By Eliena Bodtke, Stay\u2019N Put Farm<\/p>\n\n
I have had a small soap business for years. \u00a0It has been a very manual order process. So, when someone was needed to test the GrownBy site for the next phase of the Irish Dexter Cattlemen website, I decided it was time for me to have an easier way to order. \u00a0It also gave me the added benefits of being able to sell my Irish Dexter cattle and Nubian goats without having to set up my own website. \u00a0Everything in one place, with no knowledge of set up or having to maintain my own website. By Eliena Bodtke, Stay\u2019N Put Farm I have had a small soap business for years. \u00a0It has been a very manual order process. So, when someone was needed to test the GrownBy site for the next phase of the Irish Dexter Cattlemen website, I decided it was time for me to have an easier way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[137,22,24],"class_list":["post-4117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-selling","tag-irishdexters","tag-milk","tag-selling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishdextercattlemen.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Well I have to tell you\u2026.this has been a most enjoyable experience. \u00a0From the ease of using the site, to the help that is available from the GrownBy team at the drop of a hat. \u00a0I can edit, add or remove things with little effort. \u00a0But the really exciting thing was having metrics to be able to see if the site was working for me. \u00a0The first time I checked how many had clicked on my site it said 163\u2026WOW! I started working on my site in May and had yet to check the metrics out. \u00a0I shared it on my FB page and on the IDC site once, well maybe twice and boom a week later 193 visits. \u00a0The other notable is that my order size increased. \u00a0\u00a0Not by a little, a lot! \u00a0We are still working on GrownBY handling the shipping component, but the problem is at my end, not theirs, \u00a0everything has to be weighed and then the zip code has to be taken into consideration. \u00a0The work around is pick up at farm and handling the shipping afterward\u2026or adding to the price the average shipping\u2026but I\u2019m working on that.
The long and short of it is, not only is the site working for me for selling my soaps and shampoos. \u00a0It provides an easy link for my customers to go to and see what I have available \u2026and helps me with driving what needs to be made and stocked. And maybe they will consider some of the adorable bucks we have currently for sale!
I didn\u2019t need to learn another language or program, all I had to do was share it, so people know where to look.\u00a0
Another added benefit is, you can see other farms in your area \u2026that you might want to visit or buy from. \u00a0It\u2019s farmers! \u00a0Yup, farmers, you are working with other farmers. \u00a0So if you have a soap business like me, or just a few animals to sell, or a CSA, you really should check it out.
I hope you have the same experience as I have had\u2026.now off to make another soap and build that inventory.
Check out my new online e-commerce store https:\/\/grownby.app\/farms\/stay-n-put-farm\/shop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"