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Income Goal Calculator
Set your monthly target, enter your average project rate, and see exactly how many clients you need — plus how template sales can reduce that number.
- ✓ Monthly net target
- ✓ Client count vs rate trade-off
- ✓ Template income offset
👥 New designers used this
Calculate My Goal →Testimonial Request Kit
Generate the exact WhatsApp message, email, or DM to ask your client for a review — worded right, timed right, with a follow-up ready to go.
- ✓ 4 platforms
- ✓ 3 tone variations
- ✓ Follow-up message included
👥 New designers used this
Get My Message →Rate Increase Letter Generator
Raise your prices without losing clients. Generate a professional message that frames the increase as growth — with a grandfathering option for loyal clients.
- ✓ Grandfathering options
- ✓ WhatsApp, email & DM
- ✓ % increase health check
👥 New designers used this
Write My Letter →Canva Template Pricing Calculator
Enter your template type, pack size, hours, and target market — get a recommended price plus income projections at 10, 25, 50, and 100 monthly sales.
- ✓ 7 template types
- ✓ African & international markets
- ✓ Income at 4 sales volumes
👥 New designers used this
Price My Templates →Project Health Checker
Answer 8 questions about a live project and get a Green, Amber, or Red score — plus the exact message to send your client for every problem flagged.
- ✓ 8 diagnostic questions
- ✓ Traffic-light score
- ✓ Copy-ready client messages
👥 New designers used this
Check My Project →Design Pricing Calculator
Stop guessing what to charge. Get a fair rate for any Canva project in your local African currency — plus Revenue Goal and Template Income calculators.
- ✓ 11 project types
- ✓ 12 African countries
- ✓ Revenue Goal + Template Income tabs
👥 24.8K designers used this
Calculate My Rate →Canva Shortcut Game
Master 100+ Canva keyboard shortcuts through a fast-paced quiz. Beat your score, share the result, design faster.
- ✓ 40+ questions
- ✓ 3 difficulty levels
- ✓ Timed challenge
👥 18.3K designers used this
Start Playing →Color Palette Generator
Enter any hex colour and generate 5 ready-to-use palettes. Industry & mood presets — click to seed with the right colours for your niche.
- ✓ 5 palette types
- ✓ 10 industry presets
- ✓ 5 mood modifiers
👥 11.5K designers used this
Generate Palette →Brand Kit Planner
Plan your complete visual brand — colours, fonts, tone, and story. Smart suggestions based on industry + tone. Copy your full brand kit as text.
- ✓ Smart palette suggestions
- ✓ Font pairing by tone
- ✓ Copy-ready brand kit
👥 9.2K designers used this
Plan My Brand →Font Pairing Explorer
Find the perfect Canva font combination. Filter by style, preview with your own text, copy the pair name instantly.
- ✓ 30+ curated pairs
- ✓ 6 style categories
- ✓ Live text preview
👥 7.8K designers used this
Explore Fonts →Social Media Size Guide
Every platform, every format — correct dimensions with one click. Copy the size and create it straight in Canva.
- ✓ 8 platforms
- ✓ 30+ formats
- ✓ One-click Canva create
👥 6.4K designers used this
Check Sizes →Dimensions Converter
Convert pixels, inches, cm, mm, points, picas, feet and metres in one click. Set your PPI once — all units snap automatically.
- ✓ 9 unit types
- ✓ PPI/DPI context
- ✓ Click any result to flip
👥 5.1K designers used this
Convert Dimensions →Design Brief Generator
Answer 8 quick questions about a project and get a clean, professional brief to send to your client.
- ✓ 8 key questions
- ✓ Copy-ready output
- ✓ Saves 30+ mins
👥 4.8K designers used this
Write My Brief →Shortcut Reference Sheet
Every Canva shortcut, always-open, searchable, and organised by category. Keep it open while you design.
- ✓ 39 shortcuts
- ✓ 7 categories
- ✓ Instant search
👥 4.2K designers used this
Open Reference →Client Email Generator
19 email templates × 3 tone variations. Late payments, scope creep, revisions, ghosting — every awkward situation covered.
- ✓ 19 scenarios × 3 tones
- ✓ 6 categories
- ✓ Variables auto-fill
👥 8.9K designers used this
Get My Email →Invoice Generator
Create a branded invoice in seconds. Upload your logo, pick your brand colour, add line items — then print as PDF. 11 African currencies supported.
- ✓ Logo upload + brand colour
- ✓ 11 African currencies
- ✓ Print-ready PDF
👥 12.1K designers used this
Generate Invoice →Freelance Contract Generator
Fill in the project details and get a plain-language contract with payment terms, revision policy, IP rights, and a kill fee — ready to send.
- ✓ Auto-calculated fees
- ✓ Kill fee & deposit
- ✓ IP rights included
👥 6.7K designers used this
Generate Contract →Project Scope Guard
Set what was agreed at the start. When a client asks for something new, decide in/out of scope — and get the exact professional message to send.
- ✓ 6 situations covered
- ✓ In/out scope responses
- ✓ Copy & send instantly
👥 3.9K designers used this
Guard My Scope →Client Onboarding Checklist
8 steps to start every project professionally — welcome email, contract, deposit, brief, kickoff, folder, boundaries, timeline. Templates included.
- ✓ 8 steps + templates
- ✓ Progress auto-saved
- ✓ Copy-ready emails
👥 5.6K designers used this
Start Checklist →Project Planner
Estimate exactly how long your project will take, then generate a polished client proposal using the same inputs — two tabs, one powerful tool.
- ✓ Time estimator by phase
- ✓ Proposal generator
- ✓ Copy as text in one click
👥 3.2K designers used this
Plan My Project →Client Acquisition Kit
3-step wizard: define your niche, generate personalised cold outreach scripts, then score your readiness for international clients.
- ✓ Niche & USP generator
- ✓ DM, email & LinkedIn scripts
- ✓ International readiness score
👥 4.1K designers used this
Find My Clients →Designer Personality Quiz
8 questions reveal your designer type — Brand Strategist, Content Creator, Print Specialist, or Community Builder. Get personalised tool recommendations.
- ✓ 8 questions
- ✓ 4 personality types
- ✓ Shareable result for Instagram
👥 7.3K designers used this
Take the Quiz →Creative Reset Toolkit
Burned out or creatively blocked? Take the burnout check-in, get a random design prompt to restart creativity, and find curated support resources.
- ✓ 5-question burnout assessment
- ✓ 24 design prompts
- ✓ Mental health resources
👥 5.8K designers used this
Reset My Creativity →
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Maputo just found the Vault 🔐
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