What's the benefit of Openherd?
Where can you easily create beautiful animal sales listings, give visitors a dedicated place to view them, manage your herd and health records, get friendly support, and not be afraid of getting shut down for selling animals? Openherd.
Other sites can help but...
- Social media sites are great places to find customers. But they're not good places to send customers. There are so many distractions and people can't find things that were just posted a day ago. Not to mention being careful you don't get shut down for selling animals.
- There are a number of herd management software options out there but usually they're specific to one species of animal, cost a lot, and are too complicated to use for the average farmer.
- Creating your own website can be complicated, expensive, and lack support when you need it. Plus, other website providers don't offer the tools you need to easily build an animal sales list, which is what you'll typically spend most of your time doing.
- Other venues, such as Craigslist, offer advertising opportunities, but don't offer good livestock search tools or much of a selection for buyers and don't have many livestock buyers browsing the site.
Openherd offers the best, most appealing livestock marketplace destination and search tools, livestock- and farm-specific site traffic, integrated website hosting and herd management. And all managed in one place for one low price with support you can actually reach!
You get what you pay for. Openherd is here to make your online marketing easy, effective, affordable, and we're here to help you, so you can get on and enjoy living life outside the 9-5!
How does Openherd work?
Simply enter your farm, animal, and product information using our easy-to-use system specifically built for farmers, and we take care of transforming it into a stunning website. No other website company offers you an easy way to build animal sales lists so you can focus on your animal information rather than trying to build your listings from scratch.
Our all-inclusive plans include a complete website (unlimited pages), website hosting, security (SSL), and connecting your own domain. In addition, you get time- and money-saving tools you'll only find on Openherd, such as our animal sales list Print Center, My Herd Health for securely recording your animals' health records, and other marketing resources that will help your business grow.
Simply join and our awesome customer service will help you with every step to getting your new website live. You'll be surprised with how well we take care of you!
How does Openherd help me sell my animals?
Many farms have tried social platforms or other website companies and had disappointing results and wasted money. The problem is that they don't give you all the pieces you need in the right order to get effective results.
Openherd transforms your farm information into a stunning website that should be the heart of your marketing. Then we automatically advertise your farm, animals, and products on our busy national marketplace, where qualified customers can find you and be directed to your website, where you can effectively engage them.
Openherd is easy, affordable, and is a complete marketing system designed to get you results.
How is Openherd better than other website companies?
No other website company provides you with the tools you need to easily build your animal sales lists. In addition, while other companies will simply put your information online, Openherd goes further by advertising you nationally to drive qualified customers to your website.
And if you're tired of getting slow, indifferent support, you'll be pleasantly surprised with Openherd's customer support. We're pretty old-fashioned in that regard. So give us a try!
What's the difference between Openherd.com and my own farm website?
Your own website should be the place you send customers. Openherd.com is a great place to FIND customers for your farm but not the best place to SEND them. You want to send customers to your own website (i.e. www.myfarmwebsite.com) where they won't be distracted or click away and will get a full experience of all that you're about. We also provide you with a free profile on Openherd.com so site visitors can get information about you and what your farm has for sale and get in touch with you to buy your animals and products.
Can I use my own domain with my website?
Yes. You can either use your existing website domain (i.e. www.myfarmwebsite.com) and point it to your new Openherd-hosted website or we can help you register a new domain. Contact our Support for details.
Does Openherd offer email?
Yes. See Plan Features above for details.
How does Openherd advertise my farm nationally?
Openherd.com is a national livestock and farm products marketplace. We've spent years getting top placement on search engines to connect you with qualified customers who are looking for the products offered by farms like yours. We automatically advertise your farm, animals, and products on our online marketplace so you can focus on your farm and doing what you love while we help direct customers to you!
What kind of customer support does Openherd offer?
Our awesome customer service is the kind you thought was long gone. Our US-based phone and email support is here to help you be successful with your online marketing. You'll be surprised with how well we take care of you and respond to your feedback!
What if I want to cancel?
We hope that if we didn't meet your expectations or could have done something better, that you'll let us know so we can try to make things right.
In the event that you need to cancel, simply contact our Support team and we'll make sure you aren't billed further. For annual plans, your account will downgrade to Free once your plan expires. For monthly recurring plans, contact us before your monthly billing date (usually the same date as your original purchase). If you want to completely delete your account and all data, just let us know.
What's Openherd going to do with my farm contact information?
Openherd does not share, sell, or in any other way supply your contact information to another party. Your farm information is used to help visitors find you in searches, know where you're located, and get in touch with you. If you need to omit your street address for privacy/security reasons, you may leave this input blank.
Openherd uses your contact information to send you periodic account updates, account notifications, and marketing/promotional emails.
Is my information secure with Openherd?
Yes. The integrity of your information is a top priority. We do daily backups to multiple, secure cloud locations. Any animal health records you enter are encrypted and stored securely. We do not store any credit card or other financial information so that there is never any risk of this information being compromised.
Your account security is your responsibility, so make sure you create a password that's secure and don't share your account information with other people unless you trust them.
Are Openherd websites secure?
Yes. Every Openherd-hosted website comes with an included SSL certificate, which means all data sent to and from our servers is encrypted and protected. Other website companies charge up to $100 or more per year for an SSL certificate. Openherd includes this for free so you don't have the extra cost and hassle.
Are Openherd websites optimized for search engines?
Yes. Our websites are automatically optimized for search engines "out of the box". However, if you want to customize your SEO, our Business and Professional plans include our Custom SEO tool.
Can I add multiple kinds of animals?
Yes! Openherd supports every kind of livestock and other animals you might find on a farm. You can add unlimited animals and they'll be automatically categorized by species, breed, and gender. That way you can sell many kinds of animals all on one site.