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Honey shop software: seasonal stock, wholesale & stockists

Honey producers: sell every flowering, not just the market stall. More time with the bees.

The yellow box flowered early, the ironbark didn't flower at all and half your regulars only know you from the Saturday market. Delis order by text, Christmas gift packs live in a notebook and nobody can find which shop stocks your jars. We build online shops and back-office systems for honey producers that handle seasonal varieties properly. Then we host them and look after them.

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Looking for a honey online shop that keeps up with the flowering?

A honey business never sells the same range twice. Varieties come and go with the flowering. One site gives you a tonne in a good year and nothing the next. A single extraction might end up as 500g jars, 3kg tubs, comb, creamed honey and a few drums for a packer. Most producers juggle a basic web shop, a market Square reader, a phone full of messages from delis and a spreadsheet that's never quite right.

Wollopit builds custom software around how your honey business actually runs. Log an extraction once and the shop shows what's in the shed. When a favourite variety is back, the waitlist hears about it first. Stockists reorder in a portal at their own pricing. Every jar carries a batch code that traces back to the hive site. We connect the tools you already like, replace the ones holding you back and look after the lot on our own servers.

01The problems

What we hear from honey producers

Does your honey business have these problems? Here's how we'd fix them.

Most honey producers we talk to know their bees and their flowering inside out. The selling side runs on market days, text messages and memory.

  • The problemThe shop never matches the shedA variety sells out at the market on Saturday and the website keeps taking orders for it until Wednesday.
    How we fix itStock shared between the online shop, market POS and wholesale. Sell a jar anywhere and the count drops everywhere.
  • The problemVarieties change every seasonLeatherwood, yellow box, macadamia and blue gum come and go. Rebuilding product pages each time is a job nobody gets to.
    How we fix itSeasonal product management. Switch a variety on when it's extracted and off when it's gone, with its tasting notes and flowering story kept for next year.
  • The problemFans only find you at marketsPeople love the honey on Saturday then have no way to buy it again until they happen to walk past.
    How we fix itAn online shop with a QR card on every jar and stall sign, so a market customer becomes an online regular.
  • The problemFavourites sell out and fans miss themThe bush honey goes in a fortnight and the people who wanted it most hear about it after it's gone.
    How we fix itVariety waitlists. Fans join for their favourite and get an email or SMS the moment the new harvest goes live.
  • The problemWholesale orders by textDelis, grocers and cafes text for a dozen jars, then someone retypes it into Xero and hopes nothing was missed.
    How we fix itA wholesale portal with trade pricing, minimum orders and repeat orders in two taps, with invoices into Xero or MYOB.
  • The problemNobody knows where to buy youYour honey is in twelve shops but customers keep messaging to ask where.
    How we fix itA stockist finder on your website with a map, opening hours and which varieties each shop usually carries.
  • The problemChristmas gift packs by handCorporate orders for 80 boxes land in your inbox in November with logos, card messages and 40 delivery addresses.
    How we fix itGift packs online, plus a corporate order form that takes logos, messages and bulk address lists in one upload.
  • The problemGlass jars and postage headachesWorking out weights, packing for breakage and copying addresses into Australia Post every night.
    How we fix itShipping rates calculated by weight, labels printed from the order screen and tracking sent to the customer automatically.
  • The problemBatch codes live in a notebookIf a jar ever needs tracing, the extraction date, hive site and lot number are in a notebook in the ute.
    How we fix itBatch records for every extraction, with lot codes printed on labels and traceable back to the hive site and date.
  • The problemPollination and swarm calls get lostGrowers ring for hive hire and locals ring about swarms, all landing on one mobile while you're suited up.
    How we fix itOnline enquiry forms for pollination hire and swarm callouts that land in one list with location, timing and photos.
02What we build

Solutions

What we build for honey producers. Usually all talking to each other.

Pick the one that's hurting most or join the whole lot up. Everything is built around how your team works, not the other way round.

01

Seasonal stock manager

Varieties switched on and off as they're extracted, with flowering notes, origin region and harvest dates.

02

Online honey shop

Jars, tubs, comb, creamed honey and beeswax shipped Australia-wide or picked up from the shed.

03

Variety waitlists

Fans sign up for a favourite and get notified the moment the new harvest is in stock.

04

Harvest pre-orders

Let regulars reserve upcoming harvests before they're jarred, with payment on release.

05

Wholesale ordering

Stockists log in, see their trade pricing and reorder in two taps with invoices to Xero or MYOB.

06

Stockist finder

A map of every shop that carries your honey, kept current from your wholesale accounts.

07

Gift packs & corporate orders

Build-your-own boxes, Christmas hampers and bulk corporate orders with logos and card messages.

08

Honey subscriptions

A jar or two of whatever's flowering each month or quarter, billed automatically.

09

Market stall sync

Square sales at the markets come off the same stock count as the website.

10

Batch & label records

Extraction logs, lot codes, best before dates and label printing for every batch.

11

Pollination & swarm bookings

Hive hire enquiries for growers and swarm callout requests with location and photos.

12

A website that tastes local

Hand-built, quick on mobile, with your varieties, your story and built to rank for 'local honey near me'.

03The systems

The big ones

Your whole honey business, on one system.

These are the systems honey producers ask us about most. Each one works on its own. Joined up they save you a lot of evenings.

Seasonal shop

Sell what's in the shed right now.

Your shop follows the flowering. Log a new extraction and the variety goes live with its tasting notes and story. When it runs out it hides itself and the waitlist starts filling for next season.

  • Varieties switched on per harvest
  • Flowering notes and origin region
  • Jar sizes, tubs, comb and creamed
  • Stock shared with markets and wholesale
  • Waitlists for each variety
  • Harvest pre-orders and reservations
  • Auto-hide when sold out
  • Last season's varieties kept for next year
  • Subscriptions of what's flowering
  • QR cards for jars and stall signs

Wholesale & stockists

Stockists reorder themselves. Customers find them.

Delis, grocers and cafes get their own login with trade pricing and their order history. Every active account shows up on your stockist map, so the people asking where to buy you get an answer without messaging.

  • Trade accounts with their own pricing
  • Minimum order and carton quantities
  • Two-tap reorders and standing orders
  • Invoices into Xero or MYOB
  • Delivery runs planned by area
  • Stockist map on your website
  • Varieties each shop carries
  • New harvest alerts to stockists
  • Sell sheets and shelf talkers
  • Account holds for overdue invoices

Gift packs

Christmas orders without the November meltdown.

Customers build their own gift box online and businesses place corporate orders with logos and card messages in one go. Upload a spreadsheet of addresses and every box gets its own label and tracking.

  • Build-your-own gift boxes
  • Ready-made hampers and tasting sets
  • Gift messages printed with the order
  • Corporate order form with logo upload
  • Bulk address list upload
  • Quotes and invoices for big orders
  • Delivery date picker for Christmas
  • Australia Post and Sendle labels

Batches & traceability

Every jar traces back to the hive site.

Log extractions from your phone in the shed with site, flowering, weight and moisture. Lot codes and best before dates print onto labels so any jar can be traced in seconds.

  • Extraction logs by hive site
  • Moisture readings and weights
  • Lot codes on every label
  • Best before dates calculated
  • Jarring runs into finished stock
  • Drums sold to packers recorded
  • Trace any jar to site and date
  • Hive site and apiary register

Pollination & swarms

Hive hire and swarm calls in one list.

Growers book pollination hire through a form that captures crop, hive numbers and dates. Locals report swarms with a photo and location, so you can decide what to chase without phone tag.

  • Pollination hire enquiries
  • Crop, hectares and hive numbers
  • Placement and pickup dates
  • Quotes and invoices to Xero
  • Swarm reports with photos
  • Location pinned on a map
  • SMS replies to callers
  • Season calendar for hive moves
04How it changes

Before and after

A new harvest, wolloped.

Here's how a new variety going on sale could change. Every honey business is different, so we map yours first.

Before

  1. Jar the new harvest and post a photo on Instagram
  2. Answer forty messages asking how to order
  3. Take payments by bank transfer and screenshots
  4. Lose track of which jars are spoken for
  5. Sell out at the market while online orders keep coming
  6. Regulars miss out and message to complain

After

  1. Log the extraction on your phone in the shed
  2. The variety goes live with its tasting notes
  3. Waitlist fans get an email and SMS first
  4. Orders and payments land online
  5. Market sales come off the same stock count
  6. Shipping labels print with the lot code on them
05Services

Everything under one roof

Software, websites and systems for honey producers.

Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading what you've got, it's one team from the first sketch to the support call.

Custom software for honey producers

Built around how your honey business actually runs: seasonal stock manager, online honey shop and the admin in between, in one system you own.

Websites for honey producers

Fast, hand-built websites that rank for the searches your customers make and turn visits into enquiries, bookings or orders.

Honey business system upgrades

Running on spreadsheets, old software or a platform you've outgrown? We move your data across and upgrade in stages so the business never stops.

Apps and portals for honey producers

Variety waitlists and harvest pre-orders: customer and staff portals that work on any phone without an app store.

Integrations and automation

We connect Shopify, WooCommerce and Square so information moves on its own and nobody retypes it.

Hosting, support and care

Managed hosting, updates, backups and security for your honey business, looked after by the people who built it.

06Integrations

Connections

Plays nicely with what you already use.

We connect to the tools you rely on, work alongside platforms you're happy with or replace the ones holding you back.

  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce
  • Square
  • Xero
  • MYOB
  • Stripe
  • Afterpay
  • Australia Post
  • Sendle
  • Shippit
  • Klaviyo
  • Mailchimp
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Google Business Profile
  • Etsy
07How we work

The process

Some people dip their toe in. We turn up in a rebreather.

We get properly below the surface of your honey business: the systems, the busy days and the jobs everyone hates. Then we fix the bits that matter most first.

  1. 01

    Think

    We spend time in the shed, at the market stall and in your inbox, then work out what's actually eating your week.

  2. 02

    Archi-tech

    We plan it before writing code: your varieties, batches, stockists, gift packs, shipping, hosting and cost.

  3. 03

    Build

    Real engineering, shown to you early and often. Usually the most painful bit first, so you get a win before the next flowering.

  4. 04

    Look after

    We host it, maintain it and keep improving it. When something breaks you call the people who built it.

08Questions

FAQ

Things honey producers ask us.

Something else on your mind? Ring 0423 011 252 and ask the people who'd build it.

Can customers sign up for a specific variety?

Yes. Fans join a waitlist for their favourite and get an email or SMS when it's back. You can give them first dibs before it goes on general sale.

Can the website and market stall share the same stock?

Yes. We connect your Square reader at the markets to the online shop, so a jar sold on Saturday comes off the website count straight away.

Can stockists order from us online?

Yes. Each stockist gets a login with their trade pricing and order history. Orders go to you and invoices go into Xero or MYOB.

Can it print batch codes on our labels?

Yes. Log the extraction and the lot code and best before date go onto your labels and every order, so any jar can be traced back to the site and date.

We already have a Shopify shop. Do we have to switch?

No. If Shopify or WooCommerce is doing its job we build around it with waitlists, wholesale, gift packs and batch records. If it's holding you back we'll show you what replacing it involves before anything changes.

How much does it cost?

It depends on what you need, so we quote up front once we understand it. No surprise invoices, no lock-in and you own what we build.

How long does it take?

Smaller jobs like waitlists or a stockist finder can be quick. Bigger systems are planned in stages so you get the first win early, ideally before your next harvest or Christmas rush.

Who looks after it once it's built?

We do. We host it on our own managed servers and keep it updated and secure. When you need something you ring the people who built it.

We already have systems. Can you upgrade them instead of starting again?

Usually, yes. Most honey producers we work with keep what's working and upgrade the rest in stages. We move your data across, connect the old and new while we switch and retire the old system only when the new one is proven.

Contact

Got a honey business problem? Consider it wolloped.

Tell us what's slow, broken, manual or missing. You don't need a spec, just describe what's going on.

Call0423 011 252 Emailprojects@wollopit.com.au
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