Flippa alternatives?

[ferero18]

Flippa prices are ridiculous. I don't mind paying a fee to list it, even % for sale, but there is a minimum of $29 + (3% or 10$ minimum whichever comes first)so basically $40 to list a website.

Do you know any good alternatives? Just to give an example of what I'm looking for - motioninvest is not really a good alternative, not much going on there, not very user friendly if you ask me, all in all just meh compared to Flippa.

 

[MKSKS]

Motion Invest
Empire Flippers

 

[aristocratic]

It depends how big you website is.

investors Club
Different FB groups.

 

[SUPREME.LEADER]

You can check out Motion Invest, Investors Club, MicroAcquire Marketplace.​

 

[ferero18]

It depends how big you website is.

investors Club
Different FB groups.

Small, no traffic, customer pays pretty much just for a website and not for something that has income

 

[aristocratic]

Small, no traffic, customer pays pretty much just for a website.

Then FB groups or here on BHW and other IM forums. You can sell them as starter sites.

 

[CreativeDesigner]

I looking for SaaS website/apps. Mounthly income should be 1-2K USD. Can anyone suggest me website by this info?

 

[ferero18]

Then FB groups or here on BHW and other IM forums. You can sell them as starter sites.

Nah I'm looking for an automated way of doing this - a marketplace like Flippa, don't want to look for customers for every single website I make on forums and creating threads for every website.

 

[aristocratic]

Nah I'm looking for an automated way of doing this - a marketplace like Flippa, don't want to look for customers for every single website I make on forums and creating threads for every website.

You dont need to create threads for every website.

I doubt there is a marketplace like flippa for started sites without traffic and earnings at all.

Anyways GL

 

[Boriss]

The Big Ones

Flippa - This is flea market #1. Largest amount of listings but absolutely no curation or due diligence done on any of the listings. Some sellers do connect their GA and Stripe accounts but not all. You really have to be careful here. Like in any flea market, you can find some great deals here but you'll have to spend a lot of time filtering. Listings include domain, content, SaaS, apps, ecommerce, and affiliate properties. Typical asking price is $1k - $1M. Today, this is the most popular platform to acquire a website.

SideProjectors - Flea market on the other side of town - #2. This is a marketplace where people sell their side-projects. It has a lot of listings and no vetting. You can find websites, blogs, ecommerce, SaaS, themes, plugins, and other types of projects. Some listings are looking for a co-founder. Typical pricing is < $10k.

IndieMaker - Flea market #3. Similar to SideProjectors but a bit higher quality of listings. You can buy any type of project here including websites, apps, code, domains, SaaS. Large selection but everything is DIY like the other two flea markets. Easy to browse, view listings, contact seller. Typical pricing is <$50k

BusinessesForSale - Founded in 1996. Claim to be the largest marketplace with ~57k listings. Listings includes online, brick & mortar, service, and franchise. They list businesses from many local and smaller brokers in addition to their own. Listing detail really depends on the broker. A lot of listings but they have features to help you sort through them. There is some vetting of the listings but not always reliable.

WebsiteClosers - Founded in 1998. Focus on website properties including ecommerce, affiliate/content. Most listings have a detailed qualitative writeup which is a nice feature. They'll help you with DD. Good case studies and resources. Typical asking price is $50k - $3M.

The Blue Chips

FE International - Founded in 2010, they provide broker and M&A advisory in US and UK. They do curate their listings and you'll see higher quality and higher valuations. Not a large marketplace but includes content, ecommerce, SaaS, and affiliate properties. Typical asking price is $10k - $5M. Not many DIY features but they'll help you with any questions and acquisition. Excellent blog and other resources. Full service brokerage.

Empire Flippers - Curated collection of listings including ecommerce, content, and affiliate properties. Not a large marketplace (~80 listings) but easy to use with clear listings and data. You won't find starter websites here. Feels like they price their listings higher than other brokers but they do offer higher quality listings. Full-service brokerage. Typical listing is $50k - $2M.

Quiet Light Brokerage - Highly curated collection of listings. Typically has 3 - 8 listings at any given time. Can find ecommerce, affiliate, and SaaS properties. Typical listing price is > $1M. White glove service as they'll help you source, negotiate, and acquire a listing. Excellent podcast.

Motion Invest - Vetted marketplace of content/affiliate websites. Spencer Haws of Niche Pursuits is a co-founder. Easy to use with a lot of detail in the listings. Typically has 3 - 10 listings priced anywhere from $5k - $200k.

Investors Club - Vetted listings with good detail. You have to become verified to view full listing details. Focus is on content/affiliate websites.

Latona's - Vetted cash-flow positive online businesses. Wide variety of listings including content/affiliate, ecommerce, domain, lead gen, membership, SaaS. Does have overlap with some other marketplaces. Typical listing is $300k+. Good blog and podcast.

SMERGERS - Vetted marketplace of middle market businesses. Over 6,000 listings including online and offline businesses globally. Some listings are looking for investment or debt. Full service brokerage. Great resources and blog.

Niche

Fameswap - Instagram accounts & YouTube channels.

Shopify Exchange - Shopify. As the name implies, this is a Shopify owned marketplace. All data is verified directly from Shopify.

SwiftExits - Shopify. Pre-launch currently.

Blogs for Sale - Blogs.

Letterxchange - Newsletters. Not sure how this marketplace is doing as I've only seen one listing here.

Duuce - Newsletters. Unless I'm missing something, this is the largest newsletter marketplace right now.

MicroAcquire - SaaS. They started with a focus on SaaS but I do think they've expanded their listings in the last few months. Costs $250/year to subscribe but worth it if you're really in the market for a business. I've purchased a business here and it was a smooth transaction.

bizdaq - UK. Includes online and offline.

DotMarket - France. Mainly websites.

AIM Digital Group - UK. Not a lot of listings but they'll help you source a deal.

AppBusinessBrokers- Apps.

Fliptopia - Apps. Owned by Apptopia.

SellMyApp - Apps.

Afternic / DomainMarket / Sedo / Odys - Domains

Expired Domains - Domains. Search engine for expired domains.

Others

• Centurica - this one is an aggregator from all the other marketplaces. They do offer due diligence and M&A advisory.
• Whobal
• Trustiu
• Digital Exits
• Website Properties
• Bizbroker24
• BizBuySell
• BusinessBroker.net
• Transferslot
• BizQuest
• Acquisition Station
• Acquisitions Direct
• BizEx
• w3 Business Advisors
• Hekkup
• PrivSource - middle market M&A

Facebook Groups & Communities

• The Business Inquirer (our community)
• MicroAcquire - by MicroAcquire
• The Website Flip - by subscriber Mushfiq S. Subscribe to his excellent newsletter.
• Shopify Flips
• Flipping Websites - by Investors Club
• Website Flipping Community
• Niche Website Flippers
• namePros - for domains
• DNForum - for domains
• Domain Names - for domains.

The best deals can be sourced by directly contacting the potential seller without using a brokerage/marketplace. This isn't something you'll read in any of the blog posts on brokerage websites.

Source: Reddit

 

[Hilal]

The Big Ones

Flippa - This is flea market #1. Largest amount of listings but absolutely no curation or due diligence done on any of the listings. Some sellers do connect their GA and Stripe accounts but not all. You really have to be careful here. Like in any flea market, you can find some great deals here but you'll have to spend a lot of time filtering. Listings include domain, content, SaaS, apps, ecommerce, and affiliate properties. Typical asking price is $1k - $1M. Today, this is the most popular platform to acquire a website.

SideProjectors - Flea market on the other side of town - #2. This is a marketplace where people sell their side-projects. It has a lot of listings and no vetting. You can find websites, blogs, ecommerce, SaaS, themes, plugins, and other types of projects. Some listings are looking for a co-founder. Typical pricing is < $10k.

IndieMaker - Flea market #3. Similar to SideProjectors but a bit higher quality of listings. You can buy any type of project here including websites, apps, code, domains, SaaS. Large selection but everything is DIY like the other two flea markets. Easy to browse, view listings, contact seller. Typical pricing is <$50k

BusinessesForSale - Founded in 1996. Claim to be the largest marketplace with ~57k listings. Listings includes online, brick & mortar, service, and franchise. They list businesses from many local and smaller brokers in addition to their own. Listing detail really depends on the broker. A lot of listings but they have features to help you sort through them. There is some vetting of the listings but not always reliable.

WebsiteClosers - Founded in 1998. Focus on website properties including ecommerce, affiliate/content. Most listings have a detailed qualitative writeup which is a nice feature. They'll help you with DD. Good case studies and resources. Typical asking price is $50k - $3M.

The Blue Chips

FE International - Founded in 2010, they provide broker and M&A advisory in US and UK. They do curate their listings and you'll see higher quality and higher valuations. Not a large marketplace but includes content, ecommerce, SaaS, and affiliate properties. Typical asking price is $10k - $5M. Not many DIY features but they'll help you with any questions and acquisition. Excellent blog and other resources. Full service brokerage.

Empire Flippers - Curated collection of listings including ecommerce, content, and affiliate properties. Not a large marketplace (~80 listings) but easy to use with clear listings and data. You won't find starter websites here. Feels like they price their listings higher than other brokers but they do offer higher quality listings. Full-service brokerage. Typical listing is $50k - $2M.

Quiet Light Brokerage - Highly curated collection of listings. Typically has 3 - 8 listings at any given time. Can find ecommerce, affiliate, and SaaS properties. Typical listing price is > $1M. White glove service as they'll help you source, negotiate, and acquire a listing. Excellent podcast.

Motion Invest - Vetted marketplace of content/affiliate websites. Spencer Haws of Niche Pursuits is a co-founder. Easy to use with a lot of detail in the listings. Typically has 3 - 10 listings priced anywhere from $5k - $200k.

Investors Club - Vetted listings with good detail. You have to become verified to view full listing details. Focus is on content/affiliate websites.

Latona's - Vetted cash-flow positive online businesses. Wide variety of listings including content/affiliate, ecommerce, domain, lead gen, membership, SaaS. Does have overlap with some other marketplaces. Typical listing is $300k+. Good blog and podcast.

SMERGERS - Vetted marketplace of middle market businesses. Over 6,000 listings including online and offline businesses globally. Some listings are looking for investment or debt. Full service brokerage. Great resources and blog.

Niche

Fameswap - Instagram accounts & YouTube channels.

Shopify Exchange - Shopify. As the name implies, this is a Shopify owned marketplace. All data is verified directly from Shopify.

SwiftExits - Shopify. Pre-launch currently.

Blogs for Sale - Blogs.

Letterxchange - Newsletters. Not sure how this marketplace is doing as I've only seen one listing here.

Duuce - Newsletters. Unless I'm missing something, this is the largest newsletter marketplace right now.

MicroAcquire - SaaS. They started with a focus on SaaS but I do think they've expanded their listings in the last few months. Costs $250/year to subscribe but worth it if you're really in the market for a business. I've purchased a business here and it was a smooth transaction.

bizdaq - UK. Includes online and offline.

DotMarket - France. Mainly websites.

AIM Digital Group - UK. Not a lot of listings but they'll help you source a deal.

AppBusinessBrokers- Apps.

Fliptopia - Apps. Owned by Apptopia.

SellMyApp - Apps.

Afternic / DomainMarket / Sedo / Odys - Domains

Expired Domains - Domains. Search engine for expired domains.

Others

• Centurica - this one is an aggregator from all the other marketplaces. They do offer due diligence and M&A advisory.
• Whobal
• Trustiu
• Digital Exits
• Website Properties
• Bizbroker24
• BizBuySell
• BusinessBroker.net
• Transferslot
• BizQuest
• Acquisition Station
• Acquisitions Direct
• BizEx
• w3 Business Advisors
• Hekkup
• PrivSource - middle market M&A

Facebook Groups & Communities

• The Business Inquirer (our community)
• MicroAcquire - by MicroAcquire
• The Website Flip - by subscriber Mushfiq S. Subscribe to his excellent newsletter.
• Shopify Flips
• Flipping Websites - by Investors Club
• Website Flipping Community
• Niche Website Flippers
• namePros - for domains
• DNForum - for domains
• Domain Names - for domains.

The best deals can be sourced by directly contacting the potential seller without using a brokerage/marketplace. This isn't something you'll read in any of the blog posts on brokerage websites.

Source: Reddit

Thank you very much for this giant reply.
I heard also the tip to contact the potential seller directly...is there any approach how to contact them, ask for "data" and based on that I can give an offer?
Will they not say: "Why should I give my sales data to any stranger?"

 

[Boriss]

Thank you very much for this giant reply.
I heard also the tip to contact the potential seller directly...is there any approach how to contact them, ask for "data" and based on that I can give an offer?
Will they not say: "Why should I give my sales data to any stranger?"

Hey @Hilal ,

If you go contact the seller directly, you can do it like this:

• Search on web directories, forums or use SimilarWeb to find the website/s you want to purchase.
• Contact the website owner in a professional way, using your email: [email protected] or other email. It's up to you. I'm just pointing out how it will look professional; giving you more chances to succeed.
• Use the attached NDA. Be sure to replace Your Company with your name or company name. You can edit the PDF or change the format to Word document - then edit, and convert back to PDF.

Here is a VirusTotal link, proof that the file isn't infected:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fd349face33449c5abbfc973e85db9d6df517a44e282c7273ca9697e675c576d?nocache=1

You can write an email like this; to the "Sellers":

######
Hey,

Nice to meet you.

My name is John Doe, from XYZ company - we specialize in helping YYY with ZZZ issues.

I've stumbled on your website after a Google search, and it caught my eyes. We have a $x,xxx - $xx,xxx budget and are looking to purchase websites like yours.

I'd like to discuss more details about your website. Feel free to review the attached NDA so we can get started.

Thank you!

Warm regards,
John Doe
######

The above email can be generated with AI tools like ChatGPT. You're prompt must be good though.

Wishing you good luck!

 

[indianaffiliate285]

Private fb groups are best options while can opt for escrow or middle man services for the deal

 

[globolsales]

I looking for SaaS website/apps. Mounthly income should be 1-2K USD. Can anyone suggest me website by this info?

We have site that earns $25k a month. Do you have enough funds?

 

[nolifelinker]

anyone ever used niche investors?

 

[Chris.A]

I think you could check out Empire Flippers or FE International as alternatives to Flippa because I heard that they also have solid reputations in buying and selling websites.

 

[MarkMusk]

Empire Flippers is the best

 

[Mark Eternally]

@Boriss, great Reddit find!

Here is the thing about selling domains and businesses ... you should have something of value to your buyer. I have been a "boutique domain broker" for over a quarter of a century. [sits back and cries a few tears] You should go where your customer is. Figuring out where that is exactly is what tends to elude most people. In my experience, most people have low quality domains and they incorrectly think they are going to put their kids through college by selling their domain(s). In the boutique domain broker realm a lot of what I do is managing expectations.

This is from another thread post I just made:

OPTION A
1) Develop websites with useful and relevant content on each domain. This basically means, treat each domain like an independent business and start working it.
2) Related to Step 1, market each domain.
3) Sell the business/domain.

OPTION B
1) Develop a landing page for the domain.
1.a) OPTIONALLY: Include a generic counter if you want to show how much traffic the site is generating (not a good idea if it is a slow domain).
1.b) OPTIONALLY: Include information related to current SEO data specific to the domain.
2) Sell the domain.

OPTION C
1) Establish yourself as a domain broker by creating your own business for this, complete with your own domain (which you are not selling ... yet).
2) Redirect all of your domains to your brokerage site.
2.a) You can redirect them blindly, as in just point them to your domainbroker.tld domain.
2.b) You can redirect them strategically, as in point them to their own sale page within your domain. For example, redirect grwngems.com to domainbroker.tld/grwngems-com.html where you can place your pitch, price, contact info, et cetera, specific to that domain.
2.c) Include "campaign" tracking information in the URL redirect. For example redirect to grwngems.com to domainbroker.tld/grwngems-com.html?src=grwngems.com or whatever you may use.

There are other options.

For you I would remind of you of OPTION C, then I would add:

OPTION D
1) Be prepared to pay a commission for the sale of your property, since you are not going to do it yourself.
2) Post your domain on as many markets as you can ethically do so.
3) Sell your domain.

You should determine what your investment is and then what you want to get out of it. If a domain costs you $10/yr and $40 to list, and 10% of your sale price, then you need to be sure you will make the amount of money you want from that. $10 + $40 = $50. If you sell it for $1,000, then they get $100. I forget if they still charge you the $40 or not, but let's pretend they do ... then you are grossing $1,000 - $10 registration - $40 listing fee - $100 sales commission fee = $850 net. In this example, would that be worthwhile? If you say yes, then bite the proverbial bullet and do it. If you say no, revisit OPTION A, B or C, maybe even D, or "E".

Be sure to treat it more like a business than a quick money scheme. There are a lot of facets to selling domains. It is not always an easy flip.

Good luck to you!

 

[noneisnone]

all the options mentioned are not viable considering you are looking to sell starter websites only few can fit your need most of the marketplaces require a good revenue to be able to list with them!
flippa is the best option right now the second would be Forums/Facebook groups!

 

[Mark Eternally]

all the options mentioned are not viable considering you are looking to sell starter websites only few can fit your need most of the marketplaces require a good revenue to be able to list with them!
flippa is the best option right now the second would be Forums/Facebook groups!

Did you even read the options?

You are repeating at least two of the options listed that just I mentioned. Meanwhile @Boriss is over there dropping the alternative list to end all alternative lists.