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What a roaster's shop needs, and the rules that come with selling to consumers at a distance.",{"primary":22,"secondary":23,"intent":28},"selling coffee online",[24,25,26,27],"online coffee shop uk","sell coffee beans online","coffee ecommerce","roastery webshop","informational","2026-10-09",7,{"figure":32,"kicker":33},"Online","E-commerce",[35,42,51],{"key":36,"slug":36,"category":14,"title":37,"excerpt":38,"readingMinutes":30,"updated":29,"cover":39},"coffee-subscription-business","Running a coffee subscription: pricing, churn and fulfilment","Subscriptions turn one-off buyers into predictable weekly volume, paid up front. They also bring postage costs, churn and a fixed dispatch rhythm. How to make them pay.",{"figure":40,"kicker":41},"Monthly","Subscriptions",{"key":43,"slug":43,"category":44,"title":45,"excerpt":46,"readingMinutes":47,"updated":29,"cover":48},"retail-coffee-pricing","running","Pricing retail coffee bags: pack size, postage and price points","A 250 g bag carries the same label, valve and pick-and-pack time as a 1 kg bag. Price per bag, not per kilo, and count postage and fees before you decide what you make.",6,{"figure":49,"kicker":50},"250 g","Retail pricing",{"key":52,"slug":52,"category":53,"title":54,"excerpt":55,"readingMinutes":56,"updated":29,"cover":57},"coffee-labelling-uk","compliance","Coffee labelling in the UK: what must be on the bag","A bag of plain roasted coffee needs fewer mandatory items than most foods, but the ones it needs are strictly defined. The list, the font sizes, the weight rules and the exemptions.",9,{"figure":58,"kicker":59},"Label","Labelling",[61,63,65,72,74,76,78,86,88,90,92],{"p":62},"Most roasteries sell online. It reaches customers beyond your delivery area, earns more per kilo than wholesale and gives you direct contact with drinkers. It also adds packing time, postage, customer service and a set of consumer rules.",{"h2":64},"What a coffee product page needs",{"ul":66},[67,68,69,70,71],"Origin, producer or station, process, variety and altitude where known","Tasting notes in plain words, and what the coffee suits (espresso, filter)","Bag sizes and grind options, with price per kilo shown","Roast schedule: when you roast and dispatch","Mandatory food information available before purchase, such as the name of the food and any allergens for flavoured coffee. See [coffee labelling](guide:coffee-labelling-uk).",{"h2":73},"Distance selling rules",{"p":75},"When you sell to consumers online you must give clear information before the contract (who you are, the total price including delivery, delivery arrangements and cancellation rights) and confirm the order afterwards. The Consumer Contracts Regulations give consumers a cancellation period for most distance contracts, with exceptions, including for goods liable to deteriorate rapidly. Whether a given coffee product falls under an exception is a legal question: take advice before relying on it, and check GOV.UK guidance.",{"h2":77},"Postage and packaging",{"checklist":79,"title":85},[80,81,82,83,84],"Box sizes chosen to fit the cheapest postal band for one and two bags","Postage costs known per band and built into prices or a threshold","Tracking on larger orders","A clear dispatch promise you can keep on busy weeks","A process for lost and damaged parcels","Shipping set-up",{"h2":87},"One stock for every channel",{"p":89},"Selling online and wholesale from the same roasted stock causes oversells when the systems do not talk to each other. Use one product and stock list for both, or roast to order online with a stated dispatch day.",{"h2":91},"Repeat orders",{"p":93},"Most online revenue comes from returning customers. Make reordering easy, send a reminder when a bag is likely running low, and offer a [subscription](guide:coffee-subscription-business). Keep marketing emails to people who have agreed to receive them, in line with the data protection and electronic marketing rules.",[95,98],{"q":96,"a":97},"Do I need to register to sell coffee online?","You need the same food business registration as any roastery, plus the usual tax registrations. Selling online adds distance-selling and data protection duties.",{"q":99,"a":100},"Can customers return coffee bought online?","Consumers have cancellation rights for most distance purchases, with exceptions. Take advice on how they apply to your products and state your policy clearly.",[102,106],{"target":103,"label":104,"note":105},"page:storefront","Roastnet storefront","A coffee shop that shares products, stock and orders with your wholesale.",{"target":107,"label":108,"note":109},"page:sales","One order queue","Online and wholesale orders packed from one list.",[111,115],{"name":112,"title":113,"url":114},"GOV.UK","Online and distance selling for businesses","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fonline-and-distance-selling-for-businesses",{"name":116,"title":117,"url":118},"Information Commissioner's Office","Guide to electronic marketing 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