My Mission For This Shop: Build Grade A+ Spreadsheet For Real World Applications
Most people don't get excited about a spreadsheet. They open one, see a wall of empty cells, and quietly close it again. That feeling — I should be more organized, but this looks like work — is the whole reason SimpleDesigns exists.
I started building these tools because I wanted something that actually got used instead of abandoned after a week. A budget you'd keep up with. A bracket your whole group fought over. A tracker that told you what to do next instead of just showing you numbers. So I made them for myself first, fixed everything that annoyed me, and only then handed them to other people.
That habit became the shop. Every product I sell gets a "Getting Started" tab so you're never staring at it wondering where to type. The cells you fill in are colored so you can't get lost. Everything calculates itself. You get a clean blank version and a filled-in example, so you can see exactly how it's supposed to look before you touch anything. None of that is flashy — it's just the difference between a file you use and a file you forget you bought.
The shop has grown into a mix I genuinely love making: personal finance tools that quietly fix a money habit, and seasonal pools and party games that pull a group together for March Madness, the Derby, the playoffs, the World Cup. Different buyers, same goal — give somebody a tool that works the moment they open it.
I'm a one-person shop. I build, test, and answer every message myself. If something doesn't work the way you expected, tell me — I'd rather fix it than leave you stuck.
Thanks for being here. I hope something I made saves you a little time and a little stress.