Flippa Alternatives to Buy or Sell an Online Business

Flippa is still a working marketplace for buying and selling websites, apps, SaaS products, e-commerce stores and domains. Its pricing page lists self-service listing packages from $29 for 60 days up to $699 for six months, plus a success fee that starts at 5% when the business sells. Buyers can browse free or pay $49 a month for Flippa Premium. On Trustpilot it scores 4.3 from 3,313 reviews, with 18% of them one-star.

Sellers usually look elsewhere for a smaller crowd of serious buyers. Buyers look for more screening before a listing goes live. The six options below go from self-service marketplaces to full brokers, and their fees are very different. Every price was read on the vendor's own site on November 6, 2026.

A note on risk. Fake revenue screenshots, borrowed traffic and accounts that cannot be transferred show up on every marketplace, not just Flippa. Ask for read-only access to analytics, payment processors and ad accounts, use escrow, and do not pay outside the platform.

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Quick comparison

Acquire.com

Acquire.com is built around startups and SaaS rather than ad-supported content sites. Sellers pay a monthly listing fee and a closing fee only if the deal completes. The seller pricing page sets both by asking price, and Acquire pays the escrow cost. A free valuation tool is offered for SaaS.

Buyers can browse public listings free. A paid membership adds founder contact, detailed financials and traffic data, and AI-assisted diligence and closing documents. Premium covers startups priced up to $250K and Platinum covers any size, per the buyer pricing page. Profitable SaaS companies with at least $100K in trailing twelve-month revenue can ask for a guided sale instead.

Best for: SaaS founders selling a product with recurring revenue, and buyers shopping for one.

Pricing:

• Seller, asking price below $250K: $25 per month plus 8% at close
• $250K to $1M: $50 per month plus 7%
• Above $1M: $100 per month plus 6%
• Buyer Basic: free; buyer membership from $390
• Guided by Acquire: no public price

Watch out for:

• The listing fee runs every month the business is live, sold or not, per the seller pricing page.
• Buyer memberships cannot be refunded after the first seven days, and there are no pro-rated refunds.

Official site: Acquire.com.

Empire Flippers

Flippa lets almost anyone list. Empire Flippers does the opposite and screens each business before buyers see it. Its seller page asks for at least $24,000 a year in net profit and 12 months of earnings history. Ad, affiliate and Amazon Associates sites must have been on the same domain for the past 12 months, and service businesses need most of their income from more than one client.

The same page reports 2,684 businesses sold and an average of 129 days to sale. It also says two or more signs of manipulation, such as search penalties, deleted accounts or 301 redirects, mean an instant rejection.

Best for: Sellers with a profitable content, e-commerce or SaaS business who want a screened buyer pool.

Pricing:

• No listing fee shown
• Sale up to $66,666.66: $10,000 flat
• $66,666.66 to $700,000: 15%
• $700,000 to $5,000,000: 8% on that portion
• Above $5,000,000: 2.5% on that portion

Watch out for:

• A small site is a poor fit. The $10,000 minimum commission is 20% of a $50,000 sale, and businesses under $24,000 a year in profit are not accepted.
• Sellers sign a two-month exclusivity period, so you cannot list on Flippa at the same time.

Official site: Empire Flippers.

Microns

Microns covers the bottom end of Flippa's market: micro-SaaS products, mobile apps, browser extensions and small e-commerce stores. The latest listings on its homepage asked between $1,000 and $220,000 on November 6, 2026, and the recently sold ones closed between $1,000 and $5,000.

Listing is free for sellers, who pay a commission only after a sale. Buyers on the free plan see deal flow five days late. Premium removes that delay and adds private listing details, real-time chat with sellers and 30 days of post-sale support from the seller, per the pricing page.

Best for: Side-project founders selling a small app or tool, and first-time buyers with a small budget.

Pricing:

• Seller: free account and listings
• Commission on sale: 10% from $1K, 8% from $10K, 6% from $100K asking price
• Buyer Free: $0, deal flow on a 5-day delay
• Buyer Premium: $40 per month or $299 per year

Watch out for:

• The homepage description says "zero commission", but the pricing page charges sellers 6% to 10%.
• The pricing page says it does not give refunds on buyer subscriptions.

Official site: Microns.

FE International

FE International is an M&A advisory firm, not a listing site. Its homepage says it handles the sale of SaaS, e-commerce and content businesses, with buy-side work in cybersecurity, fintech and edtech. It claims more than 1,500 exits since 2010 with a combined value of over $50 billion.

An adviser values the business, prepares the documents, markets it to buyers privately and runs the negotiation. Securities work goes through its broker-dealer subsidiary, FE Capital Markets LLC.

Best for: Founders of larger SaaS or online businesses who want an adviser to run a private sale.

Pricing:

• No public price: the site offers a free valuation and a contact form

Watch out for:

• Fees and minimum deal size are not published, so you only learn the cost after a valuation call.
• The 94.1% success rate on the homepage is not defined, so it is hard to compare with other brokers.

Official site: FE International.

Quiet Light

Quiet Light Brokerage sells online businesses through named advisers, with SaaS, Amazon stores and agencies, and websites in its listings. The deals skew large. Recent listings on its homepage asked between about $2.2 million and $6.84 million on revenue of $1.28 million to $1.58 million.

The firm says more than 85% of its listings sell within 90 days. Sellers start with a free valuation and marketplace-readiness review, and Quiet Light offers to sign an NDA before that call.

Best for: Owners of an online business earning several hundred thousand dollars a year who want a broker.

Pricing:

• No public price: fees are not listed on the site

Watch out for:

• It is not a place to sell a $5,000 site. The current listings start in the millions.
• Without published fees, you have to compare quotes from several brokers yourself.

Official site: Quiet Light.

BizBuySell

BizBuySell is a classifieds site for businesses of every kind, and it takes no commission. The listing FAQ says it charges only advertising fees and is not a brokerage. You buy a 3, 6 or 12-month listing, and buyers contact you directly.

Most of its listings are established offline businesses, and the FAQ adds that business assets and real estate can be advertised too. That makes it useful when the online business has a physical side, such as a store with a warehouse.

Best for: Sellers who want to keep the whole sale price and handle buyers, escrow and paperwork themselves.

Pricing:

• Basic: $74.95 per month on a 6-month term
• Showcase: $99.95 per month
• Diamond: $199.95 per month
• 3-month terms cost more per month, 12-month terms less; no commission

Watch out for:

• Listings roll on month to month at the full rate after the term ends until you cancel.
• There is no screening, escrow or deal support, so all due diligence falls on you.

Official site: BizBuySell.

How to choose

When to stay with Flippa

Flippa is still the widest market for small digital assets. If you are selling a domain, a young content site or an app with little profit, most of the vetted options above will turn it down, and Flippa's $29 entry listing costs less than the brokers and Empire Flippers. Buyers who do their own checks also see more deal flow there than anywhere else on this list. Read the recent one-star reviews about slow brokers and renewal fees before choosing a managed package.

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