their fees. 
  • Farm Store will charge 5% for processing each order.  

If you have more questions, please feel free to contact us.  [email protected]

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