If online orders are allowed, is shipping allowed too?
Not always. Those are related but separate questions.
Guide
Cottage Food Shipping Rules, What to Check
Shipping rules are one of the biggest cottage food gray areas. See where states limit delivery, mail order, and indirect sales.
Shipping is where a lot of otherwise-valid cottage food ideas get messy. Some states are more permissive than people expect. Others tighten the rules fast once the product leaves a direct local handoff model.
BakeBadge treats shipping as a caution trigger even when the product itself looks clean. That is intentional. Channel rules can be just as important as product rules.
Why does shipping sometimes force manual review?
Because the wording can be vague, outdated, or more conditional than a simple yes or no.