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Quick Facts
| Platform | Nomador — second largest house sitting platform globally |
| What changed | New logo and homepage redesign |
| Best region | France and French-speaking countries |
| Housesitting Listings | Approximately 1,200 actual house sits at any given time |
| Pricing | Unchanged from previous version |
| Link to Nomador | Nomador |
| Verdict on the logo | Looks like Airbnb mixed with a pink ribbon — too similar to both |
| Verdict on the site | Cleaner, more modern, more inviting — a genuine improvement |
Nomador quietly launched a redesigned website and a new logo in 2026. If you blinked, you might have missed it. Or, as happened to me, you might have had a Nomador tab open in your browser, minimised it, and then spent a moment truly unsure what website you were looking at. The new logo in a small tab looks like it could belong to a feminine care brand. I am not being unkind. That is just what it looks like.
I have been following Nomador as the only platform I would recommend for France-focused house sitting alongside TrustedHouseSitters. This article is my honest first impression of the rebrand: what I think works, what I think does not, and what I truly wish Nomador would do with the platform they already have.
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The Logo: An Honest Assessment
The new Nomador logo is a single shape in light pink. Minimal, clean, one colour. I understand the design thinking. Minimalism is the dominant direction for modern brand identities and it works for many platforms. The logo is apparently intended to represent the nose and mouth of a dog, which in the context of a pet and home sitting platform is conceptually sound.
The problem is that it does not read as a dog nose. It reads as a pink ribbon. Or, if you know the Airbnb visual language, it reads as an Airbnb derivative.
The Airbnb logo. Pink, rounded, simple. Is one of the most recognisable brand marks in the accommodation space. Nomador has landed in the same visual territory with a shape that is just similar enough to create confusion rather than distinction. The pink ribbon association brings additional baggage: breast cancer awareness uses exactly this visual shorthand. When I first opened the new site in another tab, I minimised it and truly thought I had accidentally opened something completely unrelated to house sitting.
I like the simplicity of the approach. Minimalist logos can be extremely effective when the shape is truly distinctive. This one is not distinctive enough. It gets lost between two much larger, more widely recognised visual identities. For a platform trying to grow market share against TrustedHouseSitters, a logo that creates confusion about what the brand is is a significant problem at exactly the wrong moment in their growth trajectory.
The concept behind it is good. The execution needed more differentiation.
The New Homepage: What Actually Works
The homepage redesign is a different story. Here, Nomador has made real improvements.
The layout is clean and inviting. Strong photography, good typography, sensible use of colour, and a search bar positioned prominently above the fold. Someone arriving at the Nomador homepage for the first time would immediately understand what the platform does. That clarity was not always as strong on the previous version. First impressions on the homepage are significantly better.
The statistics displayed are impressive: 50,000+ stays facilitated since 2015. That is a meaningful number for a platform that is primarily focused on one country and its surrounding regions. It communicates longevity and scale.
However, the "3,000+ stays available" figure on the homepage is misleading, and this matters.
Nomador has a stopover feature which allows hosts to offer their home for a single night rather than a full house sit. Many of the listings counted in that 3,000+ figure are stopovers, not actual house sits. A sitter arriving on the homepage and seeing 3,000+ available stays will naturally assume these are house sitting opportunities. They are not. The actual number of genuine house sits available at any given time is closer to 1,200. The gap between the headline number and the reality is significant enough to frustrate potential members who sign up expecting thousands of house sitting opportunities and find the actual pool much smaller.
This is not a deliberate deception. Stopovers are a legitimate feature. But the homepage presentation conflates two different things. A new visitor has no way of knowing the distinction. It would be a simple and honest fix to separate the numbers: "X house sits available" and "Y stopovers available" displayed separately.
What Has Not Changed
The backend of the platform appears to be substantially the same as before the redesign. The search, listing display, and sitter profiles have not been significantly updated. This is fine. The core functionality was workable. But there is one recurring issue that remains unaddressed.
Expired listings continue to show in public search results. When a sit date has passed and the listing is closed, it remains visible rather than being archived or hidden. This clutters the search experience with unavailable sits. For a sitter searching for current opportunities, filtering past expired listings is a minor but persistent friction that should not exist. Once a listing is closed, it should be removed from public search results. The information can still exist in the database for review purposes without being surfaced to someone actively looking for sits.
What Nomador Actually Gets Right
Before this reads as entirely critical, it is worth being clear about what Nomador does well.
It is the dominant platform for France. If you are house sitting in France, Nomador is the platform where French homeowners list. The volume of French listings on Nomador far exceeds what TrustedHouseSitters carries in the same country. For anyone planning to house sit in France specifically, Nomador is the right primary platform. That position is truly valuable and not easily replicated.
The platform also extends into other French-speaking markets. Belgium, Switzerland, Canada. Where THS coverage is thinner. For linguistically and culturally French travel, Nomador's coverage is unmatched.
The pricing is reasonable. Plans start at €34 for 3 months which is among the most affordable in the house sitting platform space. See our full house sitting platforms guide for how it compares.
The Bigger Picture: What Nomador Should Do Next
This is the part that goes beyond the rebrand.
The house sitting market is growing at approximately 11% per year. TrustedHouseSitters introduced a booking fee in 2025 that was truly controversial in the community. There was a real window where a competitor could have capitalised on that frustration and drawn a significant portion of the THS community toward an alternative.
Nomador did not capitalise on it. Not because the platform is bad, but because it lacks the ecosystem mechanics that make THS sticky even when its members are unhappy.
THS has a referral programme. When you refer someone and they join, you get extended membership. The compounding nature of referral credits means that active THS members have a tangible personal stake in THS growing. Every referral is two months of free membership. And two months extra is two months of a lifestyle that is already producing tens of thousands of euros in accommodation savings. The emotional hook is: "imagine where we could be in three years." That is not a marketing line. That is what it actually feels like to watch the credits accumulate.
Nomador has no referral programme. It has no affiliate programme that meaningfully incentivises content creators and bloggers to write about it. THS dominates the SEO landscape for house sitting content partly because every person who earns referral credits from THS has a financial motivation to recommend it, link to it, and talk about it. I am writing about Nomador here because I cover all major platforms. But there is no economic reason for me to do so, and most content creators will follow the economic incentive. That is why THS gets the coverage and Nomador does not.
The other gap: Nomador does not have a dedicated mobile app. TrustedHouseSitters has an app with push notifications that alerts you when a new listing appears in a saved search. In a market where desirable sits. Particularly in France, which is Nomador's core market. Fill quickly, real-time notifications are the difference between getting the sit and missing it. A web browser does not send push notifications. An app does.
If Nomador built a proper mobile app with saved search alerts, launched a referral programme with truly compelling rewards, and introduced an affiliate scheme that made it economically worthwhile for bloggers and content creators to write about it, the 1,200 listings currently available could double and triple within a manageable period. The platform is already established, already trusted in its market, and already has the infrastructure. The growth mechanics are the missing piece.
I will be sitting heavily through France with Caro earlier next year when we return to the road in November. At that point, Nomador becomes our primary platform. I will be reviewing it in much more depth then. The search, the application process, the homeowner communication, the full experience. That article will come from direct, current use rather than an analysis from the outside. Watch for it.
Conclusion
The new Nomador website is better than the old one. Cleaner, more inviting, more professional on the homepage. The redesign achieves what a homepage redesign should achieve.
The logo is a problem. It reads as Airbnb or as a pink ribbon, not as a distinctive house sitting brand identity. For a platform trying to differentiate itself in a growing market, a logo that causes confusion is the opposite of what is needed.
The deeper opportunity is unchanged by the redesign. Nomador is already the dominant French house sitting platform. The path to becoming a genuine global competitor to THS is not a new logo. It is a mobile app, a referral programme, and an affiliate ecosystem that gives the house sitting community a reason to talk about it.
Competition is good for everyone in this market. Homeowners benefit from more sitters. Sitters benefit from more sits. Platform features improve when there is pressure to improve them. I want Nomador to succeed. The ingredients are there.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Nomador?
Nomador is the second largest house sitting platform globally and the dominant platform for France. It connects homeowners with sitters for home and pet care in exchange for free accommodation. Approximately 1,200 genuine house sits are available at any given time, with the majority in France and French-speaking countries. See our house sitting platforms guide for a full comparison.
Has Nomador changed its pricing with the new rebrand?
No. Pricing is unchanged. Plans start from approximately €34 for 3 months. The rebrand was a visual and homepage redesign rather than a structural platform change. For the most current pricing, check the platform directly via our Nomador link.
Is Nomador better than TrustedHouseSitters?
For France, yes. For everywhere else, TrustedHouseSitters has significantly more listings. Nomador is the specialist for French and French-speaking markets. THS has broader global coverage and a stronger mobile app and notification system. Our TrustedHouseSitters alternatives guide covers the full comparison.
Does Nomador have a mobile app?
Not a dedicated mobile app with push notifications. This is one of the platform's most significant gaps relative to TrustedHouseSitters. Without real-time notifications, sitters can miss desirable listings. Particularly relevant in France where good sits fill quickly.
