I'm a creator and an artist. For a while I was selling my work online and at markets, but I kept thinking about the gift shops and galleries I'd walk into and think: my work belongs here. The problem was actually getting it there. I'd send an email, maybe hear back, maybe not, and then life would take over and I'd forget to follow up. Months would pass. Nothing moved.
It wasn't that the work wasn't good enough. It was that I had no system. Every lead lived somewhere different. A notes app, a text to myself, a tab I'd forgotten to close. I was spending more mental energy trying to remember where I'd left off than actually doing the outreach. So I built something for myself. A simple dashboard tuned to how I think about retail: track the store, write the pitch, schedule the follow-up, know where everything stands.
It worked. Conversations stopped falling through the cracks. Follow-ups actually happened. I started landing accounts I'd been circling for months. The tool wasn't magic. It just made it possible to be consistent.
I started showing it to other makers and artists I knew. Every single one of them got it immediately. Same problem, different craft. That's when ShelfSpace clicked. I started thinking about building this for other creators too, custom-fitted to their brand, their product, and their market.
I'm still a creator first. That's not a tagline. It's why I understand this problem in a way a typical software founder doesn't. ShelfSpace is early and I'm actively working with a small group of makers to refine how it works across different niches. If you make something and want it on more shelves, I'd love to work with you.