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Flippa

The original marketplace for online businesses

3.8Listing + success feesBest for Buyers screening high volumes of small digital assets
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Overview

Flippa, founded in 2009, is the largest open marketplace for buying and selling online businesses — SaaS, e-commerce stores, content sites, apps and domains. It pairs self-serve listings with AI buyer-matching, valuation tools and an optional broker network for larger assets. The trade-off of an open marketplace is breadth over curation: enormous deal flow at every price point, but diligence is entirely on the buyer.

Key features

  • Listings across SaaS, e-commerce, content, apps and domains
  • AI-powered buyer-seller matching
  • Integrated valuation engine and traffic/financial verification
  • Broker network for larger transactions
  • Escrow and legal templates in the deal flow

Pros

  • Unmatched listing volume across every asset type and size
  • Verified financial and traffic integrations reduce obvious fraud
  • Good hunting ground for cheap, fixable digital assets

Cons

  • Quality varies wildly — heavy diligence burden on buyers
  • Auction dynamics can inflate prices on hyped listings
  • Lower-end inventory is largely noise for institutional buyers

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