Move your cake orders out of your DMs
Taking orders through Instagram and Facebook messages works — until it doesn't. Here's how your MyCakeShed shop takes the admin off your plate.
4 min readUpdated August 2026Almost every baker starts by taking orders in their DMs. It's where your customers already are. But as you get busier, a chat thread is a hard place to actually run a bakery from.
Where DM-only ordering starts to hurt
- “Hiya, is this still available?” messages at 11pm that you have to answer.
- Chasing payment screenshots — and hoping they actually paid.
- An order list in your notes app that only you can read.
- Double-booked collection slots because two chats asked for the same time.
- Details for one order scattered across a dozen messages.
What your shed does instead
- Your own storefront, so customers browse today's bakes and order from any phone.
- Card checkout — you get paid when they order, with no screenshots to chase.
- Every order in one place: items, fulfilment time, notes and payment status together.
- Automatic customer updates as you bake, so you're not retyping the same message.
- One-tap sold-out and deals, so your menu always reflects what you can actually make.
You don't have to abandon your DMs — keep sharing your shop link there and in your bio. The difference is that the order, the payment and the details now land in one tidy place instead of a chat thread.
The result is less time being an admin, a bookkeeper and a customer-service line — and more time actually baking.