Guides

Who makes what, one city at a time.

The people selling what they make in one city, written up properly: who makes what, what it costs where we know, and how to reach them. Built from our directory, so the sellers on a guide are the sellers who are actually there.

City guides

Home food makers in the Twin Cities

Cakes and cake pops, sourdough, Sunday plates, empanadas, hot sauce and kombucha, from people cooking and baking at home around Minneapolis and Saint Paul. What each one makes, and how to reach them.

44 sellers, kept up to date from the directory.

Home bakers in Austin, Texas

Sourdough, celebration cakes, cookies, macarons and conchas, from people baking out of home kitchens around Austin, Texas. What each one makes, and how to reach them.

29 sellers, kept up to date from the directory.

Getting paid safely

Not about one city: how to take money from a stranger without losing the item, the money, or both. Plain comparisons with each service's own pages as sources, and a free tool.

Is this buyer a scam?

Paste the message a buyer sent you. Twelve scam patterns, what each one means and what to do. Runs on your phone; nothing you paste leaves it.

More cities as the directory fills out. A guide only goes up once there are enough sellers in one place to make it worth reading, which is a slower way to do it and the only honest one. Selling something yourself? Set up a shop and you will turn up in your city's guide.