STUDIO
Greer, South Carolina · Est. 2000

Stop renting your business to someone else’s platform.

I build custom websites and operational systems for local businesses. No SaaS leashes. No monthly fees on the work itself. You walk away owning the code, the design, the hosting, the data, everything.

Available for new projects 25+ years building Text 864-787-3116
PRINCIPLE
The Operating Principle

Truth before tools. Order before growth. People before platforms.

A working studio in the Upstate · Matt Ebersole

WORK
01. Selected Work

Real systems. Real businesses. Live right now.

A mix of client builds and personal infrastructure. Every one owned outright by the business it serves.

LII Claims insurance-claims operations platform
Claims Platform · Live

LII Claims

Custom claims platform for a property inspection company: carrier portals, scheduler assignment, field inspection workflow, RAF assessments. Stages 1–4 running now.

5Role portals
14UI screens
$0/moPlatform fees
NodeExpressSQLite
View the build
Upstate Structural Repair inventory dashboard
Inventory · Build

Upstate Structural Repair

One-week build: jobsite inventory tied to estimates. Field crew uploads from a phone, the office sees it live the same minute.

136Items tracked
8Trucks stocked
1 wkStart to live
NodeMySQLPHP
A Woodruff congregation site: sermon archive, prayer list and weekly bulletin
Church · Live

A Woodruff Congregation

Sermon archive, prayer list, event calendar and weekly bulletin, one login. The congregation runs all of it themselves, no monthly platform.

$0/moPlatform fees
12Sermons archived
61Prayers fielded
PHPMySQLApache
See it live
RunBackHome household sovereignty dashboard
Personal · Tool

RunBackHome

Digital sovereignty for households: grocery and purchase tracking, meal planning, family inventory, all self-hosted.

224Purchases tracked
17Recipes
100%Self-hosted
NodeMySQLSelf-Host
LawnSkapers. landscape maintenance and outdoor services
Service · In Progress

LawnSkapers

Brand identity and a service-first website for a local landscaper: lawn care, hardscaping, seasonal cleanup. Domain secured, build underway.

MultiService lines
$0/moPlatform fees
OwnedOutright
Web DesignBrandingDNS
lawnskapers.com
Far Above Rubies. doula services and postpartum care
Healthcare · In Progress

Far Above Rubies

Professional web presence for a doula practice: birth support, postpartum care, family wellness. Ownership-first, no platform lock-in.

$0/moPlatform fees
TrustHealthcare UX
OwnedOutright
Web DesignBrandingHealthcare
Preview the build

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Live, right now

Real numbers from systems running tonight.

Not slideware. These count up off the same databases the businesses log into every day.

12
Sermons archived and searchable
136
Items in USR’s live inventory
61
Prayer requests fielded
6
Live systems in production
MATH
02. The Math

$300/hr sounds steep, until you run the numbers.

A flat rate isn’t the expensive option. It’s the one where the meter stops and you own what’s left.

The agency route
$15,000and the meter keeps running
  • Three-month timeline, weekly status calls
  • Built on a platform you rent forever
  • Every change billed against a retainer
  • You never get the source. Leave and it dies
The MattCreates route
$3,000$300/hr × ~10 focused hours
  • One-week build. USR shipped in exactly that
  • You own the code, design, hosting and data
  • No monthly fee on the work itself
  • Walk away anytime. It keeps running without me

And the “cheap” $99/mo platform?

$99/mo$1,188 a year → $3,564 over three years, for software you never own and can’t take with you. The same money builds a system that’s yours the day it ships.

FLAT
One Rate
$300
Per Hour · Flat

No hidden math. No tiered pricing. No platform fees on top.

Quick fixes start at one hour. Full builds price out in advance against the same rate. Monthly stewardship is the same number, multiplied by what we agree on.

Start the Conversation

Tell me what you’re building. Or what’s broken.

First response in 24 hours. No discovery-call gauntlet. A few texts tell us both whether it’s a fit.

intake@mattcreates.com Greer, SC · Upstate-only on-site