New here — solo founder building AI tools for SEO, launching on Product Hunt April 8th
Hey everyone, I'm Lee. British expat living in Southeast Asia, building digital products as a solo founder.
Just launched The Domain Hunter — an AI-powered expired domain finder. You type in a niche keyword, it surfaces expired domains with real SEO value, aged authority and existing backlinks.
Built it completely solo from scratch. It's live now with a free tier at thedomainhunter.io
Launching on Product Hunt on April 8th — would love any support from this community.
Happy to connect with other solopreneurs and builders. 🏹
This sounds like a awesome product. have you tried it yourself? what have you found with it?
Absolutely — I use it myself every day. The biggest thing I've found is how much time it saves hunting for dropped domains with real SEO value rather than just age. Run a hunt, filter by DR and traffic, and you've got a shortlist in minutes instead of hours. Give the free hunts a go and see what comes up for your niche.
im not a domain hunter my friend. i just think that the concept is dope. During the pandemic i tried buying and selling domains. i thought it was a cool concept. then when i bought my first domain, i got attached to it and tried to make something of it. then i had another idea. Build a platform that Finds valuable domains, and turn them into profitable businesses, then sell them to people. or people can build ownership by acquiring a business partially while paying it off with the paltform owning a percentage of the business untill the owner can fully pay it off or go into a partnership. something like. this was before ai and being able to build a platform in a faster timeframe.
That's actually a really interesting model — like a domain incubator with built-in financing. The idea of matching a valuable domain with a buyer who builds into it while paying it off is something I haven't seen done properly anywhere. The problem before was always the manual legwork to find those diamonds. That's exactly the gap The Domain Hunter is trying to close — so people like you don't have to hunt blind. Would love to know what kind of domains you were going after back then.
to me it doesnt really matter. im a creative so whatever comes to mind. but at the time i bought a domain that i just did a quick one page design for a cyber security business. like i said this was before Ai so i wasnt as tech savvy as i am able to be with ai. but i just tried to add value to the domain itself to try and resell it. but didnt put enough effort into it to really see any results.
Hey Lee, This looks really cool! I love the idea of using AI to surface expired domains with real SEO value — it’s such a time-saver for builders and marketers.
Curious, how do you evaluate which domains have the most potential? Also, looking forward to checking out the free tier and seeing it in action!
Good luck with the Product Hunt launch — I’ll definitely keep an eye out on April 8th.
Hey, really appreciate the kind words! To answer your question — we score domains on backlink authority, trust flow, traffic history and niche relevance using AI. The free tier is live now, would love your thoughts. We're on Product Hunt today if you want to show some support 👉 https://www.producthunt.com/posts/the-domain-hunter
The slog can be real. Keep at it. Looking forward to your release.
The slog was very real! But we're live today — just launched on Product Hunt. Would mean a lot if you could drop an upvote 👉 https://www.producthunt.com/posts/the-domain-hunter
Hi Lee, Interesting idea, I am looking for a domain and i tried searching one using your tool. But I got an error 'Error: Unexpected token 'A', ..."": [ AI-powered"... is not valid JSON'
Should I try again or I discovered a bug?
Hey Lee, cool to see another project shipping and launching. Not in the market for expired domains myself, but respect the hustle of building it end-to-end solo. Good luck with the Product Hunt launch on the 8th!