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We learn how your business actually operates before we make any decisions. We've built for several industries, and each one taught us details a template would miss.

TRES

A brand, a site, and a platform that runs the business.

Services
Branding, Website, Custom Platform
Year
2026
Client
Triangle Real Estate Services
Location
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Read the case study
TRES leasing banner on a brick retail building, advertising available retail and restaurant space from 4,000 to 10,000 square feet

Brand first, then the site and platform

We built the TRES brand first, because the site and the platform both had to carry it. The website has a built-in CMS the team uses to update listings and photos on their own, and its newsletter signup feeds the platform behind it. Instead of another off-the-shelf tool, TRES got software shaped to their workflow: past-client follow-up, active deals and email campaigns.

The TRES homepage on an iPhone
The stacked TRES logo sits in black on white, the single-color version for one-ink print jobs.
On the TRES website, the Where We Work page shows photos of Chapel Hill and Carrboro with a short guide to each town.
The logo section of the TRES brand guide explains the mark, from the double triangle and the wordmark to clear space and minimum sizes.
The TRES homepage sits on a desktop monitor and a phone, with its headline offering commercial and residential real estate services.
A neutral page in the TRES brand guide sets the supporting tone, background, white and black, with hex, RGB and CMYK values for each.
The front of the TRES listing flyer shows 200 W Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, a brick corner building with retail and restaurant space for lease.
The residential section of the TRES brand guide sets the yard sign and riders beside a Midnight Green for-sale sign.
The TRES listing flyer for retail and restaurant space at 200 W Franklin Street sits open on a tablet on an office desk.
The TRES brand sheet shows the stacked logo on Midnight Green and on pale gray, the Articulat CF type specimens and the six brand color swatches.
This page of the TRES brand guide shows the approved logo color combinations on Midnight Green, white and pale gray backgrounds.
TRES business cards in Midnight Green carry the logo on the front and Mike Hickey's contact details on the back.
The stacked TRES logo sits in Midnight Green on a pale background, with the double-triangle mark above the wordmark and the Triangle Real Estate Services line.
Typography in the TRES brand guide sets the type scale, from 56 pt bold titles down to 13 pt body text for print.
The stacked TRES logo sits in black on white, the single-color version for one-ink print jobs.
On the TRES website, the Where We Work page shows photos of Chapel Hill and Carrboro with a short guide to each town.
The logo section of the TRES brand guide explains the mark, from the double triangle and the wordmark to clear space and minimum sizes.
The TRES CRM dashboard on a desktop monitor tracks each active deal from new lead to closing.
A TRES yard sign in Midnight Green shows an available property with the stacked logo, Mike Hickey's name and number, and the tresnc.com address.
This page of the TRES brand guide sets the primary palette, Midnight Green and Bold Lime Yellow, with hex, RGB and CMYK values for each.
A color page in the TRES brand guide shows the Midnight Green tonal scale in ten fixed steps from near white to near black.
A TRES leasing banner on a brick retail building shows retail and restaurant space from 4,000 to 10,000 square feet.
The TRES brand sheet shows the stacked logo on Midnight Green and on pale gray, the Articulat CF type specimens and the six brand color swatches.
This page of the TRES brand guide shows the approved logo color combinations on Midnight Green, white and pale gray backgrounds.
TRES business cards in Midnight Green carry the logo on the front and Mike Hickey's contact details on the back.
The TRES double-triangle mark stands on its own in Midnight Green on white.
The web section of the TRES brand guide shows the favicon and the share image that appears when someone posts a tresnc.com link.
The Help page of the TRES CRM explains contacts, segments, the pipeline and deals in plain English.
The stacked TRES logo sits in white on Midnight Green, with the lime double-triangle mark above the wordmark and the Triangle Real Estate Services line.
The TRES brand guide pairs Articulat CF Bold for headings with Articulat CF Regular for body text and explains where each one goes.
The TRES CRM dashboard on a desktop monitor tracks each active deal from new lead to closing.
A TRES yard sign in Midnight Green shows an available property with the stacked logo, Mike Hickey's name and number, and the tresnc.com address.
This page of the TRES brand guide sets the primary palette, Midnight Green and Bold Lime Yellow, with hex, RGB and CMYK values for each.
A neutral page in the TRES brand guide sets the supporting tone, background, white and black, with hex, RGB and CMYK values for each.
The front of the TRES listing flyer shows 200 W Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, a brick corner building with retail and restaurant space for lease.
The residential section of the TRES brand guide sets the yard sign and riders beside a Midnight Green for-sale sign.
The TRES listing flyer for retail and restaurant space at 200 W Franklin Street sits open on a tablet on an office desk.
The signage section of the TRES brand guide sets the sizes for the commercial yard sign and window sign, shown beside the Midnight Green available sign and its acreage rider.
The TRES double-triangle mark stands on its own in Midnight Green on white.
The web section of the TRES brand guide shows the favicon and the share image that appears when someone posts a tresnc.com link.
The Help page of the TRES CRM explains contacts, segments, the pipeline and deals in plain English.
Typography in the TRES brand guide sets the type scale, from 56 pt bold titles down to 13 pt body text for print.
The stacked TRES logo sits in black on white, the single-color version for one-ink print jobs.
On the TRES website, the Where We Work page shows photos of Chapel Hill and Carrboro with a short guide to each town.
The logo section of the TRES brand guide explains the mark, from the double triangle and the wordmark to clear space and minimum sizes.
The TRES homepage sits on a desktop monitor and a phone, with its headline offering commercial and residential real estate services.
A neutral page in the TRES brand guide sets the supporting tone, background, white and black, with hex, RGB and CMYK values for each.
The front of the TRES listing flyer shows 200 W Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, a brick corner building with retail and restaurant space for lease.
The residential section of the TRES brand guide sets the yard sign and riders beside a Midnight Green for-sale sign.
A TRES leasing banner on a brick retail building shows retail and restaurant space from 4,000 to 10,000 square feet.
The TRES brand sheet shows the stacked logo on Midnight Green and on pale gray, the Articulat CF type specimens and the six brand color swatches.
This page of the TRES brand guide shows the approved logo color combinations on Midnight Green, white and pale gray backgrounds.
TRES business cards in Midnight Green carry the logo on the front and Mike Hickey's contact details on the back.
The stacked TRES logo sits in Midnight Green on a pale background, with the double-triangle mark above the wordmark and the Triangle Real Estate Services line.
Typography in the TRES brand guide sets the type scale, from 56 pt bold titles down to 13 pt body text for print.
The stacked TRES logo sits in black on white, the single-color version for one-ink print jobs.
On the TRES website, the Where We Work page shows photos of Chapel Hill and Carrboro with a short guide to each town.

In their words

“Eric has done a complete rebranding of our company including logos, signage, website, CRM and photography. Real estate is a visual business and he really built us not only a nice looking platform but functional to get the most out of organic traffic to our company. I highly recommend Beach Bird Studios if you have a start up or need a refresh.”
Mike Hickey · TRES · Google review

Synchrony Labs

A website built around the therapeutic areas, with photography that shows the work.

Services
Website, Photography
Year
2026
Client
Synchrony Labs
Location
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Read the case study
Synchrony Labs website open on a laptop on a conference table, its homepage headline reading Your Preclinical Research Partner

A website built for one reader

The Synchrony Labs site speaks to one reader: the device company comparing labs ahead of an FDA submission. That reader needs something specific to find, so each area of expertise has its own page, and the team can add new ones without a rebuild. We replaced stock imagery with a day of photography on site, showing the labs, the equipment and the people running the studies.

The Synchrony Labs homepage on an iPhone
Two Synchrony Labs surgical staff in gowns and caps working the field under a C-arm in the procedure suite
Synchrony Labs clinician in a floral scrub cap reviewing study notes beside an imaging monitor during a procedure
Synchrony Labs staff recording study data by hand at the procedure suite workstation

In their words

“Beach Bird Studios made my company an incredible website. I will work with them again.”
Ed Prandi · Synchrony Labs · Google review

Sundown Reptiles

The storefront, app, and marketing behind a well-established, high-end reptile breeder.

Services
E-Commerce, Custom Ops App, Email Marketing, Paid Advertising, Video Production
Year
2026
Client
Sundown Reptiles
Location
Swannanoa, North Carolina
Read the case study
Sundown Reptiles website on a desktop monitor, its homepage headline reading Quality Captive Bred Reptiles beside a gargoyle gecko on a branch

Storefront for buyers, app for the team

Sundown's Shopify store already worked, so we kept the platform and built a custom theme around their dark, gold-accented brand, with species pages built to rank. The daily work needed its own system. Sundown HQ tracks feeding, health checks and lineage for each animal, and it installs on any phone without an app store. The team can pull it up standing right in front of an enclosure.

The Sundown homepage on an iPhone
Sundown Reptiles staff dashboard on a laptop, with the animal count, today's events, alerts and quick links to animals, schedules, checklists and SOPs

In their words

“Eric from Beach Bird Studios is an incredibly talented and hard working individual. He has helped me optimize and supercharge my website. He is also my go-to connection for videography and video editing. Highly recommended.”
Bryan · Sundown Reptiles · Google review

Gold Hive

Referral attribution, automated end to end.

Services
Custom Platform, Partner Portals, Integrations and Automation
Year
2026
Client
Gold Hive
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina
Read the case study
Gold Hive partner setup wizard on a desktop monitor, welcoming a new partner to the Hive

Attribution first, then the portals

Gold Hive's network depends on accurate attribution and reliable payouts, so we built the attribution backend first. A tracking script and a webhook receiver capture each referral as it happens. Partner and admin portals sit on top of that record, and onboarding runs as a guided wizard. Billing and payouts connect straight into Odoo and keep finance in sync.

Gold Hive partner portal sign-in screen with email and password fields

Dashboard, bookings, help center

Gold Hive partner dashboard on a laptop, with booking and commission totals and a monthly bar chart
Gold Hive bookings table listing each booking's date, vendor, service, total, commission and invoice status
Gold Hive help center with guides on the tracking script, attribution, billing and the system's architecture

In their words

“Eric immediately responded and helped me map out a solution with a new build. He was very communicative, extremely reliable and informative, even teaching me things along the way to self-support after the build. If you're looking for not only a developer but someone who can help explain the complexity of the space, Eric is your guy! 10/10.”
Christopher Turpin · Gold Hive · Google review

In house

We build our own tools, too. The Site Audit maps your local market and gives us a roadmap before we build anything. Our app makes a business simpler to run, without another system to learn.

Site Audit

A free brief shows what your town searches and where your site ranks.

Services
Automation, Search Data, Report Writing
Year
2026
Client
Beach Bird Studios
Location
North Carolina
Run one
Site Audit market brief for a Wilmington car service open on a laptop, showing the cover and a page of local search phrases with monthly search counts

The report, page by page

beachbird.app

Leads, schedules, crew and reviews, in the app that runs a local service business.

Services
Web App, Installable App, Push Alerts
Year
2026
Client
Beach Bird Studios
Location
North Carolina
See our plans
beachbird.app contacts list on a laptop on a conference table, showing new leads and customers for a heating and air company
beachbird.app on two phones, one listing new lead and customer feedback alerts, the other showing a heating and air company's calendar with the day's scheduled jobs

How this page is built

This page has three jobs: show the work, introduce the studio and lead you to book a call. It is also the sample, so everything you just scrolled through is something we can build for you. The opening scene started from one photograph of Nixon Channel in Wilmington, North Carolina. We recreated it in Blender, a 3D program, then rendered the beach, the boat and the sandpiper. We built the page in Next.js, and GSAP times each movement to your scroll. The water and the falling sand are drawn by your device's graphics chip. If you set your device to reduce motion, everything holds still and the words stay put.

A center console boat rests on a sandbar in Nixon Channel at golden hour, with houses along the far shore
Eric matched every Blender pass to this frame: his 2021 photo of Nixon Channel, relit to golden hour by an image model.

Eric Stimson designed and built this page at Beach Bird Studios. The client work lives on beachbirdstudios.com. If you want a site that moves like this one, book a call.

Capabilities

We shape how your business looks, build the systems that run it and grow the demand that keeps it busy.

  • TRES brand system

    Brand and Design

    Branding

    Logo, colors, typography, and a brand system that makes everything you do look like it belongs together.

  • Written process map of a referral network's booking attribution: thirteen steps across partner, vendor, office and finance, with each decision, the two-day wait and the office time per step

    Brand and Design

    Process Mapping

    A clear map of how your business actually runs today, and a prioritized plan for what to automate first.

  • TRES custom website on desktop and mobile

    Software Development

    Websites

    Marketing sites and content platforms built fast, built to rank, and built to convert.

  • Sundown Reptiles online store

    Software Development

    E-Commerce

    Custom Shopify stores built to convert. No bloated templates.

  • TRES custom platform dashboard

    Software Development

    Web Apps

    When spreadsheets and off-the-shelf software stop fitting, we build the app your business actually runs on.

  • Automation build of a referral network's four workflows: referral attribution, partner onboarding, month-end billing and an AI partner assistant, with every trigger, branch, approval and tool

    Software Development

    Automations

    Automate the repetitive work, such as lead routing, email sequences, order flows and invoicing, so your team focuses on the things software can't do.

  • A business website sends its leads, contacts and bookings into six tools it already uses, along with payments, invoices and email replies

    Software Development

    Integrations

    Connect the tools you already use so data flows where it needs to go, without copy-paste.

  • Sundown video production and thumbnail system

    Marketing and Growth

    Content

    Content that actually gets made. Video, photography, and designed collateral, built off a plan you can run every month.

  • Icon Transportation's Google Ads search campaigns in Google Ads Editor, with black car, airport and party bus keywords by match type

    Marketing and Growth

    Advertising

    We advertise where your customers are, whether that's Google, Facebook or other platforms.

Process

We work in four steps, from the first conversation to launch and beyond.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We start by understanding the business itself: goals, brand, market position, and the competitors already shaping it. Positioning and voice get built by people who know your business, not generated by a model. What AI adds here is depth: more competitors reviewed, more research pulled in, more of the landscape mapped before a direction gets chosen.

  2. 02

    Plan

    Before anything gets designed, we decide what needs to be built and why: site architecture, user flows, content strategy. AI lets us test more directions here and stress-test ideas early, so we land on the right plan instead of the first one that sounded reasonable.

  3. 03

    Build

    This is where the work gets made. We write the code, design the interface, and wire up any automations or integrations the project needs. AI helps generate the underlying design system (typography, spacing, component patterns), but every feature gets reviewed, tested, and finished by our team before it ships.

  4. 04

    Launch

    We launch, then we stay close. Every project gets a real QA pass before it goes live, and clients can keep us on afterward for updates, fixes, and whatever the business needs next. We already know why things were built the way they were, so support moves fast.

Eric Stimson, web designer and developer at Beach Bird Studios, in a blue plaid blazer

Eric StimsonOwner, Beach Bird Studios

Websites and apps, based in North Carolina

Eric Stimson started selling real estate in 2006. Along the way he taught himself to build websites, shoot photos and video, fly drones and work in Adobe Creative Cloud. What had always been a hobby became his full-time job, and in 2025 he opened Beach Bird Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina.

He enjoys being out on the water when he isn't working. That might mean fishing the Intracoastal Waterway or just anchoring up at a local sandbar.

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