title: How the Porch Pro Network works area: fulfillment order: 1 updated: 2026-04-16 summary: Thursday-evening pickups at trusted local hosts. For vendors: expands your reach. For buyers: convenient pickup. For Porch Pros: $5 per handoff. status: published
How the Porch Pro Network works
The Porch Pro Network is a weekly local delivery system. Every Thursday evening, trusted neighbors host porches in their neighborhoods where buyers come to pick up orders from multiple makers in one trip.
For vendors
When you enable Porch Pro pickup in Settings → Fulfillment, your products become available for Thursday pickup at any approved Porch Pro within your coverage radius. You drop off orders to the Porch Pro by Wednesday evening 6pm; buyers pick up Thursday 5–8pm.
What you get: zero inventory risk, expanded reach (you're local in any neighborhood with a Porch Pro), and tidy fulfillment batched to one drop-off day.
What it costs you: $3 per pickup out of the $8 buyer convenience fee. (The other $5 goes to the Porch Pro.)
For buyers
When you check out, if any of your items come from a vendor who uses Porch Pro, you'll see a "🏪 Porch Pro pickup" option on that item. Pick the Porch Pro closest to you; your order is ready Thursday 5–8pm. Bring your 6-digit pickup code (we text + email it).
Fee: $8 per order, no matter how many items from how many vendors. Cheaper than shipping, often faster than driving to five different porches.
For Porch Pros
You host pickup from your porch one evening a week — Thursday, 5 to 8pm. Makers drop off earlier in the day; buyers swing by to grab their orders. Every handoff earns you $5, paid out weekly via Stripe.
Apply at /porch-pros/apply. We review every application (3–5 days). Expect a background check question during review — we want our network to be trusted.
Not ready to commit? Apply to be a Cold Porch at /cold-porches/apply — you'll auto-activate when a vendor in your neighborhood opts in.