What Frontspace does

Frontspace is a privately held boutique digital agency founded in 2013 and operated as a division of Domainate Incorporated, a Nevada corporation headquartered in Las Vegas. The company helps thought leaders — primarily nonfiction authors, speakers, influencers, coaches, consultants, academics, and healthcare practitioners — monetize their expertise by building courses, sales funnels, membership sites, brands, and recurring-revenue digital assets. Its service catalog is organized into six persona-specific verticals (Authors, Speakers, Influencers, Coaches & Consultants, Academics, Healthcare Practitioners) supported by core capabilities in strategy, branding, web and membership-site development, automation, and video/audio editing.

The firm's technology stack is non-proprietary: it builds on third-party platforms such as Kajabi for course and membership infrastructure, alongside CRM, email automation, landing-page, and funnel tools; it has no disclosed software platform, patents, or proprietary AI capabilities. Frontspace's revenue model is professional services — project-based engagements plus longer-tenured retained partnerships — with an optional performance-based pricing tier in which strategy fees are tied to client revenue outcomes. It runs a sales-led go-to-market with a free 30-minute consultation as the primary entry point, supported by content marketing (website, daily email newsletter) and case-study driven referrals.

The firm is intentionally constrained in client count to preserve boutique service quality, and reports over 300 internal and client programs launched since founding. Leadership is Sharon Hayes (CEO, founder) and Steve Jones (President); the firm is bootstrapped with no external institutional funding and operates with 1-10 employees.

Name

Frontspace

Legal name

Domainate Incorporated

Website

https://frontspace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Frontspace is a bootstrapped boutique digital agency founded in 2013 that helps thought leaders — authors, speakers, influencers, coaches, academics, and healthcare practitioners — monetize their expertise through courses, funnels, memberships, branding, and automation built on third-party platforms like Kajabi.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Digital Agency Services: Full-service digital agency providing strategy, design, tech development, automation, and marketing services to help thought leaders monetize their expertise. Services include course creation, funnels, memberships, branding, and business strategy. Revenue generated through project-based engagements and ongoing partnerships with clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Frontspace is a boutique digital agency that helps thought leaders and experts turn their knowledge into scalable digital brands and businesses. It delivers strategy, design, technology development, automation, and marketing services spanning course creation, sales funnels, membership sites, branding, and ongoing execution support. The offering is organized into six industry verticals (Authors, Speakers, Influencers, Coaches & Consultants, Academics, Healthcare Practitioners), with engagement delivered via project-based work and ongoing performance-based strategy partnerships.

Product overview

Frontspace is a boutique digital agency founded in 2013 that helps thought leaders turn expertise into scalable brands and businesses. The company operates as a unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, providing a comprehensive suite of services including course development, funnel building, membership site creation, branding, strategy consulting, automation, and digital production services. These capabilities are organized into six service verticals tailored to different thought leader audiences: Authors (book-to-business transformation), Speakers (stage-to-platform monetization), Influencers (audience-to-business building), Coaches & Consultants (scale without burnout), Academics (research monetization), and Healthcare Practitioners (clinic-to-digital expansion). Core support services including video/audio editing, website design, email automation, and landing page creation support all verticals. The company emphasizes performance-based partnerships and has launched over 300 internal and client programs since inception.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Course Development Services Strategic and technical services that help thought leaders transform their expertise into structured online courses which can be sold repeatedly on their own site or through integrated platforms.
• Funnel Building Services Design and implementation of sales funnels that turn readers into subscribers, subscribers into buyers, and buyers into advocates, including landing pages and lead capture systems.
• Membership Site Development Build and launch of subscription-based communities and membership sites that provide recurring revenue through guided content, community support, or monthly resources.
• Branding Services Comprehensive branding work including brand strategy, visual identity, and positioning for thought leaders looking to establish or refresh their digital presence.
• Business Strategy Consulting Strategic growth consultation to help clients identify monetization opportunities, optimize delivery, and scale income and impact, including performance-based partnerships tied to client revenue.
• Automation Services Implementation of CRM, email automation, scheduling, and onboarding flows to streamline business operations and free up client time.
• Author Services Specialized services for nonfiction authors to transform books into businesses, including book launch funnels, bonus content creation, hybrid courses, and author brand building.
• Speaker Services Monetization services for speakers including post-talk offers, signature program development, recurring revenue systems, evergreen funnels, and speaker asset creation.
• Influencer Services Business building services for influencers to move beyond sponsorships and algorithms through digital products, paid communities, courses, and email list monetization.
• Coach & Consultant Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Lead conversion quadrupled for a client
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SmartBug Media: Full-service digital marketing agency offering strategy, branding, content, web development, and marketing automation. Closely comparable to Frontspace in service mix (strategy, design, dev, marketing) and client base of growth-stage businesses, though operating at larger scale.
• Hawke Media: Full-service digital marketing agency offering strategy, branding, content production, media buying, and web development. Direct comparable to Frontspace across the same end-to-end service stack, but serving a broader mid-market and e-commerce client base at significantly larger scale.
• Ladder: Growth marketing agency providing strategy, creative, and media buying services for digital businesses. Comparable in offering performance-driven marketing execution and funnel optimization similar to Frontspace's service portfolio for online business clients.
• Disruptive Advertising: Performance-focused digital advertising and marketing agency. Comparable in offering performance-driven paid media, funnel optimization, and creative services similar to Frontspace's marketing execution and performance-based pricing philosophy.
• Cardone Ventures: Coaching-expert monetization firm helping entrepreneurs and sales professionals build digital training, content, and scalable business models. Direct comparable in target persona (established experts and coaches seeking to productize expertise into recurring revenue businesses).

Broad incumbents

• Digital Marketer: Long-established digital marketing education and agency services firm with comparable customer base of entrepreneurs and experts monetizing online. Broader scope includes training programs, certification, and tools marketplace in addition to agency services; serves as a broader incumbent in the expert-marketing space.
• WebFX: Large full-service digital marketing agency offering web design, SEO, content, and marketing services. Overlapping capabilities with Frontspace in web development and digital marketing, but operates at much larger scale across a broader client portfolio rather than expert-niche specialization.
• Copyblogger: Pioneering content marketing education and agency with deep roots in the expert-marketing space. Comparable in serving solopreneurs, authors, and thought leaders with content strategy, though broader in audience and incorporating educational publishing alongside agency services.
• Neil Patel Digital: Established digital marketing agency and content platform serving SMBs and entrepreneurs with SEO, content, and growth marketing services. Overlaps with Frontspace in serving expert/creator clients seeking to grow online, but operates as a broader-incumbent thought-leader-marketing brand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/frontspacemedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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