Apple orchard marketing that fills every U-pick weekend.
We're Vince and Jenna, a husband-and-wife team. We run the online side of apple orchards, the ticketing, ads, email, texts, and social, so more families discover what you've built.
No pitch, no pressure. Just an honest look at where your farm could grow.
We understand how apple orchards actually run.
An apple orchard runs on a string of fall weekends, but the crowds swing with the weather and which varieties are ripe. The Saturday that overflows the lot can be followed by a quiet one, and families often do not know what is ready to pick until they pull in. The work is letting the right families know what is ripe, helping them plan ahead, and making the visit easy enough that they come back every harvest.
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Smooth out your peak weekends
Timed-entry ticketing keeps your busiest Saturdays from turning into traffic and full lots, so picking stays relaxing.
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Sell the whole day, not just the bag
Cider, donuts, hayrides, and picking bundles turn a bag of apples into a planned family outing and a bigger order.
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Tell them what's ripe
We keep families up to date on which varieties are ready, so they show up at the right time and leave happy.
The levers that matter most for apple orchards.
- Branded TicketSpice page with timed entry
- U-pick and cider-and-donut bundles
- Variety ripeness email and SMS updates
- Abandoned cart text reminders
- This-weekend social posts
- Returning-family reactivation
Ticketing sits at the center of all of it, and a big part of our job is how we build your TicketSpice ticket page so the checkout feels easy and your numbers are clear.
This is part of how we approach agritourism marketing for every kind of farm, from apple orchards to anyone else welcoming families onto their land.
We've seen one big Saturday become full weekends when families are spread across the varieties as they ripen.
Every farm and season is different, and results vary. See more on our work page.
Questions apple orchards ask us.
How do I sell more U-pick apple tickets?
Sell timed-entry tickets online and bundle the rest of the visit with them. Cider, donuts, and hayride add-ons turn a bag of apples into a planned family day and a bigger order. Across the farms we run, moving U-pick to online pre-sales with email and text follow-up has grown ticket sales 40 to 50% in the first year.
How do I let customers know which apples are ready to pick?
A short ripeness update by email or text beats anything you can post on a sign. Families want to know what is ready before they drive out, and on the farms we run those emails open at around 68% because the information is genuinely useful. The orchard that tells people what is ripe gets the families who planned the trip, not just the ones who happened to drive by.
Should an apple orchard use timed entry for U-pick?
Yes, if your peak Saturdays ever overflow the parking lot. Timed entry spreads families across the whole weekend so picking stays relaxing instead of crowded, and it fills the quiet mornings that used to go to waste. It also tells you exactly how many people are coming, which makes staffing and stocking the donut case a lot easier.
When should an apple orchard start marketing for fall?
In August, before the first variety is ripe. A warm-up email to last year's families, a clear picking calendar, and early ticket sales mean your opening weekend is busy instead of hopeful. The harvest sets the schedule, but the marketing should be ready before the apples are.
Let's talk about your apple orchard.
Tell us about your season and where things feel harder than they should. We'll send back a few honest thoughts on where we'd start. Helpful whether or not we ever work together.
Fall farms: we start onboarding for the fall season in early summer, and we only take on a few new farms each year.