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Marine Services

Bloodline
Charters

Full-stack booking platform and operations dashboard for a Cape Cod charter fishing business — from zero to live in under a week.

Next.jsTypeScriptSupabaseNOAA APIResendVercel

< 1 week

From zero to live production site

39

API endpoints powering the full operation

↑ CTR

Increased click-through rates post-launch

100%

Admin operations replaced from phone/notebook

01 / Problem

A captain running a business with a notebook and phone calls

A Cape Cod charter fishing captain was managing his entire operation through phone calls, text messages, and a basic website builder. During peak season, he was losing bookings to scheduling conflicts — two parties calling about the same date, no way to track who had priority.

He was spending hours on admin instead of on the water: manually tracking inquiries in spreadsheets, sending deposit requests by hand, calling back every person who filled out a contact form. He had zero visibility into his business performance — no idea which months were most profitable, which trips were most popular, or how his website was performing.

He needed a complete replacement, not a plugin or a template. He needed something that could run his entire season.

02 / Approach

A full-stack operations platform, built from scratch

We built two interconnected systems: a public-facing website optimized for search and conversion, and a private admin dashboard that runs the entire operation behind it.

The public site features trip details, real-time availability, photo gallery, and inquiry forms that flow directly into the booking pipeline. The admin dashboard gives the captain a bird's-eye view of his business: all active inquiries, bookings in progress, confirmed trips, and deposits received.

Booking Pipeline

Inquiry → Discussion → Deposit Request → Confirmed. Every stage tracked, automated email notifications sent at each step.

NOAA API Integration

Real tide data and weather forecasts integrated into the scheduling system. Trip planning recommendations based on actual conditions.

Admin Dashboard

Full business visibility: booking pipeline, gallery management, analytics. Everything the captain needs in one place.

SEO Foundation

Structured data markup, semantic HTML, optimized meta tags, and a sitemap. Built for search from day one.

03 / Live Preview

See it in the wild

The site is live and running at fishingbloodline.com. Below is an embedded preview.

fishingbloodline.com
04 / Results

Live in under a week, running the whole season

  • Increased traffic and click-through rates within one week of launch
  • 39 API endpoints powering booking, admin, gallery, analytics, and weather data
  • Fully automated booking pipeline replacing manual phone tracking
  • Admin dashboard replacing all phone calls, notebooks, and spreadsheets
  • NOAA tide and weather integration for smart trip scheduling
  • Full SEO implementation with structured data and optimized sitemap