for sellersGuides for selling from home in the UK
Everything you need to know to sell what you make from home (food, flowers, hampers and crafts) with the answer in the first paragraph. Written by Cravers Eats, the local marketplace for independent sellers.
How to make money from home in the UK by selling what you make (2026)
The realistic ways to earn from home in the UK by making and selling: cakes and bakes, home-cooked meals, flowers, gift hampers, candles, crafts and upcycled homeware: start-up costs, the rules for each, and where to sell.
How to sell food from home in the UK (legally) in 2026
The six steps to selling homemade food legally in the UK: free council registration 28 days before trading, food hygiene training, allergen information, insurance, tax, and where to sell.
How to start a cake business from home in the UK
Step-by-step guide to starting a home baking business in the UK: council registration, hygiene rating, allergen labelling for cakes, insurance, pricing per serving, and taking orders.
Is selling food from home a good side hustle in the UK?
An honest look at selling homemade food as a UK side hustle: what people earn, start-up costs under £300, the legal steps, which foods sell, and how Cravers Eats fits in.
Do I need to register to sell food from home in the UK?
Yes, and here is exactly when, how and what happens next: free council registration 28 days before trading, the inspection, your hygiene rating, and the exceptions.
Allergen rules for home food businesses: Natasha's Law explained simply
What UK allergen law means for home bakers and cooks: the 14 allergens, when you need a full label (PPDS / Natasha's Law), what made-to-order food needs, and distance-selling rules for online orders.
How much do home bakers make in the UK?
Realistic home baking earnings in the UK by level (occasional, part-time and full-time) with worked examples, the costs that eat profit, and how to earn more per hour.
How to take Christmas pre-orders as a home baker (without DMs and bank transfers)
For UK home bakers: how to run Christmas 2026 pre-orders, when to open, the cut-off date, taking payment up front, limiting numbers, and an order website in your name: free to set up, 5% per order.
How to sell flowers from home in the UK
Starting a home flower business in the UK: no licence needed, where to buy stems, pricing bouquets, the busiest dates, consumer rules for fresh flowers, tax, and how to take orders and deliver locally.
How to sell handmade crafts from home in the UK: the rules for candles, soaps, jewellery, toys and upcycled furniture
What UK law requires before you sell handmade items: general product safety, CLP labels for scented candles and wax melts, safety reports for soaps and bath bombs, UKCA for toys, fire labels for upholstered furniture, hallmarking for jewellery, and where to sell.
How to start a gift hamper business from home in the UK
Starting a hamper business from home in the UK: when you must register with the council, alcohol licensing, labelling homemade and bought-in food, non-food items, pricing a hamper, peak seasons and local delivery.
Where to sell homemade food online in the UK: every option compared (2026)
Every way to sell homemade cakes and food online in the UK compared: Instagram DMs and payment links, your own website, Cravers Eats, Deliveroo and Uber Eats, Etsy and Folksy, and markets. Fees on a £30 order, who finds the customers, and the catches.
Cake deposits, cancellations and no-shows: what UK law lets home bakers do
Can you take a non-refundable deposit for a cake? Do customers get 14 days to cancel? What can you keep if they cancel or don't collect? Plain-English UK rules for home bakers, with sample policy wording.
Are there cottage food laws in the UK? (No: here's what applies instead)
The UK has no cottage food laws. Home food businesses follow the same food law as any other: free council registration 28 days before trading, inspection and a hygiene rating, allergen information, and labelling. How it compares with US cottage food rules.
How to get a 5-star food hygiene rating in a home kitchen
What environmental health officers check in a home kitchen, how the 0–5 food hygiene rating is worked out, a checklist for a 5, and what to do if you get less (appeal within 21 days, right to reply, re-rating).
Do I pay tax on selling cakes or crafts from home? The £1,000 trading allowance, platform reporting and Self Assessment
When UK home sellers need to tell HMRC: the £1,000 trading allowance (on gross income, not profit), registering for Self Assessment, digital platform reporting (30 sales and €2,000), Making Tax Digital and VAT at £90,000.
The UK home seller's calendar: what to make and when, from Christmas 2026 to Father's Day 2027
Key selling dates for UK home bakers, florists, hamper makers and crafters from December 2026 to June 2027, with product ideas for each and when to start preparing.
Sell on Cravers Eats
A new local marketplace for anyone who makes and sells from home: bakers, cooks, florists, crafters and makers, opening across the UK in early 2027. Founding sellers join free now and set up before launch day. Customers order and pay by card, you keep 95%, and there are no monthly fees.
Join as a founding seller