// CUSTOM SOFTWARE STUDIO — CHARLOTTE, NC

Stop renting your SaaS stack. Own custom software, built in Charlotte.

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Studio Statuslive
Studio size1 builder + AI· plus a trusted bench for specialty work
Stack focusNext.js + Supabase + Claude
Latest buildVaultXL· estate SaaS
Average reply< 1 business day
Bookingcurrently accepting· discovery calls + new projects

// You talk to the person writing the code. Every time.

// WHAT WE BUILD

Eight shapes. One studio.

Most projects land in one of these eight buckets. Pick one, mix two, or stack the whole thing into a single system you own.

Marketing Sites

A brand site that loads fast and ranks on Google — not a template you outgrow.

  • · Brand sites
  • · Landing pages
  • · MDX blogs

Web Apps & Portals

One secure login for clients and staff — every role sees only what it should.

  • · Client portals
  • · Member areas
  • · Multi-tenant apps

E-commerce

Sell without the platform tax — Shopify or a headless Next.js store you own.

  • · Shopify themes
  • · Headless Next.js
  • · Catalog ops

Booking & Payments

Take the booking and the deposit while you're on the job — Stripe, not phone tag.

  • · Calendar sync
  • · Stripe checkout
  • · SMS/email reminders

Internal Dashboards

Admin tools that replace the spreadsheet running your operations.

  • · Ops dashboards
  • · Reporting
  • · Role-based admin

AI Tools & Chatbots

Claude-powered assistants that answer from your docs and data — not the open internet.

  • · Custom chatbots
  • · Document AI
  • · Prompt pipelines

Integrations

Connect the five SaaS tools you already pay for into one system.

  • · API bridges
  • · Webhook plumbing
  • · Scheduled jobs

Custom SaaS

Full products from spec to launch — you own the code from day one.

  • · MVPs
  • · Multi-tenant SaaS
  • · Billing + Stripe Connect

// Not sure which shape fits? Book the free 15-min call — we'll tell you straight.

// BUILT ON
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Tailwind
  • Supabase
  • Postgres
  • Stripe
  • Claude API
  • Vercel
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The AI Leverage Audit

A one-day teardown of every tool you pay for and where AI or a custom build makes it obsolete. You get a SaaS overspend map, your top-5 AI use cases, and a 90-day roadmap — PDF in one business day.

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// WHAT A MONTHLY RETAINER ACTUALLY BUYS

Small studio. Full stack. Fixed monthly hours.

Every tier bundles real monthly hours across dev, design, marketing, and e-com — on top of hosting, monitoring, and quarterly strategy. Flagship goes further: open scope and full code ownership from day one. The rate itself gets fixed on a call.

Essentials6-mo min
6 hrs/mo of builds, edits & upkeep
Roughly what a basic agency retainer covers

Engagement

Ongoing Retainer

Most chosen
Growth6-mo min
18 hrs/mo of builds, edits & upkeep
Roughly part-time marketer + freelance dev territory

Engagement

Ongoing Retainer

Enterprise6-mo min
36 hrs/mo of builds, edits & upkeep
Roughly mid-level dev + part-time designer + part-time marketer

Engagement

Ongoing Retainer

You own the code
Flagship6-mo min
80 hrs/mo of builds, edits & upkeep
Senior dev + AI engineer + specialist team · you own every line

Engagement

Ongoing Retainer

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// THE SAAS TRAP

Six subscriptions. One job. Nobody owns it.

A typical small operation pays a real recurring bill every month across a CRM, a scheduler, a form builder, an email tool, and the automation glue holding them together. Each one does part of the job — you do the rest by hand. We build the one system that does the whole job, on your domain, in your repo. The subscriptions stop; the software stays.

Renting the stack

  • ×5–6 subscriptions, billed forever, none of them fully fit
  • ×Each tool covers a slice of the actual workflow
  • ×Same customer re-typed into three systems
  • ×Data split across dashboards that don't talk

Owning the system

  • ✓One codebase built around how you actually work
  • ✓Fixed build cost — hosting on your own accounts
  • ✓Every record in one database you control
  • ✓You own every line. Take it anywhere.

// Not sure what your stack actually costs you? That's the AI Leverage Audit.

// LET'S TALK

Built from scratch.
Built to last.

// Locally made · Scoped on a call · Actually shipped

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charles@cltcode.com · (704) 975-1405 · Charlotte, NC