Side by side!
Copia vs Local Line
Local Line is its own online store for selling across channels. Copia adds CSA memberships to the Shopify store you already have.
One store or two?
If you already sell on Shopify, Local Line is a second place to sell, with its own checkout and its own customer list. Copia adds your CSA to the store you have, so members are Shopify customers alongside everyone else who buys from you.
Choose Local Line if…
- You sell wholesale with separate price lists (2 to 10, by plan)
- You run a hub or market with other producers (5 to 50 vendors, by plan)
- You don’t sell on Shopify and don’t plan to
- You want a support team available 9am–9pm Eastern, 7 days a week
Choose Copia if…
- You already sell on Shopify and want one store, not two
- Your CSA is the heart of your farm business
- You want harvest planning that works out every share size for you
- You’re on Shopify and want a CSA plan from $49/mo for 50 members
What each costs your farm
Your farm
Local Line
$138/mo
Core plan $109/mo, plus $29/mo for subscriptions.
About $110/mo if you pay yearly. Premium ($199/mo) includes subscriptions.
Double your farm: no change
Card fees: 2.9% + 30¢, bank transfer 1%
Copia
Already on Shopify
$68/mo
Starting a Shopify store
$107/mo
Seedling plan $49/mo for 50 members, plus 25 more at $0.75 each. Shopify Basic is $39/mo if you don’t have it ($29/mo billed yearly). After the first payment, members pay each bill from an emailed Shopify invoice.
Double your farm: +$31/mo
Card fees: 2.9% + 30¢ online through Shopify Payments (Basic plan)
At 75 members, Copia is $70/mo less than Local Line if you’re already on Shopify, and $31/mo less if you’re not.
How each runs a CSA
From what each company publishes about itself.
For CSAs, Copia also has
Things Local Line’s site doesn’t mention.
- Where members sign up
- Local LineYour Local Line storefront, on your own domain (like shop.yourfarm.com; free on yearly plans, $99 once on monthly)
- CopiaA signup form on your own Shopify store; members become your Shopify customers
- Box types
- Local LineStandard boxes or member-choice shares, with swappable items each cycle; pack lists sorted by route
- CopiaSet shares, or customizable boxes members build each week; plan each delivery once and Copia works out every size
- Delivery frequencies
- Local LineDaily, weekly, every other week, monthly or a custom interval
- CopiaWeekly, every other week or monthly for each season, and members can pick their own
- Billing options
- Local LineFull season upfront or per cycle, with installments and automatic recurring billing
- CopiaEvery delivery, every 2, 4 or 8 deliveries, or once upfront; or one price for the whole season. After the first payment, members pay each bill from an emailed Shopify invoice; cards aren’t saved and charged automatically
- Add-ons
- Local LineEggs, bread, honey and more: members add products to their subscription each week, or buy one-time items
- CopiaExtras like eggs or bread, offered every delivery, every other, monthly or just once
- What members can change
- Local LineSkip, pause, resume or cancel; swap box items; update address and payment; edits close at a cutoff
- CopiaWhichever you turn on: skip a week, swap items, pause, add extras, or cancel (with a pause offered first), up to a cutoff you set
- Pickup and delivery
- Local LineUnlimited pickup locations and delivery zones; routes by area, with route-optimized pack and delivery manifests
- CopiaPickup locations with hours; check-in at the stand or on Shopify POS; delivery routes split between drivers
- Automatic messages
- Local LineAutomated pickup reminders and payment reminders, plus bulk email you send
- CopiaEmails for welcome, pickup and delivery reminders, skip and pause confirmations, a moved delivery and a delivered box. No texts.
- Help and support
- Local LineA support team 9am–9pm Eastern, 7 days a week; a dedicated person sets you up and moves your members
- CopiaGuided setup wizard, step-by-step help center and email support
Switching from Local Line
- 1
Export your members
Export your member list from Local Line as a spreadsheet (CSV). Copia needs only an email column, and reads names, addresses and phone numbers too.
- 2
Set up Copia and import them
Add Copia to your Shopify store and follow the setup checklist, then upload your member file and pick the season, billing and pickup or delivery for everyone at once. Or have us do it in a setup package.
How importing works - 3
Start after your last delivery
Date your first Copia delivery after your last one in Local Line, so no box is billed twice or missed. Copia doesn’t save cards (members pay each bill from an emailed invoice), so there are no saved cards to move.
Prices and descriptions from Local Line’s own site (home page, CSA page, subscriptions page, pricing page) and Copia’s, as of October 22, 2026, using Local Line’s lowest plan that runs a CSA and the Copia plan that costs least at your member count. Setup fees and card fees aren’t included in the monthly figures. Prices change, so check Local Line’s pricing page before you decide. Local Line is a trademark of its owner; Copia isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Local Line. See something out of date? Email [email protected] and we’ll fix it.