What do I need to give Vecino to start?

A store name and the phone number you want orders texted to. That's it. The store name can be a nickname. You add your menu, and anything else (city, hours, photos) is up to you.

Do you ask for my ID, Social Security number or immigration status?

No, never. We don't ask for ID, a Social Security number, an ITIN, your legal name, your immigration status or a bank account. A card is only needed when you pick a plan ($5 or $12 a month), and Stripe handles that: Vecino never sees your card number. We still never touch the money your customers pay you, it goes straight to you.

Who can see my home address?

Nobody, unless you choose. An address is optional. Your store page shows only your city and a general area you write yourself, like "near 23rd and Macdonald". If you add an exact address, directions or a photo of your gate, only customers whose order you accepted can see them. You can also leave the address out and text it yourself.

Is my phone number public?

Customers see the number you choose for orders, because their order is a text to that number. Many sellers use a free second number, like Google Voice, so their personal number stays private.

Do you share my information with the government or anyone else?

We don't sell or share your information, and we don't give it to anyone voluntarily. Like any US company, we could be forced by a valid court order, so our best protection is keeping very little. We store your store name, order phone number, menu, and the orders customers send, and nothing about your identity or status.

Can I delete my store and my information?

Yes. Text or email us and we'll remove your store, your menu and its orders.

Does Vecino take a cut of my sales?

No. No commission and no transaction fees. Your first 25 orders are free, then plans are $5 or $12 a month, flat. Early vendors can get Plus free with a code. If you charge $15 for a plate, you keep $15.

How do customers pay me?

However you already get paid: Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, PayPal, cash at pickup, or a mix. Add as many as you like. Customers see your payment options only after you confirm their order, and the money goes straight to you. Vecino never touches it.

How does ordering work?

You share your Vecino link, for example in your Facebook Marketplace replies. Customers pick items, sizes, toppings and extras, and send you one text with the whole order and the total already added up. You reply to confirm. Then they see how to pay and where to pick up.

My spot is hard to find. Can I give directions?

Yes. Add written directions ("past the alley, blue gate on the left") and a photo of your gate, garage or table. You choose whether everyone sees them or only confirmed customers.

Do I need a permit to sell food from home?

In California, most home food sellers need a cottage food registration or permit from their county, and selling full meals needs a MEHKO permit where your county allows it. Our guides explain the rules in plain language. They're general information, not legal advice.

Can I use Vecino if I don't sell food?

Yes. We built Vecino for home cooks first, but it works for anything made to order or sold with options: custom cakes, nails, lashes, planters and woodwork, shirts and printing, piñatas, flowers. Custom requests let customers pick a size, a design level and a date, and upload inspiration photos, so you get the details you need to quote.

Is Vecino a marketplace like DoorDash or Uber Eats?

No. We don't list you next to competitors, take orders on your behalf, or take a percentage. Vecino is your own menu link that turns DMs into clean orders.

Halloween is coming. Your store shows customers the order-by date.

Take orders, not DMs.

Your customers pick the size, toppings and extras themselves. You get one text with the whole order and the total already added up.

See example stores

Made for home cooks selling on Facebook Marketplace. Free for your first 25 orders, then from $5 a month. No commission.

New orderMaría G.

Pickup Sat, 7:30 PM

Dogo Clásico

Pan jumbo, papitas, guacamole

$12.50

Chilidogo

Tocino extra

$13.00

Agua fresca

Horchata

$5.00

Total$30.50

Confirm

Sold out

Answer once. They order themselves.

7:12●●● ▮

7:12

Set it once

Paste your Vecino link in your listing, and keep it handy as your reply. That's the whole setup.

Every store looks like its owner.

Same link, your style. Pick colors, fonts and a layout that fit your food. Tap a store to order like a customer.

Lola's Lumpia

Filipino lumpia, trays & desserts

Taking orders

Daly City·Fri–Sun · 11:00 AM–6:00 PM

Order by Thu, Oct 29 for Halloween3 days left

Catering

Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.Conchas every Saturday. Custom cakes need 3 days' notice.

Masa y Miel

Pan dulce, conchas & cakes by preorder

Taking orders

Richmond·Sat · 8:00 AM–12:00 PM

Order by Thu, Oct 29 for Halloween3 days left

Didi's Tiffin

Punjabi tiffins, samosas & curries

Taking orders

Fremont·Sat, Sun · 11:00 AM–3:00 PM

Order by Thu, Oct 29 for Halloween3 days left

Oxtail sells out by 2 PM. Pre-order to save yours.

Irie Pot 🇯🇲

Jamaican jerk, oxtail & curry goat

Taking orders

Vallejo·Fri–Sun · 12:00–7:00 PM

Order by Thu, Oct 29 for Halloween3 days left

These are example stores. Tap one and order like a customer. Nothing gets sent.

✓ Real photoComing soon: a badge for photos the cook took of their own food. Example stores use sample photos.

Build my store

What's having a moment

Ideas for your next special, from this year's food trend reports.

Checked Oct 2026

Ube

On 231% more U.S. menus than four years ago

Try it as

Ube crinkles, ube cheese pandesal, ube tres leches

Datassential via NACS Daily, Apr 2026

Black sesame

Searches for black sesame desserts up 21%

Try it as

Black sesame cookies, mochi, a sesame latte

Yelp 2026 Food & Drink Trend Report, Nov 2025

Matcha, made playful

“Banana pudding matcha latte” searches up 36,900%

Try it as

Matcha tres leches, matcha horchata, matcha conchas

Yelp 2026 Food & Drink Trend Report, Nov 2025

Tiffin & meal boxes

Searches for Indian tiffin service up 153%

Try it as

A weekly box: rotating curry, rice, roti, a sweet

Yelp 2026 Food & Drink Trend Report, Nov 2025

Freezer, but fancy

“Freezer fine dining” made Whole Foods’ 2026 trend list

Try it as

Frozen lumpia by the 50, tamales by the dozen, dumpling packs

Whole Foods Market 2026 trends, Oct 2025

Japanese strawberry desserts

Up 28% year over year

Try it as

Strawberry shortcake, fruit sandos, strawberry mochi

Tastewise, Aug 2025

Ready in 10 minutes.

Nothing about how you sell changes. Keep selling on Marketplace, keep getting paid on Venmo, and paste one link.

1
Build your page
Send us your Marketplace listing or a photo of your menu. We set up your items, toppings and prices. You check them and fix anything that's off.
2
Share your link
You get a link like vecino.co/ricasquesabirrias. Drop it in your FB post, Instagram bio, or WhatsApp status.
3
Get real orders
Customers pick everything themselves and send it. You get one text with the full order and the total. Tap confirm, and they can pay you.

Found by AI

Show up when people ask AI where to eat.

Almost half of people now ask ChatGPT or Gemini for local recommendations. A Facebook profile is invisible to them. Your Vecino page tells them exactly what you sell, for how much, and when.

Your menu, prices, options and hours, written in the format AI assistants and Google read.
Your city only. Never your home address or phone number.
One switch in your dashboard. Nothing else to set up.

No one can promise an AI will recommend you. We make sure it can read you, which a Marketplace post never will.

Assistant

Who sells tamales near Richmond this Saturday?

Rosa's Tamales in San Pablo is open Saturday 9 AM to 1 PM. A dozen is $36, and you can choose pork, chicken or rajas. You order by text from their menu:

Rosa's TamalesTamales · San Pablo · Sat 9 AM–1 PMvecino.co/rosas-tamales

vvecino.co

Ask anything

Illustration of an AI assistant answer, using an example store.

Style it in one minute.

Pick a look, make it your color, choose how your food shows. Every change shows up instantly. No design skills needed.

1Pick a look

2Make it your color

3Show your food

Also in your store builder

16 themesMoving backgroundsEvery color5 fontsCorner stylesLogo & cover photo

Dogos La Esquina

Hotdogs estilo Sinaloa

Taking orders

Hayward·Thu–Sun · 5:00–10:00 PM

Order by Thu, Oct 29 for Halloween3 days left

Dogos

Sample photo

Dogo Clásico

Bacon-wrapped, estilo Sinaloa. Build it your way.

Add to order

Sample photo

Dogo Sencillo

Ketchup and mustard, nothing fancy.

$10

Add to order

Sample photo

Chilidogo

House special, smothered in chili.

$11

Add to order

Extras

Sample photo

Papas Locas

Loaded fries with cheese, crema and jalapeños.

$10

Add to order

Bebidas

Sample photo

Agua Fresca

32 oz.

Add to order

Combos

Sample photo

Combo La Esquina

Dogo Clásico, Papas Locas and an Agua Fresca.

$20~~$24~~Save $4

Add to order

Build my store

Why Vecino

Made for taking food orders. Not for links.

Link pages are great for creators. Order platforms take a cut and want your Social Security number. Vecino is the menu link built for home cooks who get paid on Venmo and Zelle.

Three reasons cooks switch

1
Keep your Social Security number.
Card platforms pay you through Stripe, which asks for your SSN or ITIN. Vecino never does. Your customers pay you on Venmo, Zelle or cash.
2
Get paid your way.
After you confirm, a deposit to hold it, or the full amount up front. You choose, so you're not refunding sold-out orders.
3
Know what you really made.
Snap your Costco receipt. We take it off your orders and show what you kept.

See the full side-by-side with Hotplate, Cash App, Linktree and Liinks →

Simple. Cheap. Yours.

No commission. No per-order fees. No surprises.

Starter

Everything you need to take orders

$5/mo

Your menu link, ready to paste in Marketplace
Orders arrive as one text, total added up
Your kitchen page: confirm orders, mark sold out
Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or cash, no fees
Holiday order-by dates and “closing soon”
Up to 30 items and 16 themes
Printable menu with QR code

Start free · 25 orders on us

No card needed to start.

Most cooks pick this

Plus

For cooks building regulars

$12/mo

Everything in Starter, plus
Punch cards that bring regulars back
Monthly report: sales, best sellers, who looked vs. who ordered
Know your profit: snap receipts, see your margins
Custom orders and catering, with quotes
Up to 100 items, videos, combos and add-ons
Your own colors and fonts
We set up your menu for you

Start free · 25 orders on us

No card needed to start.

Pro

Coming soon

For cooks ready to grow

$25/mo

Everything in Plus, plus
Text your regulars when a new batch is up
Food trends and what's selling near you
Two stores or pop-up spots
Your own web address
Priority help from a real person

Get early access

No card needed to start.

Coming soonSell merch next to your menuConfirm orders from your Apple Watch

Questions, answered.

We ask for almost nothing. A store name and the number orders go to. No ID, no Social Security number, no immigration status, no bank info. Ever.

Read our guides for home food sellers →

Your privacy

No, never. We don't ask for ID, a Social Security number, an ITIN, your legal name, your immigration status or a bank account. A card is only needed when you pick a plan ($5 or $12 a month), and Stripe handles that: Vecino never sees your card number. We still never touch the money your customers pay you, it goes straight to you.

Money

Selling with Vecino

Your next order, already added up.

Set up your store in one sitting, drop the link in your Marketplace replies, and let orders come in complete.

vecinoGuides FAQ CompareMade in the Bay Area for home cooks.

Take orders, not DMs.

Answer once. They order themselves.

Every store looks like its owner.

What's having a moment

Ube

Black sesame

Matcha, made playful

Tiffin & meal boxes

Freezer, but fancy

Japanese strawberry desserts

Ready in 10 minutes.

Build your page

Share your link

Get real orders

Show up when people ask AI where to eat.

Style it in one minute.

Made for taking food orders. Not for links.

Keep your Social Security number.

Get paid your way.

Know what you really made.

Simple. Cheap. Yours.

Questions, answered.

What do I need to give Vecino to start?

Do you ask for my ID, Social Security number or immigration status?

Who can see my home address?

Is my phone number public?

Do you share my information with the government or anyone else?

Can I delete my store and my information?

Does Vecino take a cut of my sales?

How do customers pay me?

How does ordering work?

My spot is hard to find. Can I give directions?

Do I need a permit to sell food from home?

Can I use Vecino if I don't sell food?

Is Vecino a marketplace like DoorDash or Uber Eats?

Your next order, already added up.