Dabba is a preorder link for home bakers in Pakistan. A baker puts one link in their Instagram bio. Customers open it, see the menu with prices, pick an open date, pay an advance by Raast, bank transfer, Easypaisa or JazzCash, and upload the screenshot. The baker gets an order list, a baking list for the day, and WhatsApp messages that are already written.
I built it after watching how home bakers take orders: price questions in DMs, double-booked Saturdays, and customers who book a cake and then disappear. Each of those has a plain fix, so that is what the product does.
## What it does
- Menu with photos, sizes, flavours and a message on the cake
- Daily slot limits and days of notice, so a full day closes itself
- Advance payment with a screenshot attached to the order
- Custom cake requests with inspiration photos and a quote that expires
- Delivery areas with fees, and a tracking page for every order
- Baking list and a recipe costing tool
Customers pay the baker directly. Dabba never holds money and takes no commission.
## How it is built
React and Vite on the front end, Supabase for the database, sign-in and file storage, hosted on Vercel. Prices, dates and daily capacity are checked again on the server, so the browser can't fake them.
## Try it
Open the sample bakery at https://dabba.devs.surf/s/cocoa-crumb and place a test order. Nothing leaves your browser in demo mode.
## Feedback I want
If you bake, or know someone who does: what would stop you from using a link like this?
Pricing after the pilot: Starter is free for up to 20 orders a month, Baker is Rs 1,499 a month, Bakery is Rs 3,499 a month, with 30 days' notice before any charge.
