Sell Meat Online

Your farm or butcher shop is a GREAT fit for ChopLocal if:

1. Retail cuts of meat or seafood are your main products.
2. You do not have another online store (or you’d like to switch from your current online store to ChopLocal).
3. You’re willing to try shipping your products.
4. You have positive feedback and reviews from your current customers.
5. Your marketing is positive, without disparaging other farms, products or practices.

A  monthly fee of $99-159 fits in your marketing budget.

Yes! As long as customers can find high-quality meat through your ChopLocal store, you can sell other products, too!

Some of our vendors sell tallow-based skincare products, products from other farms, baked goods, and more!

If a product can't be shipped (like milk or eggs) we can restrict it to pick-up or delivery only.

Absolutely! ChopLocal’s goal is to help families all over the country find local meat. 

If we don’t have any farms or butcher shops in your area right now, then it’s a great time to join! 

If we do have other farms and butcher shops in your area, you may be able to offer them something new and different!
Either way, we’d love to have you!

One of the most common pieces of feedback we get is that the ChopLocal team offers outstanding support compared to other tech companies and website platforms, even those that are supposed to be tailored to farmers and small businesses. 

Why do we do this? We value the relationships we are making with our vendors, and we wake up everyday (and sometimes, lie awake at night) thinking about how we can help you succeed. 

Our mission is to support an alternative meat supply chain, and we know that’s not an easy feat. So we’re here to help you every step of the way.

Another key difference is the ChopLocal online marketplace. When you set up your own online store, even using some of the more popular platforms for farms or small businesses, it’s like having a roadside stand in a remote rural area. It’s hard for new customers to find you! 

But when you set up a store on ChopLocal, it’s like having a booth at the most popular farmer’s market in the country. Just like a traditional farmer’s market, we run marketing campaigns and hold special events designed to bring new customers to your “booth.”

ChopLocal uses five main avenues of digital marketing: search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing, social media, email, and promotions.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a key strategy for all ecommerce and ChopLocal is the leader in D2C meat SEO. We rank number 1 on google for the phrase “local ground beef” and we rank in the top 3 for over 100 similar phrases.

Search engine marketing (SEM), including Google shopping ads, helps ensure that our farms and their products are at the top of the search, even when our organic search engine marketing doesn't make that happen.

We use social media (organic and paid posts) to help new customers discover the ChopLocal marketplace, share our vendors' stories, and promote specific products.

We also use email marketing to reach customers in another way. This is especially effective after they’ve purchased - we send emails encouraging them to leave a review and purchase again!

Last but not least, we like to incentivize new and return customers with sales and coupons. And when we run these promotions, we reimburse you for the discount. In the past few months, we’ve reimbursed $60-$1,500 in ChopLocal promotions per vendor per month! (We like to spend our marketing dollars in a way that’s guaranteed to get more people trying your meat!)

The simple answer is that you’ll get out of it what you put into it!

The vendors with the highest sales are the ones who have a devoted customer base, a decent marketing plan, and positive reviews to share with potential customers. These vendors utilize the social media and techniques suggested in our marketing webinar series to consistently drive their sales.

ChopLocal can enhance your marketing and sales through our marketing, as well. While many orders will occur because of your marketing, in 2022, ChopLocal vendors sold approximately 35% more by being part of the online farmer’s market than they would have if they had set up their own online stores.

Yes! We connect your ChopLocal microstore directly through the "Shop" button on your website.

At this time, we're only accepting farms and butcher shops that do not have an online store somewhere else.

If you have an online store but you're not completely satisfied, we encourage you to check out our mEat Commerce Essentials course or talk to one of our team members about switching your store to ChopLocal!

It takes approximately 30 days to get your ChopLocal store set-up, depending on how quickly you can provide a product list, logo and photos.

We will load your product list for you and provide you with stock photos (we’ll even put your logo on the photos!) and basic product descriptions.

ChopLocal does not take possession of any of the meat. You are responsible for storing your products and fulfilling all orders, and that includes shipping.

However, we can help you figure out the best materials to use and teach you how to pack a box effectively!

(Check out our Shipping Frozen Meat mini-course here. It's also a great chance to get to know our team!)

We also reimburse you for part of your shipping costs on orders under $150.

Our team can provide more details.

We provide you with ChopLocal branded shipping tape and postcards to include in your orders.

We can advise you on the best materials to use, but we do not provide them and you are not required to buy them through us.