Drift Mill Bakehouse

Home bakers sell on the worst possible tools. A Facebook post that scrolls away by Tuesday, a DM thread to track orders, a Venmo handle in a comment. It works until it doesn’t. Drift Mill Bakehouse is a real ordering site for makers who take orders ahead.

It is not a brochure. It is a filterable shop, individual product pages, a working cart, a checkout flow, a custom-order request form, and a weekly menu, plus the usual about, FAQ, and contact pages. The design is warm and editorial: a baked-goods palette of linen, wheat, and crust over a soft grain texture, a Cormorant Garamond and Nunito pairing, and quiet scroll animations. Every product page carries lead-time notices, allergen info, and a notes field for special requests.

Who this is for

• Home bakeries and sourdough makers
• Custom cake and cupcake studios
• Bread CSAs and subscription bakers
• Granola, jam, and preserves makers
• Cottage-food and farm-stand businesses
• Any maker selling made-to-order with pickup

Who this is not for

• Sit-down restaurants and cafes that need reservations and a live menu. See a heritage-style bakery site instead
• Grocery-scale operations that need live inventory sync
• Service businesses with no physical product. See Cedar Bell Nail Studio
• Anyone who wants payments live with no checkout setup

What’s inside

• 12 pages including a shop, per-product pages, weekly menu, custom orders, and a checkout flow
• Cart with browser persistence and a slide-out drawer
• Category-filtered product catalog driven by one data file
• Custom-order request form with a notes field
• Lead-time notices and allergen info on every product
• Scroll-triggered animations throughout
• Accordion FAQ and a testimonial section
• All source files, commented and organized
• Buyer README with setup and customization steps
• Single-site commercial license

What you bring

• Your product names, prices, categories, lead times, and allergen info
• Your weekly baking schedule
• Your own food photography
• Your logo and brand colors
• A payment provider if you want live checkout

Drift Mill vs the obvious alternatives

	Drift Mill Bakehouse	Square Online	Instagram plus DMs
Cost	$59 one-time	Free tier, then $29 per month and up	Free
You own the source	Yes	No	No
Real catalog and cart	Yes	Yes	No
Custom-order request form	Built in	Manual	DM thread
Lead time and allergens per product	Yes	Limited	None
Order tracking	Your own checkout	Square dashboard	Screenshots and memory
Hosting	Netlify or Vercel, free tier works	Square-hosted	Instagram

Note on checkout

The cart persists in the browser in demo mode, so the add-to-cart and checkout flow work the moment you open the demo. Connecting it to a live payment provider is a buyer step. The README walks through it.