Sell Through Square? Your SideStall Stall Can Now Keep Itself Up to Date
Link your Square account and the name, price and stock on your SideStall listings follow your till. What syncs, what stays yours, and how to set it up.
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So What’s the Catch With Putting Your Market on SideStall?
No subscription for market organisers and free set-up for stallholders. Where SideStall’s money does come from, and how to get your market on the map.
The ACCC Has Taken Twelve Egg Producers to Court
The ACCC alleges twelve egg producers and suppliers coordinated on supply for years. What it alleges, and what a farm gate does not fix.
What the Pesticide Testing Found, and What It Didn’t
A charity had 78 samples of supermarket fruit and veg tested. Four came back over the Australian limit. What that does and does not tell you.
What Happens When Your Market Joins SideStall
Run a market? Here's what happens after you register it on SideStall, from the invite email to your first post, and what it costs the market.
Alice Zaslavsky's one-pan pumpkin parma, from her new book
Alice Zaslavsky's second recipe for the SideStall community: a cosy one-pan pumpkin parma, from her new book, and where to find the pumpkin for it.
A Stall Run for the School Holidays
Two weeks of SA school holidays from 26 September. A morning out around Adelaide, a few stalls at a time, with a job for the kids at every one.
How Many Hands Your Meat Passes Through
Farm gate meat cannot skip licensed processing, and it should not. We counted the hands on both chains. The real difference is who owns the animal.
10. Bulk Deals and Product Variants: Selling More Per Visit
One customer who buys a tray instead of a dozen is worth more than a new customer, and costs nothing to find. Two listing features that make it easy.
9. Turning One Visit Into a Habit: Favourites, Trending and Just Listed
Finding a new customer is the hard part. Here is how buyers save you, how fresh stock gets surfaced, and how to use the window while it lasts.
8. Reviews and the Verified Badge: Why Strangers Decide to Stop
A review from a happy customer does more than any description you can write. Here is how reviews work, and what the verified badge actually is.
7. Selling From Home Without Publishing Your Address
Your address is hidden by default, buyers see only a first name and photo, and anyone can be blocked. Here is how it works.
6. Your Stall Page: The One Link That Does the Work
Every seller gets a public page that works without the app. Here is what to put on it, and why sharing the link beats every other thing you can do.
What I Told Dani Valent About Roadside Stalls
I went on Dani Valent's food podcast, Dirty Linen, to talk about roadside stalls. Here's what I told her, and what's surprised me along the way.
5. Pre-Orders: Stop Guessing How Much to Make
Buyers reserve before they arrive, so you bake, pick or cut to real demand. Plus deposits and charging the balance once you have weighed it.
You Can Run the Whole Stall From Your Phone
Set it up, list a product, flip it open or closed, even reply when the signal drops. The whole stall runs from your phone, free to start.
4. Getting Paid: In-App Payments and Knowing Your Take-Home
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay straight to your bank, no terminal and no cash tin. And an earnings screen showing what came off, so payday never surprises.
3. Telling Buyers You're Open Today
Buyers check whether you're open before they drive. What decides it: your stall's switch, your hours, the instant-orders pause and product availability.
2. Listing a Product Properly, and Why You Should Hit Refresh
Your listings are how buyers find you, because search matches products rather than stall names. Here is how to write one well and keep it visible.
1. Setting Up Your Stall: Your Handle and the Three-Step Setup
Your stall name becomes your @handle and is locked for good. Then three setup screens and a tap on Go live. About ten minutes, free, no card to start.
Three Things I Got Wrong Building SideStall
I thought sellers wanted features. I thought buyers would search. I underestimated cash and trust. Three wrong guesses and what they taught us.
The Same Saturday Morning, Two Very Different Ways
A trolley under fluorescent lights, or a drive to three stalls with the kids. Same shopping money, two very different Saturdays. The swap is one stall.
We're Small. That's the Point.
Every startup pretends to be bigger than it is. Here's the opposite: why being early on SideStall means the founder personally notices your stall.
The Best Marketing in SideStall's History Wasn't Done by Us
One seller shared her stall link with her own following. Between 26 June and 30 July 2026, a quarter of everyone who looked at a stall had been to hers.
We Made Five Sowing Guides and They're Free
Five free sowing guides, one for each Australian climate zone: 58 plants, month by month, with soil temps and harvest times. Tell us where to send them.
Turn Passing Cars Into Customers
A car that drives past your stall once can become a customer who orders every week. A sign, a QR code, and thirty seconds of setup.
Nervous About Your First Farm-Gate Pickup? Here's All That Happens
Drive up. Say g'day. Take the box that's waiting for you. A gentle guide to your first farm-gate pickup, for everyone who finds new things awkward.
How to Actually Find Things on SideStall
Search by what people sell, not who they are. Type honey, eggs or sourdough, or use the @ handle for a seller you know. Here's how finding works.
Who Put That Stall on the Map?
On some apps, anyone can list a stall they don't run. On SideStall every stall is put up and kept current by the person standing at the gate.
Alice Zaslavsky is sharing recipes with us, starting with a spring salad
Alice Zaslavsky is sharing some of her cookbook recipes with the SideStall community. First up, a spring salad, and where to find the greens for it.
If You Started a Stall and Stopped, This Is for You
Plenty of people create a stall on SideStall and stop one step from the finish. You're closer than you think. Five minutes, honestly.
The Steak That Should Have Been Graded Out
A shopper found what looked like an abscess in a supermarket steak. Coles says it should have been graded out. At the gate, the distance is a handshake.
Baked Eggs with Greens and a Little Chilli
One pan, twenty minutes, and a very good use of a cabbage. Eggs are the one ingredient we can point you to in four states this month.
What's Happened Since the Food Fraud Story
The ACCC is asking questions, most companies reject the findings, and the testing is being argued over. None of it changes what you can do this week.
The Only Import Anyone Routinely Tests
Buried in the food fraud coverage: honey is the only imported food routinely tested for adulteration, and only 5% of it. Everything else runs on trust.
The Turmeric Had Paint Pigment in It
Testing for Four Corners reportedly found a paint pigment in one brand's turmeric. Turmeric mostly isn't a farm-gate product. The lesson still travels.
The Carton Claim Nobody Can Test
Four Corners says a cage-free egg claim failed testing. The seller disputes it, and one expert says no test can check it. At a farm gate you just look.
Farm Gates and Roadside Stalls of Northern Tasmania
Northern Tasmania is full of stalls at the end of driveways. Here's a run of them, from a farm stand at Gawler to a fridge at Yolla, and how to find them.
Roast Pumpkin and Cauliflower with Black Garlic and Honey
A winter tray bake that converts cauliflower sceptics, with a note on which stalls around the country may have each ingredient this month.
Who Grew Your Tomatoes?
Testing for Four Corners failed a fifth of supermarket tomato products on origin. The companies deny it. Here's the version you can check yourself.
How to Finish Your Stripe Setup and Get Paid
The setup step that trips people up is Stripe. It's quick once you know what it needs, and this walks you through finishing it.
Run Your Stall From the Big Screen: A Guide to the Seller Portal
The Commercial plan adds a desktop back-office: bulk product upload, a photo library, tax invoices, and Stripe ID setup without your phone.
A Day of Stall Hopping in the Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills are full of stalls at the end of driveways. Here's a day out, from garlic to sourdough to honey, and how to find them.
"What's the Catch?" SideStall's Fees, Explained Straight
No monthly fee to take payments on any plan. A platform fee only when a buyer actually pays in the app. Here is how the money works, nothing buried.
Selling Meat by Weight at the Farm Gate: Deposits, Weigh-Ins and Getting Paid
You can't price a lamb pack before it's cut, and a no-show on cut stock hurts. Here's how deposit-now, weigh-at-pickup ordering works.
I Almost Shared That Food Secrets Reel. Then We Checked It
A reel doing the rounds says your chicken is bleached and your apples are waxed with petroleum. We checked every claim. Some hold up. Most don't.
A Grower Told Me It's Too Hard to Keep It All Updated
A fruit grower wrote back: too many platforms to update already, and fresh fruit is impossible to predict. Fair point. Here's my honest answer.
How to Take Cake Orders Without the DM Chaos
If your order book is forty unread messages and a screenshot of a bank transfer, here is a calmer system that does not cost you the personal touch.
The Packet Loaf Has No Added Sugar, and More Sugar Than Sourdough
We said the packet loaf burns faster because it is sweetened. It has no added sugar, and still more sugar than sourdough. Here is the correction.
Why the Honesty Box Still Works in 2026
An unlocked tin on a country road should not survive a cashless decade. It does, and what keeps it working is more interesting than good manners.
The Watchdog Steps In: ACCC Opens Inquiry Into Food Labelling
The ACCC has opened a preliminary investigation after Four Corners' testing found tomato paste, seafood, eggs and turmeric that didn't match the packet.
Barossa, Gawler and the Northern Plains: Buying Direct When It's Not Saturday Morning
Nineteen stalls across the Barossa, Gawler and the plains north of Adelaide, selling from their own gate the other six days. Checked 25 September 2026.
Flower Stalls, Honey and Farm Gates Within 30 Minutes of Mount Barker
Ten stalls you can drive to from Mount Barker in half an hour or less: florists, honey, organically farmed beef and lamb, and roasted coffee.
What's at the Farm Gate in August in South Australia
Winter is the underrated season at the gate: citrus at its peak, brassicas, root vegetables, and the year's garlic. Here is what to look for in August.
Can't Find Australian-Grown on the Shelf? Skip the Shelf.
Shoppers are hunting supermarket shelves for Australian-grown food and coming up empty. At a farm gate, the country of origin is standing in front of you.
Selling Home-Baked Goods in SA: The Rules in Plain English (2026)
Thinking of selling your baking in South Australia? Here is what the Food Act actually asks of you, in plain English, and who to ring before you start.
When the Label Can't Be Trusted, Ask the Person Who Made It
Four Corners found food fraud is rampant in Australian supermarkets. It gets in at the handovers between farm and shelf, and buying direct has only one.
Is Your Supermarket Sourdough Actually Sourdough?
Most supermarket "sourdough" isn't the real thing. Here's how to spot the difference, and how to find a local baker's true loaf on SideStall.
What "Free Range" Actually Means on an Egg Carton
"Free range" can legally mean 10,000 hens per hectare. Here's how to read an egg carton properly, and why the number is printed on the pack.
Why Supermarket Honey All Tastes the Same
Most supermarket honey is real honey, blended, heated and filtered until every jar tastes alike. Here's what a local beekeeper's jar gives you instead.
The Drive That Started SideStall
A drive to the kids' nonna's place past a dozen roadside stalls he could never stop at. The Sunday Mail on how SideStall started, and what it's for.
Selling Eggs at the Gate in SA: What the Rules Actually Say (2026)
Got more eggs than your family can eat? Here is what South Australia asks of you before you put a sign at the gate, and who to ring to be sure.