Ikigai Creators生き甲斐

Teach it once.Get paid every time it sells.

A collab studio for Instagram creators

An e‑book, course, template kit, or coaching offer — designed together, recorded by you, sold by us to the audience you already have.

We decode your DNA.We shape it together.You record.We polish & sell.You get paid — and we go again.

One collab, the whole way — from decoding your DNA to building version two. Never a concept drop.

€0 upfront. Always.

The loop, abridged

Clay render of a sketch sheet with a wireframe layout and a pencil — concept and structure, worked out together

Shaped together

Clay render of a phone on a small tripod with a record dot — the creator records the content

You record

Clay render of a cash register with a coin half-dropped into the slot and two open drawers, peach and sage, each holding its share — every sale pays creator and studio directly

You get paid

then we read the numbers — and build version two together

fig. 01the loop, abridged — see all seven steps

02What we build

Four formats.
One source: you.

You don't need to arrive with an idea. We decode your DNA — content, DMs, audience — and bring you the concept that's already hiding in there.

Clay render of a peach e-book

E-book

Your knowledge, bound.

The questions you answer in DMs every single day — structured into something your followers keep coming back to.

Clay render of a video course card with a coral play button

Video course

Your voice, on play.

A calm, well-produced course built around how you actually teach — no studio script, no borrowed persona.

Clay render of stacked template sheets in sage and cream

Template kit

Your system, shareable.

The planners, presets, and workflows you already use — packaged so your audience can use them too.

Clay render of two chat bubbles with a small calendar card, standing for coaching

Coaching offer

Your attention, bookable.

The one format that isn't a download: live sessions or a small group with clear boundaries — direct access for them, a protected calendar for you.

These four are the usual shapes, not a menu. If your audience wants something else — a membership, a live workshop, a preset pack, a Notion system, a multi‑day challenge, an audio series — we build that instead.

Have an idea for a course, e-book, or template kit?

Book a call — €0 upfront
03The collab

Seven steps.
Zero risk
for you.

This isn't an agency deal — it's a collab. You make the one thing only you can make. We do everything around it, and we only earn when it sells.

We decode your creator DNA

Before any idea: your content, your voice, your recurring themes — and your audience's DNA right beside it: the questions they keep asking, what they actually want, what they'd actually buy. The concept comes out of what we decode there, not out of a brainstorm.

Kodawari · loving detail — no templates; it starts with knowing exactly what makes you and your audience yours.

We bring the idea

You don't need to know what to sell. We come back with the product concept your own data pointed at — and you say yes, no, or 'almost'.

No principle here either — the idea isn't ours to claim. It comes out of your own data and your own audience; we just say it out loud first.

We design it with you

Structure, curriculum, tone, look — worked out together in a handful of sessions, not delivered to your inbox. You approve every direction before anything gets made.

Shokunin · the artisan's craft — shaping products is our trade, so you don't have to learn it.

You record it

Your voice, your face, your knowledge. We hand you a clear plan of what to record and in what order — then it's you and the camera.

The one step that's entirely yours — no studio principle attached. This is where you happen.

We review and refine

Every recording comes back to us. We check it, polish it, and nothing goes live that isn't good enough — if something's missing, we tell you exactly what to re-record.

Kaizen · improvement in steps — the pass after your recordings is where good becomes ready.

We run the shop

Sales page, pricing, checkout, delivery, support, refunds — the whole commercial machine. You never touch a checkout setting.

No principle for this one. Some work is just work — which is exactly why we take it.

You launch. It pays you directly.

Your product goes live to your audience — a launch happens once, and we treat it that way. The door opens, and the first of your people walk in.

Ichi-go ichi-e · one time, one meeting — a launch doesn't repeat, so we make it count.

The money splits at the register.

One sale, two drawers: your share lands directly with you, ours directly with us — at the register, not after it. No invoices, no payout dates, no chasing — nobody ever holds the other's money.

Wa · harmony between two parties — not promised, but built into the checkout.

Clay render of a cash register with a coin half-dropped into the slot and two open drawers, peach and sage, each holding its share — one sale pays both sides at the same moment

Seven steps, zero upfront fee. Want to talk through your launch?

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04Who brings what
The division of the collab

You bring you.
We bring
the rest.

Partners bring what only they can. Everything between your recordings and a paying follower sits on our side of the table.

What you bring

  • Your voice and your face
  • Your knowledge
  • Your audience
  • The recordings — made by you
  • The final say on what feels right

What we bring

The idea

  • What to sell
  • Product concept
  • Structure and curriculum
  • The direction for every recording

The design

  • Look and layout
  • Covers and materials
  • Everything your audience sees around your content

The shop

  • Sales page
  • Pricing
  • Checkout
  • Payment processing
  • Invoices
  • VAT

Delivery

  • Hosting
  • Access management
  • Course platform
  • File delivery

After the sale

  • Confirmation and welcome emails
  • Support inbox
  • Refunds

The launch

  • Launch plan
  • Content assets
  • Link-in-bio
  • The run of launch week

After that

  • Reading the numbers
  • What worked
  • The next version
  • Updates

We don't shoot your content — that stays yours, and that's the point. You never touch a checkout setting, a VAT form, or a refund thread. That's ours.

We handle the strategy, build, copy, and shop. You bring your knowledge.

Book a call with us
05The terms

The terms, in plain sight

We're pre‑launch, so we can't show you numbers yet. We can show you the deal.

€0

upfront, retainer, or minimum spend — ever

Split

we earn a share of sales; no sale, no pay

Yours

you keep the rights to the finished product

No lock-in

no minimum term — if it isn't working, you walk

Fair split, no retainers, direct payout. Let's build your product.

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06Our philosophy

A reason to get up in the morning.

Ikigai — 生き甲斐 — gets drawn in the West as a tidy diagram: what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, what you can be paid for.

Useful. But the original meaning is softer: the joy of small things. The reason you get up in the morning.

The post you actually enjoy making

The DM from someone you genuinely helped

The topic you could talk about for hours

That's your ikigai. You've already found it.

We just help it pay the bills.

Look at the fourth circle: what you can be paid for. It isn't the awkward one — it's the one that keeps the other three alive. Making a living from what you already give isn't the opposite of ikigai; it's the part most creators are missing. That's the circle this collab exists for.

it's there while you sleep

What youloveWhat theworld needsWhat you canbe paid forWhat you'regood at

fig. 02the ikigai diagram, drawn as a constellation

Built to last. Always a shared product, never a quick concept drop.

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07Fair questions

Slide the uncomfortable stuff into our DMs.

These are the four questions every creator asks before working with us — answered the way we'd answer them in chat.

ok honest question — what does this cost me?

Nothing upfront, ever. We carry our side of the collab — concept, design, shop, delivery, support — and our share only exists once your product actually sells. We can afford to work like this because we're a small team with very good, specialised tools that speed up the studio work. The content itself is always yours, recorded by you.

and if it just… doesn't sell?

Then we lose the weeks we invested — that's the deal we chose. The split keeps us honest: we only build products we genuinely believe your audience wants.

do I have to turn into a salesperson?

No. You keep creating like you always have. The product lives in your bio and your stories — we handle funnels, checkout, delivery, and support.

why a revenue split and not just a fee?

There's a Japanese word we run the whole studio on: 和 (wa) — harmony between two parties. If we charged upfront, we could win while you lose. The split leaves exactly one way for us to earn: making it work for you. That's not a pricing gimmick; it's the position.

Still have questions? Let's discuss your launch in person.

Book a 15-min call
08Founding creators
The honest part

We're new. That's your advantage.

We haven't launched with anyone yet — you'd be one of our first three collabs, not client number forty‑seven. The risk sits with us: we only earn when you do, and a first launch is the one a studio can least afford to get wrong. Early means more attention, more care, and more say — and the point of all of it is simple: that what you already give starts paying you back.

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The whole studio behind one collab. First pick of our calendar, no queue in front of you.

Reserved for launch 01

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Everything we learned from launch 01 — and the same undivided attention.

Reserved for launch 02

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The last of the founding three. After this, the terms stay — the head start doesn't.

Reserved for launch 03

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09Say hi

Let's make something lovely together.

A 30‑minute call. No pitch deck, no pressure, no invoice — just a conversation about what your audience is already waiting for.

Free · 30 minutes · zero obligations