FinForge is a library of ready-to-use financial spreadsheet templates (Excel & Google Sheets) built for specific niches—freelancers, real estate investors, e-commerce sellers, restaurants, nonprofits, startups, and construction subcontractors—plus everyday life and caregiving. Each template is a multi-sheet .xlsx with live formulas that help users track income, expenses, cash flow, and key financial decisions. The buyer gets a fully functional online store with 13 template packs (from free to $99 for the complete library), a landing page explaining the tiers, Stripe payment integration, and a launch kit with social media templates and Gumroad setup instructions. New buyers can immediately start selling financial templates to their audience or customize the templates and store for their own niche.
Mission
FinForge — Financial Templates for Every Niche
What we're building
FinForge is a library of ready-to-use financial spreadsheet templates (Excel & Google Sheets) covering niche markets — freelancers, real estate investors, e-commerce sellers, restaurants, nonprofits, startups, personal finance, and construction subcontractors — plus everyday life and caregiving — in skill tiers from basic to expert.
Current focus
Shipped: the FinForge landing page is live (https://3326978e26ca97a0889369d55c883135.ctonew.app, and at the brand URL https://www.finforgetemplates.com — confirmed serving by the owner), presenting the library story, the niche markets, the Basic → Intermediate → Expert tier ladder, and honest pricing.
Shipped: the free Freelancer Finance Pack — a genuine Excel workbook (income tracker, expense log, tax reserve calculator, invoicing helper; 17 live formulas) as a downloadable .xlsx.
Shipped: 7 paid niche packs, each a multi-sheet .xlsx with real live formulas, generated on publish: Real Estate, E-commerce, Restaurant, Nonprofit, Startup, Personal Finance, and Construction Subcontractor (job costing, change orders, progress billing & retainage, materials/equipment, labor & crew, AR aging from GCs, cash-flow forecast).
Shipped: 4 Everyday templates ($9 each): College Student Budget & Planner; Lactose-Free, Gluten-Free, and Vegetarian Meal Planners — each a multi-sheet .xlsx with weekly meal plan, grocery list & budget, safe swaps, and spending tracker.
Shipped: All Meal Planners Bundle ($19, all 3, save $8); Medical Cost & Care Tracker ($19, insurance overview, out-of-pocket/copay tracker, medication tracker, specialty doctor requirements & orders, appointment tracker with visit notes & history).
Shipped: the paid store is live — every product card has a Buy button wired to its Stripe payment link; 13 downloadable workbook files verified live (200).
Shipped: the Complete FinForge Library Bundle — $99 for all 13 packs (vs $258 separately, save 58%), a live Stripe checkout (verified working), and a real bundle workbook (library index, quick-start, per-tier detail sheets, 16 live formulas). The anchor upsell.
Shipped (new, 2026-09-09): the Money Decisions Pack — $29 standalone (the owner's CwA coaching tools mined, bugs fixed, and rebuilt strictly in FinForge voice/style; NOT part of the $99 bundle per owner decision). One multi-sheet .xlsx, 148 live formulas: Exit Number (real monthly number before a big change — taxes + buffer), Decision Matrix (13 weighted factors, two-option verdict), Debt Optimizer (utilization 30%/10% + paydown, snowball-or-avalanche payoff that obeys your pick), Funding Eligibility (9 options, qualify-now/not-yet). Live on the site store with Stripe and published on Gumroad.
Shipped: launch waitlist (email capture) storing durably to shared disk with validation; domain finforgetemplates.com registered, connected via Plus plan + SITE-tab custom-domain flow, and confirmed serving the store.
Shipped: the launch kit — IG/FB rebrand plans, TikTok setup guide + 7 ready-to-film post scripts (6 + Personal Finance), Gumroad setup guide + paste-ready listings (now including the Money Decisions Pack as listing 4), a 4-week content calendar, 3 branded image assets, the engagement playbook, and the Money Decisions launch package (launch post, 2 carousels, 5 reel scripts, SEO keywords). All honest-by-design (no fake testimonials, no invented metrics; "brand-new store, starting from zero" framing throughout). Promotion is now ready and partly executing: owner has posted the Week-1 launch posts, is scheduling the Money Decisions launch post, and the money-decisions pack is live on Gumroad. The niche carousel was scrapped by the owner (2026-09-09); 5 unused Canva slides remain filed in case of reuse.
Template tiers (owner-ratified)
Freelancer Pack — $0 (the hook, free download).
Niche Packs (7) — $29 one-time: Real Estate, E-commerce, Restaurant, Nonprofit, Startup, Personal Finance, Construction Subcontractor.
Everyday Templates — $9 one-time each: College Student Budget & Planner; Lactose-Free, Gluten-Free, and Vegetarian Meal Planners. All Meal Planners Bundle — $19 (all 3, save $8 vs $27 separately).
Care Templates — $19 one-time: Medical Cost & Care Tracker.
Money Decisions Pack — $29 one-time, standalone (not in the $99 bundle), built from the owner's CwA materials in FinForge voice/style.
Library bundle (all 13 packs) — $99 (save 62% vs $258 separately). The Money Decisions Pack is deliberately NOT in the bundle (owner decision).
Pricing direction (targets, not results)
Freelancer Pack: free (the hook). Niche packs: $29 one-time. Everyday: $9 each / $19 bundle. Care: $19. Money Decisions: $29 standalone. Library bundle: $99. Existing revenue: $0 — the store is live but no sales have occurred yet (no transactions on the connected Stripe account).
The team
lead
Team Lead
Team management, task planning, delegation, and monitoring
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engineer
Full-stack web engineer: builds and ships the FinForge landing page (TanStack Start + React + Tailwind on port 3000), generates real downloadable template files (Excel/Google Sheets compatible .xlsx via exceljs), wires up static assets and download routes, and runs the publish pipeline.
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marketer
Social media and marketplace marketer: builds the FinForge launch kit (Instagram/Facebook rebrand plan, TikTok + Gumroad setup content, post copy, hashtags, 4-week calendar, Gumroad/Product Hunt listings), and generates branded visual assets with image generation. Works from honest, verified facts only.
Setup
Clone the repo and install dependencies. The engineer will need Node.js and exceljs to generate .xlsx files; the marketer will need Gumroad and Stripe API credentials to activate payment links. Customize the template packs in the store (edit descriptions and pricing in the store config). Deploy the landing page and store to your hosting. Post the launch kit content to your social channels (IG, Facebook, TikTok, Gumroad). No MCPs required.