Hi. I'm Max.
Mainsail is my studio, based in Greenville, NC. I build websites and run local SEO programs for independent shops — primarily across Eastern North Carolina, plus a few longer-term clients elsewhere in the country.
The work started a few years ago with a small gym in Knightstown, Indiana. They didn't have a website. I built one, set up their Google Business Profile properly, and put a review-request system in place that took them from 9 reviews to 150 in two years. The gym still works with me. The approach still works.
Mainsail is the studio version of that. Same approach: build the real thing — a custom site, not a template — and run the long game of local SEO that actually compounds.
How I work
No account managers, no sales team, no offshore hand-offs. You talk to me, I do the work, I show you the work. When a project needs more than I can ship solo — heavy backend code, a real custom app — I bring in Murillo, my full-stack collaborator, on contract.
Most clients stay on monthly retainer after launch because SEO compounds slowly and the site needs care. It's always month-to-month — no long contracts, no surprise invoices.
Who's on the team
Designer, developer, and the person who picks up the phone. Lives in Greenville, walks to the businesses he designs for.
Seasoned full-stack developer. Partners with Mainsail on projects that need more than a static site — custom apps, integrations, anything where the code gets deep.