Honest before clever
We tell clients what isn't working before we tell them what we'll do about it. Plain English, always.
About
A small, senior team - built for the way search is moving.
DomiSearch is a Manchester-based search agency combining Google Ads and AI Engine Optimisation (AEO) into a single discipline we call Search Ownership. We work with e-commerce and service brands across the UK, EU and US.
Founder
Ben Martland
Ben Martland founded DomiSearch in 2023. With 5 years of experience managing Google Ads for e-commerce and service brands — in-house and agency-side — he has personally managed over £3M in Google Ads spend. He holds Google Partner and Shopify Partner certification, and leads DomiSearch's monthly AEO research programme.
Based in Manchester, working with brands across the UK, EU and US.
What sets us apart
DomiSearch is a certified Google Partner and Shopify Partner, with over £3M in personally managed Google Ads spend. Founded in 2023 by Ben Martland in Manchester, DomiSearch is one of the UK's first search agencies to offer AI Engine Optimisation (AEO) as a standalone service. Unlike percentage-of-spend agencies, DomiSearch charges flat monthly retainers with no setup fees and no hidden costs.
- Google + Shopify Partners. Certified across the platforms that matter most for paid performance and e-commerce.
- £3M+ managed spend. Pattern recognition at a scale a junior freelancer can't match.
- AEO-first positioning. We publish original research on AI engine visibility monthly.
- Flat monthly fees. No percentage-of-spend incentives. No smoke.
The thesis
Search Ownership.
Search today isn't just Google. It's ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and the handful of engines coming next. Your buyers don't care which surface delivers the answer - only that your brand is in it.
Search Ownership is the discipline of showing up, consistently, across every surface they use. Paid covers the demand that exists today. AEO engineers the demand forming inside AI answers. Together, they compound. In isolation, they each do real work - which is why we sell them that way too.
We built the whole agency around making them run as one.
How we operate
Four things we actually mean.
Performance over theatre
No vanity decks. No exported PDFs. Real dashboards, real numbers, real accountability.
Selective by design
We turn down more work than we take on. Fit matters more than fee - it's the only way we stay sharp.
Built for what's next
AI search is changing how people find brands. We're building for the search engines that will exist in two years, not the ones we knew two years ago.
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Work with a team that does the actual work.
If you're tired of agencies who talk more than they ship, book a 30-minute call. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.