At a glance
- Client / partner
- Domains By Owner
- Industry
- Marketplace · Domain trading
- Services offered
- Web application development
- Marketplace UX
- Subscription plans
- SEO tools suite
- Tech stack used
- Custom web app
- Domain listings
- Auctions
- Subscription plans
- Tawk.to live chat
- Google Analytics
Domains By Owner (domainsbyowner.com) is a subscription-based domain marketplace. Buyers and sellers connect directly, negotiate freely and keep full control of every transaction, with no commission.
Zemotify designed and built the platform: browsing and domain detail pages, buy and sell flows, auction listings, seller plans and dashboards, a suite of SEO and web tools, a blog and email alerts for new listings.
Introduction
Buying or selling a domain usually means a broker, a commission and a slow back-and-forth. Independent owners and investors often lose margin to the middleman.
Domains By Owner removes the middleman: sellers pay a simple subscription to list, buyers contact them directly, and both sides negotiate on their own terms.
The platform had to feel trustworthy for high-value domains, make listing quick for sellers with one domain or a whole portfolio, and give buyers good reasons to browse.
The challenges
A marketplace without brokers has to do the broker’s job in its design:
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Two audiences, one marketplace
Buyers want to browse and make contact; sellers want to list and manage. Both journeys had to start from the first screen.
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Trust without a broker
With no middleman, the platform itself had to signal credibility for domains worth thousands of dollars.
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Plans for every seller
Owners with one domain and investors with portfolios needed plans that fit, from a single listing to bulk.
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Keeping buyers browsing
New listings, auctions ending soon and top-rated domains needed to surface on their own.
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Value beyond listings
SEO and web tools give domain owners and site builders reasons to return between deals.
The approach
We built Domains By Owner as a focused marketplace web application, organised around the two things people come to do, buy and sell:
Buy and sell, up front
The hero states the promise, buy and sell domains without brokers, with Buy Domain and Sell Domain buttons side by side.
Live marketplace panels
New Domains, Auction Ending Soon and High Rated Domains panels show prices and keep the home page fresh.
Clear seller plans
Bronze, Silver and Gold plans, monthly or yearly, list one, three or five domains, with bulk plans for portfolio sellers.
A built-in SEO toolkit
More than 28 SEO tools for YouTube, website management, tracking and text analysis sit alongside the marketplace.
The marketplace behind every deal
How Domains By Owner connects domain buyers and sellers directly.
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Search & Browse
Search and detail pages for every domain.
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Auctions
Time-limited auctions with an “ending soon” view.
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Direct Contact
Buyers and sellers talk and negotiate with no broker.
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Seller Plans
Bronze, Silver and Gold, monthly or yearly.
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SEO Tools
More than 28 tools for sites, video and text.
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Alerts & Support
Email alerts for new listings and live chat.
Content that builds confidence
Testimonials, FAQs and a blog answer the questions buyers and sellers have before they commit.
The outcome
What the live site delivers today. Figures are facts stated on domainsbyowner.com, not measured results:
No middleman: buyers and sellers connect, negotiate and transact directly, with no commission.
Plans that scale: from one listed domain on Bronze to five on Gold, plus bulk plans.
A marketplace that stays fresh: new listings, auctions ending soon and high-rated domains on the home page.
More reasons to return: over 28 SEO tools, a blog and email alerts for new listings.
- 2,000
Domains listed, as shown on the site
- 25,000
Users, as shown on the site
- 28+
SEO tools built in
Technology used
The stack and tools as they appear on the live site:
| Platform | Custom web application |
|---|---|
| Marketplace | Domain listings, detail pages and auctions |
| Plans | Bronze, Silver and Gold subscriptions, plus bulk plans |
| Tools | 28+ SEO and web tools |
| Support | Tawk.to live chat and email alerts for new listings |
| Analytics | Google Analytics |
