textshelf For Creative professionals

Share work securely. Collect feedback professionally.

For photographers, designers, writers, and artists tired of email chains, expiring Dropbox links, and feedback scattered across texts and calls.

Client-ready file sharing · structured feedback

Sharing creative work with clients usually means email chains with attachments getting lost, Dropbox links that expire or get over-shared, feedback scattered across texts and emails, and no organized way to track revisions and approvals.

  • Email chains losing attachments

    Old versions surface. Clients can't tell which file is current.

  • Dropbox links expire or over-share

    Either too restrictive or too loose. Hard to control after the fact.

  • Feedback scattered everywhere

    Texts, emails, calls. No single place to find what was said.

  • No track of revisions and approvals

    Which version did they approve? When? With what notes?

A clean tool for messy work.

i.

Client portal

Clients see their submissions, approval status, and version history. Nothing else.

ii.

Gallery view

Visual work displayed in a grid with lightbox viewing.

iii.

Custom branding

Upload your logo and set brand colors. Present work with your professional identity.

iv.

Approval workflow

Approve, request changes, reset status. Clients see clear feedback on what's needed.

v.

Revision tracking

Keep complete version history. Clients upload revisions in response to feedback.

vi.

Structured feedback

Clients annotate and comment directly on the work itself.

Built for

Photographers, designers, writers, artists.

Photographers managing client proofs and selections. Designers collecting feedback on concepts and drafts. Writers organizing manuscripts and beta-reader feedback. Artists managing commissions and client approvals. One shelf per client or project — clean, branded, professional.

$0

Free — run a small call

25 submissions a year, 3 readers per shelf, unlimited shelves. The reading room and the free Mac app.

$390

Standard — a program, a journal, a studio

Up to 1,000 submissions a year. Unlimited shelves and readers. 25 GB storage. Exports and reporting. Billed once a year.

$1,290

Organization — several programs

Up to 5,000 submissions a year. Custom branding, custom storage bucket, custom AI skills, priority support. Billed once a year.

Priced by what you take in, not by the months in between. Nonprofit discounts on request; larger programs and institutions, talk to us.

See how it works for your workflow.