For suppliers, exporters & buyers
Bring your cacao quality to market
Create your own supplier workspace, record the quality behind each cacao lot, publish a listing and discuss a quote with buyers. You control which private evidence you share.
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What you can do with CocoaCraft
For farms, cooperatives, processors and exporters offering cacao, and suppliers working with buyer quality requirements.
Make the quality behind a lot visible
A listing is more useful when a buyer can understand where the cacao came from and how it was handled.
A workspace that belongs to you
Set up your supplier organization and its members independently of any buyer. Prepare your producer profile, describe your operation and choose when that profile becomes public.
A source record for each lot
Capture origin, harvest context, fermentation, drying, moisture and other applicable quality observations. Finalize the source revision before using it for a marketplace listing.
A clear listing, backed by its source
Choose a ready source revision, set the available quantity and minimum order, and add your commercial details. Saved drafts let you prepare the listing before publishing it.
Have a better conversation with buyers
Share the information needed for a sourcing decision while keeping broader operating records private.
Price visibility that suits the conversation
Use a public asking price, limit price visibility to connected buyers, or invite a quote request. Buyers can ask for a quantity within the advertised range.
Inquiries, quotes and acceptance
Review buyer inquiries, respond with a quote or decline, and see whether the buyer accepts. An accepted quote records agreement; it does not collect payment or reserve stock automatically.
Connections and evidence sharing
Approve or decline buyer connection requests. A connection does not make someone a member of your workspace or automatically share private source lots and documents.
Bring your cacao to market
Open the journey for a larger view and a readable guide to each step.
Illustrative example
A cooperative has a new cacao lot to offer
The team wants buyers to see the care behind the lot without sending its entire operating folder to every prospect.
Step 1
Prepare the quality story
Record the lot’s origin, processing and measured quality, then finalize the source revision.
Step 2
Publish the offer
Create a listing from that revision, choose quantity and price visibility, and publish when ready.
Step 3
Respond with the right information
Discuss a buyer’s requirements, share selected evidence and provide a quote. Review a connection request separately.
What you finish with: A source-backed offer and a recorded buyer conversation, with private evidence still under the supplier’s control.
Who records, shares and decides?
The supplier records and declares
Your organization is responsible for the source information, measurements and documents it provides. A ready source record is not an independent certificate.
The auditor reports independently
Where an inspection is arranged, the assigned inspector records separate findings. Those findings do not replace your own declarations.
The buyer makes its own decision
The buyer evaluates the offer and later records its receiving checks and acceptance decision. A published listing is not proof of buyer approval.
What CocoaCraft helps you do
- Independent supplier organization and producer profile
- Source-linked draft and published listings
- Inquiries, quotes and buyer acceptance
- Approved connections and explicit evidence sharing
What needs separate arrangements
- Payment collection, supplier payouts and automatic stock reservation
- Freight booking, cargo insurance and delivery arrangements
- Independent certification or guaranteed buyer acceptance
A useful starting point
Have these ready
- 1Your organization name and the people who will manage it
- 2One clearly identified lot with origin and processing details
- 3Measured quality information and any supporting evidence
- 4Available quantity, minimum order and how you want to discuss price
Put your first real record in CocoaCraft
Create an account for the role that fits you, then start with one useful record. Explore the public example first if you prefer.
Workspace tools require sign-in. Available modules depend on your workspace and access.
Questions before you start
Do I need to join a buyer’s company to list cacao?
No. An independent supplier organization owns its source lots and marketplace profile. Buyer connections are separate relationships, not membership in your business.
What becomes public when I publish a lot?
The listing exposes selected origin, processing, quality and offer details. Price follows your visibility choice. Private notes and evidence documents remain private unless explicitly shared.
Can I correct the quality information after finalizing it?
Use the source revision workflow for corrections. A listing takes its source measurements from the selected finalized revision; those measurements are not freely overwritten in the listing editor.
Does an accepted quote mean the whole sale is completed?
No. Acceptance records the buyer’s agreement to the quote. Payment, stock reservation, shipping, insurance and fulfillment need separate arrangements; some order and shipment transitions are still being completed.
Does connecting a buyer share all my records?
No. Connection approval, workspace membership and source-lot sharing are separate decisions. You choose which private source records and evidence to share.