This is how a home cook's online store should work in 2026

You did the hard part. You got permitted, worked out what sells, built a handful of regulars, and now you're ready for the next leap. Get your own branded online store, designed specifically for permitted home cooks, with every feature from day one.

See what's included

Verified before you open. If we can't validate your permit or registration, we can't serve you.

Everything, on day one

At Permitted Cooks we don't give you a free account with some features. We throw in the whole kitchen, plus the kitchen sink, from day one. No starter plan, no pro plan, and no feature you find out you cannot use until you upgrade.

Your own branded store

Your name, your colors, your photos, at your own link. Not a listing inside somebody else's marketplace.

Reach new customers in two languages

Your store, your menu, and every text run properly in English and Spanish. Half your neighborhood orders in one, half in the other, and now you can sell to both.

Flip the open sign ON

One text to everyone who has bought from you, over SMS and WhatsApp. Take pre-orders before you even start cooking.

It closes itself when you sell out

Open a batch, set how many, set the cut-off. When the last one goes, ordering closes on its own. No refreshing your phone, no telling someone you're sorry, it's gone.

Nobody knocks while you're still cooking

You pick the pickup times that fit your day. Buyers choose a slot and stick to it, so your kitchen isn't a doorbell.

Stop chasing payments

Paid online through Stripe straight to your bank, or cash in hand at the door. Your call, per order. No more screenshots, no more “I'll send it tonight.”

Labels done, posters done

Compliant labels and a printable market poster, generated from what you already typed. No design work, no Canva, just your brand on every piece you sell.

Photos and descriptions that actually sell

Snap your dish and the photo coach tells you what to fix, or enhances it for you. The AI help button writes the description, so you are not staring at an empty box wondering what to say.

All of it, and more than fits on this page. From day one. No subscription, no tiers, not ever.

Get started

You send a link. We build the store.

You don't have to set anything up. Send us the link to wherever you sell today and we build your new online store from it. Usually within 24 hours. No online presence yet? No problem, we will build one with you from scratch.

Bilingual, truly

Your store, the ordering, the receipts and the text messages all run natively in English and Spanish. Not a translate button bolted on top.

Your customers choose

Each buyer sees your store in the language they prefer, and gets their confirmation and pickup texts in that same language.

You choose too

Run your whole dashboard in Spanish if that is easier. Nothing about managing your store assumes English.

Written, not machine-made

Every line was written in both languages. Your customers will not get the awkward translated version of your business.

The permit you earned, finally worth something online

“Is this actually legal?”

Anyone can open an online food store on the other platforms. At Permitted Cooks, we confirm your permit or registration is valid before your store goes live, and our verified mark sits on your page where buyers can see it and trust what it represents.

That is the whole point.

You're already permitted. Now let's sell like it.