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Management software for artisan smokehouses

A smokehouse works in batches and in cold chain. Software has to turn raw fish, salt and smoking time into a traceable number.

In brief: software for artisan smokehouses

  • Start with one module and add the rest as your smokehouse grows — no migration, no starting over.
  • Online orders & pickups: your clients place orders with a pickup date from their phone, without jamming the phone or the counter.
  • The accountant is not replaced but fed: clean records instead of chasing at quarter end.
  • Your data stays yours: exportable on any day, without asking anybody for permission.

The batch is the unit of account for the whole house. Raw fish, brine, smoking run and packing must always carry the same number, or a market recall becomes impossible to execute.

Yield varies and decides the margin. A fish loses weight in the cure and again in the smoke, and without that figure per batch the sums use the purchase weight.

The cold chain wants evidence, not recollections. Temperatures per chamber and per delivery have to log themselves, because that is precisely what an inspection asks for.

The use-by date is born of the production date, not of the label printer. Keeping the two apart eventually puts wrongly dated goods on a shelf.

Christmas is a second company lasting four weeks. Pre-orders, gift boxes and delivery windows are organised before the first order lands, not during.

Direct sales and wholesale never share a price for the same piece of fish. Two price lists per item settle it for good, and without them the argument ends up happening on the loading bay.

The modules artisan smokehouses need

Start with the one that hurts most and switch on the rest when you're ready — they all share the same data.

Starts here

Online orders & pickups

Your clients place orders with a pickup date from their phone, without jamming the phone or the counter.

Email marketing

Campaigns and automations to bring clients back, with ready-made templates and tracking.

Clients (CRM)

The record, history and follow-up for every client and quote, so none slips away.

How we do it for artisan smokehouses, step by step

  1. 1

    We look at your day-to-day

    We count the enquiries arriving each week by phone, WhatsApp and website — and how many go cold.

  2. 2

    We choose the modules

    We start with what hurts most and leave the rest ready to click on later.

  3. 3

    We set it up for your sector

    We teach the assistant the questions you actually get: prices, hours, availability.

  4. 4

    We connect it to your website

    We wire the panel to your Google Business Profile, so a search lands straight in your system.

  5. 5

    We hand it over working

    We look again after four weeks at what is genuinely being used and what still needs connecting.

It starts where your customer finds you

Your customer searches for a smokehouse on Google and wants to sort it now. We connect the management software with your website and your Google profile so they book, message you or buy the moment they find you. Making that first step easy is what turns a search into a customer.

Frequently asked questions about software for artisan smokehouses

What must the batch number carry? +

The raw delivery, the cure, the smoking run, the packing day and the receiving customer. With those five, a recall takes an hour instead of a week.

How is yield calculated properly? +

Incoming weight against finished weight per batch, separating cure loss from smoke loss. Without that split, poor raw material looks like a poor process.

Does this replace my accountant? +

No, and it is not meant to. It hands the accountant clean records and takings instead of replacing them: fewer questions at quarter end, not more.

How is it different from generic software? +

We set it up in the real language and needs of artisan smokehouses, connect it to your website and give you close support. Fewer features you'll never use, more fit to your day-to-day.

What does my customer actually see? +

Your website and a booking that takes three steps. Of the software behind it they see nothing — which is exactly the point.

Does it integrate with my website? +

Yes. The management software connects with your website so your customers book, message you or buy from there, and it all lands straight in your panel. No website, or want a new one? We handle that too.

How do we handle orders that depend on the harvest? +

By holding batch, quantity and dispatch window together, so what you promise is what will exist.

Is traceability a lot of extra work? +

It is one field per batch. One field per batch, filled in when it leaves. It costs seconds and it is what protects you if a shipment is ever questioned.

Can we sell to the public and to trade? +

Two price lists and two sets of terms on the same products. Otherwise you keep two catalogues and they drift apart.

Can we print labels from it? +

Yes, with batch, date and origin taken from the order. Printing from the same record as the paperwork is what keeps the label and the delivery note saying the same thing.

How much does management software for artisan smokehouses cost? +

It depends on the modules you switch on, but we give you a fixed quote with no surprises and you only pay for what you use. You can grow module by module.

Will it work with the tools I already use? +

In most cases, yes. It connects with your website and Google profile out of the box, and we can integrate it with other tools you rely on, so it fits into how your smokehouse already works.

Much more than a website

Not just your website. Your store and customers in one panel.

Orders and email campaigns to build loyalty and sell again — all under your brand.

Customer CRM

Every contact that comes through your website lands in your panel, with follow-up and notes. Nothing gets lost.

Bookings & appointments

Online diary with automatic reminders. Your customers book themselves, you see your calendar fill up.

AI assistant

A smart chat serves and captures customers on your website 24/7, and passes the interested ones to your CRM.

Clear analytics

How many visit you and where they come from, with no jargon or annoying cookies. Decisions backed by data.

All under your brand, in one place.

I want my panel

What artisan smokehouses look for

If any of these is what you're after, this software is for you.

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What your management software includes

Orders at the pace of the season

What's available, in what quantity and until when: the order follows the harvest, not the catalogue.

Last season's regulars

Whoever bought last year hears first — that's what fills the season before the first market day.

Trade buyers with invoices

Different volumes, different rhythm, their own price list: trade customers are managed apart.

Shall we put the day-to-day in one place?

We'll show you the modules that fit how you already work. Demo and quote, no commitment.

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