Digital Product Localization Checklist & Planner for Digital Sellers | Instant Download

This digital product localization checklist and planner helps digital sellers, template creators and workbook makers adapt one digital product for English-speaking markets. Plan wording, date displays, decimal formats, currency labels, paper sizes and local examples in a seven-tab spreadsheet, then record the checks for each target version before release.

Use it when preparing a UK edition of a US workbook, an A4 version of a Letter printable, or market-specific instructions for a template. Keep the choices, changes and review evidence together while you edit your actual product files separately.

What you can plan and track

• Market Brief: define your product, target audience, owner and review date using five editable starting profiles: US, UK, CA, AU and IN.
• Terminology: record source wording, target wording, reasons and the version where each change was applied.
• Formats: compare date display, currency label and paper size with your chosen profile; record manual checks for other formats.
• Prices: document independent target prices and your pricing basis.
• Examples: adapt examples while preserving the intended meaning.
• QA: record expected and observed results for an exact market and product version.
• Releases: connect the target version to its file bundle, planned date, reviewer and release decision.

The market selector shows your chosen profile and record counts. Records retain their own market keys. Profiles are editable starting choices for your audience, not universal country requirements.

What’s included in your download

One ZIP contains 11 files:

• 2 editable XLSX workbooks: a blank template and a completed example, each with seven tabs. Market Brief has five prepared profile entries; each of the six record tabs has 20 prepared rows.
• 1 editable 12-page DOCX guide: practical instructions, 36 checklist items and space for your localization notes.
• 5 PDF guides: the 12-page guide in A4 and US Letter, plus four-page quick-start, Google Sheets setup and worked-example guides.
• 2 TXT files: licence and support notes.
• 1 CSV file manifest: identifies the included files.

Learn with a completed US-to-UK example

Follow fictional records for a small-business workbook moving from US English and Letter to UK English and A4. See spelling changes, a date display that preserves the same calendar day, currency labels and version-specific checks. The example includes an open earlier review and a later recorded review. Price amounts are independent teaching choices. No finished small-business product is supplied.

How to use the planner

1. Copy the blank workbook for one product and review the target-market profile.
2. Record the wording, format, example and pricing choices that need attention.
3. Edit your actual product files and check the exact target version.
4. Record the file bundle, review evidence and your release decision.

Missing observations, incomplete changes or a format-profile mismatch keep the recorded review open. “Review recorded” reports the entered prerequisites and your decision; it does not inspect files or publish a product.

Frequently asked questions

What should a digital product localization checklist cover?

Consider audience, terminology, dates, numbers, currency labels, paper size, examples and instructions, then check the actual exported files. This toolkit gives you a place to document those choices and their evidence.

Does it translate text or convert currency?

No. You enter wording and prices manually. The planner coordinates decisions and reviews rather than editing your product.

Can I plan A4 and US Letter versions?

Yes. Record the target paper size and check the exported dimensions, margins and content in your own files.

Can I use Excel or Google Sheets?

The workbooks are XLSX files. Google Sheets import instructions are included; after importing, check dates, formulas, dropdowns and expected results in your app. No hosted Google Sheets link is supplied. Use a DOCX-compatible editor for the editable guide; PDFs are static print guides.

Can I use this for client projects?

Yes, for your own business and client projects under the included licence. Reusable source files cannot be resold or redistributed.

Instant digital download. No physical item. Country-specific legal and tax guidance is outside this toolkit. For file support, contact waohhartz@gmail.com.