The idea behind the name
The Creators Base isn't just a product name. The "Base" refers to something real inside the platform: a structured foundation that every creator starts from when they sign up.
That foundation includes default Service Types, scopes of work, pricing references, deliverables, document structures, and project tasks, all built from industry benchmarking across creative professions. It's not a blank canvas. It's a head start.
How The Base works
From the moment you choose your Role during onboarding, TCB builds your Base. It pre-loads your account with a set of Service Types tailored to your profession, each one already structured with realistic content so you can start creating documents and projects right away, without configuring everything from scratch.
Every time you create a document or start a project, TCB reaches into your Base and pulls the relevant data automatically — scope, pricing, tasks, structure — and uses it to build your content.
Your Base vs. The Base
When you first sign up, your Base is the system's Base: the benchmarking data we've built in. It works, but it doesn't know you yet.
As you customize your Service Types, updating your real rates, adjusting your scope, refining your task lists, your Base gradually becomes yours. The more you put in, the more the platform gives back.
The goal is simple: the first time you use TCB, The Base saves you time. Every time after that, your Base saves you even more.
Your Base is always the starting point, not the final word
When you create a document, TCB loads your Base data into it automatically. But you can always overwrite any detail directly inside that specific document — adjust a price, rewrite a scope line, add a deliverable — without changing your Base.
The Base stays intact. The document becomes its own thing. Next time you create a document of the same type, your Base loads again fresh. And you can always update your Base in Settings.
The first thing you should do
To get the most out of TCB from day one, the first thing worth doing is customizing your Service Types. Update your pricing, scope, and task lists to reflect how you actually work — so when you create your first real document for a client, it already sounds like you.
Read What are Service Types and why do they matter? to get started.