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The operating system for the things you run by hand.
Connected, professional-grade workbooks for the side business, household, team, or route you're running in your head, on sticky notes, or in a spreadsheet you keep rebuilding. Yours to own — structure you keep, not a file you rebuild every season.
Plus Ardent Seller, our inventory and sales platform for makers.
Excel Google Sheets Notion PDF
New from the workshop
Ardent Seller.
A complete business management platform built for makers who sell what they create — inventory, production, and sales, all in one calm workspace.
- Inventory Management
Track raw materials, finished goods, and supplies with precision.
- Manufacturing Workflows
Manage production batches, recipes, and assembly processes.
- Sales & Analytics
Understand your business with clear, actionable insights.
Perfect for craft sellers, at-home bakers, digital product creators, and small-batch businesses.
A guided tour · Inventory · Production · Sales Watch on YouTube (opens in new tab)
The Catalog
Crafted digital products.
Excel, Google Sheets, Notion, and PDF templates designed with precision to help you work smarter.
Etsy Listing Optimization Kit — Keywords, Titles, Tags, Photos & a 30-Day Plan
The complete kit to rework your Etsy listings — 200 keywords, 12 title formulas, a 13-point checklist, a 10-shot photo plan & a 30-day plan. PDF + Excel. Get found, get chosen.
Asian Media Bundle
Two kinds of fans: scattered or organized. This Asian media tracker bundle gives you Anime, Manga, Asian Drama, and K-Pop trackers in Excel, Google Sheets, and Notion.
Craft Business Manager - Excel
The making is the easy part. This excel craft business manager handles the 16 tabs of inventory, costing, production, sales, and invoicing behind every Etsy order.
Home Inventory - Excel
Home inventory isn't about hoarding receipts. This excel home inventory spreadsheet logs what you own, what it cost, and what proves it before you need to file a claim.
House Buying Decision Helper - Excel
Which house actually wins on the factors you care about? An excel house buying decision helper that scores up to 10 homes against 10 weighted factors.
Skills Matrix - Excel
Teams rarely have a skills problem — they have a visibility problem. This excel skills matrix template scores your people and projects so the gap stops hiding.
The Journal
From the Workshop.
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