What a RE/MAX franchise website needs from the Hub feed
A franchise office's website lives or dies on its listings feed. Seven requirements we learned building a six-office RE/MAX platform with 1,400 listings synced hourly from the RE/MAX Hub.
Boutique studio — Geneva · Madrid · Porto · Cape Town
Websites, and the systems behind them.
Brand websites, booking platforms, listings systems and mobile apps for businesses across Europe and Africa — designed and built by one senior team.
remaxcoastandcountry.co.za
Selected clients
- RE/MAX Coast & Country
- Cape Mesa
- Aliya Homes
- Obsydian Group
- Singh Advanced Dentistry
- Beaux-Arts Kidz Kraftz
- Lone Bull Rentals
- Mini Oceans
Our Work
Selected Projects
A curated selection of websites and applications delivered for clients across Europe and Africa.
Platform · Real estate
RE/MAX Coast & Country
1,400 listings, hourly feed sync and natural-language search for a six-office RE/MAX franchise.
Platform · Luxury villa rentals
Cape Mesa
Direct villa bookings with on-site payment and automated invoicing, with Guesty at the core.
Website · Dental practice
Singh Advanced Dentistry
An editorial practice website for a laser and cosmetic dentist in Cape Town.
Website · Luxury real estate
Aliya Homes
A luxury real-estate brand site for buyers across three continents.
Website · Procurement & logistics
Obsydian Group
One procurement platform, two deployments: English and Mandarin Chinese.
Website · Holiday rentals
Lone Bull Rentals
Holiday-home website for the West Coast, built for direct bookings.
What We Build
Every engagement is bespoke.
Six ways we work with clients — from a brand website to the operational platform behind it.
- 01Learn more →
Brand Websites
Conversion-focused websites designed around your brand, audience and commercial goals. Built to communicate authority, rank effectively and turn attention into enquiries.
Discovery · Design · SEO · Launch
- 02Learn more →
Platforms & Systems
Booking engines, listings platforms, client portals and internal tools built around the way your business actually works — integrated with the systems you already run.
Multilingual builds available — including Mandarin Chinese
Booking · Listings · Portals · Integrations
- 03Learn more →
Mobile Apps
Native iOS and Android apps for businesses and products, built on the same backend as your web platform — from first prototype to the App Store and Google Play.
iOS · Android · Backend · Stores
- 04Learn more →
AI & Automation
Intelligent interfaces, search, agents and automated workflows embedded into real business systems — using AI where it creates leverage and conventional software where certainty matters.
AI · Agents · Automation · Integrations
- 05Learn more →
E-commerce
Online stores engineered for conversion, speed and simplicity, with payment, inventory and operational systems working seamlessly behind the scenes.
UX · Payments · Inventory · Mobile
- 06Learn more →
Ongoing Partnership
Ongoing design, development and technical support for businesses that need a dependable digital partner without building an entire in-house team.
Monthly · Priority access · Iteration · Support
Not sure what you need? That's usually where the interesting conversations start. Let's talk →
Technology Without Limits
We build with anything.
We integrate with everything.
We don't force your business into a predetermined stack. We work with the systems you already use, build on the platforms that make sense, and connect the tools that need to talk to each other.
From websites and internal systems to APIs, CRMs, booking platforms, payment providers and AI — if it has an interface, an API or a way in, we can usually make it work.
Your technology should fit your business. Not the other way around.
Property & hospitality
- RE/MAX Hub feed
- Guesty
- Nightsbridge
Payments & commerce
- Stitch
- Stripe
- Shopify
Operations & marketing
- HubSpot
- Xero
- Google Tag Manager
- Meta Pixel
- Resend
How We Work
From demo to launch.
- 01
Before we meet
A working demo of your site
Before any call or commitment, we research your business and build a working demo of your website. You judge real design and real capability, not a proposal.
- 02
Scope
Written scope, fixed price
A structured discovery session on your brand, audience and goals, followed by a written scope and a fixed price that does not move.
- 03
Design
Two directions, refined to one
Sitemap and user journeys first, then high-fidelity design in your brand language. We present two directions and refine to one.
- 04
Build
Built to be fast and owned
Developed in React with the systems your business runs on — booking, listings, payments, CRM — fast, accessible and SEO-ready from the first commit.
- 05
Launch & support
Launch, handover, support
We manage deployment, connect your domain, submit your sitemap and train your team. Every project includes 30 days of post-launch support, and the code is handed over in full.
FAQ
Questions we're asked
What does Carbon Media Solutions do?
We design and build brand websites and the systems behind them: booking platforms, property listings systems, client portals, e-commerce and the integrations between them. We work from Geneva, Madrid, Porto and Cape Town for clients across Europe and Africa.
Where are you based, and do you work with clients abroad?
Carbon Media Solutions Limited is registered in Ireland and works from studios in Geneva, Madrid, Porto and Cape Town. We have delivered for clients in South Africa, Portugal, Ireland, Switzerland and China, and every project is managed remotely with video calls, a written scope and a shared project record.
How much does a website or platform cost?
Every engagement is a fixed price agreed in writing before design starts, so there are no hourly surprises. A brand website is the most accessible starting point; booking, listings and payment platforms scale with the integrations involved. Tell us your budget range in the enquiry form and we'll say early whether the brief and the budget match.
How long does a project take?
A brand website typically launches four to ten weeks after the scope is signed, depending on content and photography. Platforms with booking, listings or payment integrations take longer and are planned milestone by milestone in the written scope.
What is the demo you build before the first call?
Before any call or commitment, we research your business and build a working demo of your website, so the first conversation starts from something real rather than a proposal. There is no charge and no obligation.
Do we own the website and the code?
Yes. At launch you receive the code in a GitHub repository in your name, documented decisions and full ownership of your domain, hosting account and content. Hosting can stay with Carbon Media or move to your own provider.
Which systems can you integrate?
Property feeds such as the RE/MAX Hub; hospitality systems such as Guesty and Nightsbridge; payment providers including Stitch and Stripe; Shopify; HubSpot; Xero; Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel; transactional email through Resend. If a system has an API or a feed, we can usually connect it.
Do you build multilingual websites?
Yes. This site runs in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, and we have delivered client sites in English and Mandarin Chinese. Each language gets its own URL so search engines index it separately.
What happens after launch?
Every project includes 30 days of post-launch support. After that, clients choose a monthly partnership for updates, performance reviews, security updates and SEO checks, or hand the site to their own team.
Do you build mobile apps?
Yes. We design and build iOS and Android apps for businesses and products, together with the backend, admin and web presence they need — the same senior team that builds our web platforms.
From the journal
Direct bookings on your own domain with Guesty, in rand
For a South African villa operator, Guesty's own payment processing was not an option for card payments in rand. Here is what we built instead, and the four decisions that made it safe.
Moving a practice website off Squarespace without losing your tracking
A dental practice's Google Ads depend on conversion tracking that lives on the old site. How we moved Singh Advanced Dentistry to a new website with the conversion actions, DNS and redirects carried across — and the checklist we used.
About the Studio
Small team. Serious craft.
Carbon Media Solutions is a European-headquartered boutique digital studio with offices in Geneva, Madrid, Porto, and Cape Town. We work with ambitious businesses across Europe and Africa — and anywhere in between.
Our work spans brand websites, booking and listings platforms, iOS and Android apps, and the operational systems behind them. We bring together strategic thinking, refined design and technical precision — and we stay with the systems after launch.
We've delivered for real estate groups, hospitality operators, healthcare practices, retailers and franchise networks across South Africa, Portugal, Ireland, Switzerland and China. Every engagement is treated as a long-term partnership, not a one-off transaction.
30+ Years
Combined Experience
Fixed scope
Fixed price, in writing
Geneva · Madrid
Porto · Cape Town
Three to four
Projects a quarter
How we work
- 01Demo before the first call
We build a working preview of your site before we talk, so the conversation starts from something real.
- 02Senior people only
The people you meet are the people who design and build your site.
- 03Fixed scope, fixed price
Every project starts with a written scope and a price that does not move.
- 04Built to be handed over
Clean code, documented decisions and full ownership at launch.
Start a Project
Tell us what you're building.
We take on three to four projects a quarter and reply to every enquiry within two working days. Tell us about the site or system you have in mind and we'll say honestly whether we're the right fit.
Geneva
Madrid
Porto
Cape Town
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