Food and agriculture is a broad industry that brings very different businesses under one roof: a family business producing olive oil, a dried fruit exporter, a flour or feed mill, a poultry and livestock equipment manufacturer, a greenhouse and irrigation technology supplier. What they have in common is that the buyer is looking for assurance. A food company website should explain the production process, certifications and traceability before it tries to sell the product. At Globya, we build digital setups in this industry that speak to both consumers and industrial buyers.
Typical digital problems in food and agriculture
- There's a story, but no one tells it. Local harvest, traditional production methods or a modern facility — all squeezed into a single paragraph on the website.
- Certificates aren't visible. The food business registration/approval certificate, halal, organic or the certifications that export markets require are missing from the site.
- One language for export. A buyer abroad can't get to the product specifications on a Turkish-only website.
- Weak technical content at equipment manufacturers. Poultry house automation, feeding systems or irrigation equipment — instead of capacity and project details, there are generic slogans.
- No direct sales channel, or a difficult one. Producers who want to sell to consumers run into infrastructure problems around shipping, the cold chain and shelf life.
How do buyers search?
Search terms vary a lot depending on whether the buyer is a consumer or an industrial buyer:
- "cold-pressed olive oil direct from the producer"
- "organic dried apricots wholesale"
- "halal-certified meat products supplier"
- "poultry house automation system"
- "drip irrigation system installation"
- from abroad — "turkish hazelnut supplier" or "poultry equipment manufacturer turkey"
To show up in these searches, product and solution pages need to be separate, rich in technical detail and written in the target market's language. To be included in AI assistants' supplier recommendations, who the company is, what it produces and which certifications it holds must also be structured in a way machines can understand. We do this through our SEO and GEO service.
What a food and agriculture website needs
- A page that explains the production process step by step, with photos of the facility and the fields
- Product pages with ingredients, nutrition facts, packaging options, shelf life and storage conditions
- A certificates section — downloadable and up to date
- Foreign-language versions for export markets, professionally translated
- Product specifications and a sample/quote request form for wholesale buyers
- Solution-based pages, capacity tables and project references for equipment manufacturers
- A store with cold-chain and delivery-area rules for direct sellers
- Trade fair and event announcements (fairs are still an important sales channel in this industry)
In food, trust isn't built with a sentence — it's built with certificates and a transparent account of how you produce.
How Globya's services fit
Corporate website: With your production story, certificates and a multilingual structure. Ready within the first 10 days; your current site stays live throughout.
E-commerce and IMFLEXI: Direct sales to consumers or B2B sales to wholesale buyers. IMFLEXI's multi-language and multi-currency support is useful for exporters, and KitBuilder for products like gift boxes or mixed bundles. With unlimited custom fields, details such as shelf life, origin and harvest year are added to each product.
B2B dealer portal: An ordering system with customer-specific pricing for supermarket chains, restaurants or dealers.
ERP reporting: For tracking seasonal swings in inventory and cash; READERP's Inventory and Cash cycle sections are often used in this industry.
For equipment manufacturers, our manufacturing and industry page may also point the way.
A note on KVKK and regulations
A food company that sells to consumers carries all the obligations of e-commerce: a privacy notice, cookie management, a distance sales contract and consent for commercial messages. Under food labeling regulations, label information (ingredients, allergens, use-by date and so on) must also be provided to consumers when selling online; we design product pages accordingly. Health claims (such as "boosts immunity") are subject to separate rules and should be used with care. In every project Globya delivers, the requirements of KVKK (Türkiye's Personal Data Protection Law) are fully covered at no extra charge.
Success metrics
| Metric | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Quote/sample requests from abroad | The effect of your export pages |
| Certificate page visits and specification downloads | Interest from corporate buyers |
| Direct sales orders and repeat rate | The health of your consumer channel |
| Visibility for product name + origin searches | Brand awareness |
| Seasonal inventory turnover | Digital tracking of operations |
Where to start?
- Gather your certificates in one folder, along with their validity dates.
- Summarize your production process in five or six steps, from harvest or raw material to shipment; mark the stages that can be photographed.
- If you're targeting exports, identify your priority markets and the certificates most often requested there.
This groundwork is what allows the website to speak to consumers and industrial buyers with the same level of confidence.
Frequently asked questions
Can we sell cold-chain products online?
Yes, but delivery areas, the shipping company and packaging rules must be defined up front. We apply these rules per product in the store.
Which languages should our website be in?
We decide based on your target markets. You usually start with English, then add the languages of your main export markets.
We're an equipment manufacturer — do we have to show prices on our website?
No. For equipment companies that work on a project basis, a quote request form is usually a better fit. A separate store can be set up for spare parts and consumables.
How do we get started?
We review your current situation with a free preliminary analysis. Pricing follows in a written proposal after the discovery call. Describe your needs now in 3 minutes