The orders you take by text, on one list.
You told Ari your members text you their orders, and some of them aren't online at all. On Farmhand, most members set a standing order once. The rest keep texting you, and it all lands on the same list.
- Standing ordersTwo gallons every Saturday, set once. Members change it or skip a week from their phone, up to the cutoff.
- CutoffsMondays for Wednesday, and every route keeps its own. Members get a reminder before it closes.
- By textMembers who'd rather text you still can. You add their order in a few taps, on the right day and stop.
- Extra milkBottled too much for Wednesday? One text goes to everyone on the route. They reply "2" and it's on their order.
31 standing7 by text
20 standing4 by text
19 standing2 by text
15 standing2 by text
Stops and the Monday cutoff from your Facebook posts. Counts are an example.
The milk is spoken for before anyone drives out.
One family taking six gallons shouldn't leave the next one with an empty tank and a wasted trip. On Farmhand, farm pickup is ordered ahead, and each day closes when its milk is spoken for.
- By the gallonEach farm pickup day gets a gallon count. Every order counts down, and the day shows full at zero.
- A limitCap raw milk at 3 gallons an order, so a few big orders can't empty the tank.
- Farm pickupPickup at the farm runs like any other stop, with its own days and its own cap.
- Members onlyRaw milk shows only to cowshare members. Cheese, meat and tallow can be open to anyone.
Photos and the balm price from your Facebook page. The gallon counts are an example.
The Milk Wagon, stop by stop.
Tuesdays, every other Wednesday, and Saturdays into the city with about 75 deliveries. Farmhand keeps each route in your order, tells members when their milk is there, and tells them when it's running late.
- Stop orderEach route keeps the order you set, week after week, whoever's driving.
- DeliveredThe driver snaps a photo and taps Mark Complete. The member gets a text that their milk is there.
- Running lateWhen the Milk Wagon gets held up, one click texts everyone still waiting, instead of a post on Facebook.
- PackingA list for each route, sorted by stop, ready when the cutoff closes.
Let these members know their delivery is running late today. Continue with the base message, or add details below.
- ✓Brooklyn Street LocalCorktown · delivered 9:04 AMPhoto
- ✓Home deliveryHamtramck · delivered 9:21 AMPhoto
- 31Home deliveryFerndale · 2 gal, butter
- 32Home deliveryRoyal Oak · 3 gal
- 33Home deliveryBerkley · 1 gal, cheese
- 34Home deliverySouthfield · 2 gal
- 35Home deliveryLivonia · 1 gal, butter
- + 40 more stops
The Milk Wagon logo and Brooklyn Street Local from your posts and Hour Detroit. Stops, times and the delay are an example.
Renewals on January 1. Invites the same week.
Every year your cowshares renew on the first, and then you open spots to the people who've been calling and emailing. You've said the farm can comfortably serve 400. This is how the next 50 come off the waitlist.
- RenewalsCowshares renew on the date you set, and any change in shares is billed and recorded.
- AgreementNew members sign your cowshare agreement at signup and get a bill of sale. Every version is kept.
- WaitlistEveryone asking about a cowshare joins the waitlist from your site, and you see the whole list in one click.
- InvitesWhen a spot opens, send the invite yourself. Current members asking for more shares go first.
Counts are an example.
The Moobile and the farm store, in one shop.
Meat, cheese and your Tattooed Farmers Daughter tallow, with pre-orders for every Moobile stop and the farm store. Your marketing credit runs ads like this one for every stop.
- Pre-ordersCustomers order ahead for Thursday in Otisville, and it's bagged when they walk up to the Moobile.
- One shopThe Moobile, the farm store and the Milk Wagon sell from the same products and counts.
- PaymentsCard, cash, check or Venmo, all on one balance for each customer.
- Gift cardsOliver Farms gift cards for Christmas, sent by email on the day the buyer picks.
- WholesaleAzure Standard and other buyers order from the same catalog at your wholesale prices.
Raw milk cheese, grass-fed beef and pork, and tallow soap and balm from our farm in Fostoria. Order ahead and it's ready when you walk up.
Order for ThursdayPhotos, products and the Otisville stop from your Facebook page.
Your own site, so the questions answer themselves.
You've been flooded with calls and emails about cowshares. Your site answers them: how a cowshare works, where the Milk Wagon stops, when the Moobile is out, and a waitlist that fills itself.
Oliver Farms on Farmhand
Raw milk from our herd to your table since 1999.
Cowshares from a family farm in Fostoria, Michigan, delivered on the Milk Wagon from Brighton to St. Clair Shores and into Detroit.
Where the Milk Wagon stops
25 years of raw milk
Our family has milked here for generations and has shared the herd with Michigan families since 1999.
Know your farmer, visit the farm, ask questions.Our story
The Moobile Farm Market
Meat, cheese and other farm fresh goods, parked near you. Thursdays in Otisville, 3 to 7.
Photos, stops and your words from your Facebook page.
Your members, moved for you.
Send us your member list in whatever shape it's in, from a spreadsheet to your phone's contacts. We set up the cowshares, routes and stops, then walk you through the first delivery.
- Orders by text
- Standing orders, on one list
- Shares members already own
- Carried over, never charged twice
- Facebook posts when plans change
- A text to the route
- Calls and emails about cowshares
- A waitlist on your site
- Renewals on January 1
- Billed and recorded
- Cash at the door
- Card, cash, check or Venmo on one balance
