DayDrop for vendors
Sell what is fresh today, to people nearby.
DayDrop is a simple way for farm stalls and small food businesses to post what they have today, take reservations and hand it over at the stall. Buyers pay you directly.
Free until 28 February 2027
Made for small food sellers
If you sell food or flowers from a stall, a gate, a shop counter or a market table, DayDrop is for you.
- Farm stalls
- Fruit and veg growers
- Egg producers
- Butchers
- Fish and seafood sellers
- Bakeries
- Beekeepers
- Jam and preserve makers
- Flower growers
- Farmers market stalls
- Cafes
How selling works
- 1
Set up your stall
Add your stall name, a photo, what you sell and your address. Your address and map pin are shown to buyers so they can find you. - 2
Add your Food Act details
Choose your registration type and enter the number and expiry date, or tell us why you are exempt. Confirm the details are true and you can post straight away. - 3
Post a drop
Add photos, a price, how many you have and a pickup window. Your drop goes live at once, and people who saved your stall get a notification. - 4
Buyers reserve
People nearby reserve what they want. You see each booking with the buyer’s display name, never their email or phone number. - 5
Scan once at pickup
The buyer shows one QR code for everything they booked at your stall. Scan it, mark what they took, and they pay you directly.
Your stall QR code
A sticker that keeps working
Every stall gets its own permanent QR code. Put it on a sticker, a sign or your market table. Scanning it opens your stall in the DayDrop app, or shows your stall and today’s drops in the browser for people who do not have the app yet.
- The code never changes, so a printed sticker keeps working.
- Download a printable card or poster when you sign in on a computer.
- Print as many copies as you like, for your gate, your counter or your market table.
Food Act and NZBN, in plain English
Food Act 2014
Most food businesses in New Zealand must be registered under a Food Control Plan or a National Programme, unless they are exempt. On DayDrop you declare your registration type, number and expiry, or that you are exempt, and confirm the details are true.
What buyers see
Your registration type and number are shown on your public stall page as your own declaration, with a link to the public MPI register. If you are exempt, buyers only see that you declared an exemption.
Meat, fish and ready-to-eat meals
These need a Food Control Plan (or another registration we accept). Meat and fish sellers also confirm they do not sell homekill. If your registration expires, posting pauses until you update it.
NZBN is optional
If you add your NZBN, it is shown on your public stall page. Your stall works just the same without one.
You are responsible for your products and for keeping your registrations current. DayDrop does not inspect stalls or certify food safety. Not sure which rules apply to you? Try MPI’s My Food Rules tool.
What you cannot sell on DayDrop
- Homekill meat
- Wild game, even if processed
- Recreationally caught fish and seafood
- Raw (unpasteurised) drinking milk
- Wild-harvested foods, such as foraged mushrooms
- Alcohol, including home brew
- Tobacco, vapes and nicotine products
- Medicines, supplements, CBD and products with health claims
- Anything illegal to sell in New Zealand
Listing a prohibited product can lead to a permanent block. The full rules are in the Vendor Terms and the Acceptable Use Policy.
Pilot offer
Free until 28 February 2027
No card needed. From 1 March 2027 DayDrop is NZ$20 a month, and you will not be charged unless you choose a plan. We will remind you at least 7 days before the pilot ends.
Some early vendors are invited as founders and pay NZ$10 a month for as long as their subscription runs.
Vendor questions
No. Buyers pay you directly at pickup and DayDrop never handles that money. After the pilot you pay a flat monthly subscription, not a commission.
However you take payment at your stall, for example cash or bank transfer. It helps to say so in your stall details.
Reservations that are not picked up by the end of the pickup window are marked as missed automatically.
Yes. When you scan their code you mark each item as taken, taken in part, not wanted or left for later. Items they do not want go back on sale.
Yes, if your food rules allow it. Your stall address is shown to buyers so they can find you, so if you sell from home, that address is public.
No. It is optional. If you add one, it is shown on your public stall page.
From 1 March 2027 the app asks you to choose a plan, and you have 7 days to subscribe. If you do not, your stall is paused: buyers cannot see it, but your stall, drops and history are kept and earlier reservations stay valid.
Businesses in New Zealand, run by someone 18 or older who can accept the Vendor Terms for the business.
Prefer a bigger screen?
Sign in on daydrop.nz with the same email to see your stall, edit your details and print your QR code from a computer.
Vendor sign in
Ready to post your first drop?
When the DayDrop app is out, choose “I sell food” and set up your stall in a few minutes. Questions first? Email us. [email protected]
Coming soon to the
App Store
Coming soon to
Google Play
DayDrop is in its pilot. The app is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play in New Zealand.