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Acquire.com

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Online marketplace for buying and selling profitable internet businesses — SaaS, ecommerce, agencies, newsletters, and content sites (expanded beyond SaaS-only in 2025). Buyers browse listings free and pay an annual membership to unlock financials and message sellers; the platform bundles LOI/APA document builders and free escrow through closing.

Pricing
Freemium — Buyer side (from acquire.com/pricing and help.acquire.com, July 2026): Basic is free (browse public listings only — no financials, no founder contact); Premium is $390/year billed annually, limited to startups up to $250k TTM revenue; Platinum is $780/year billed annually with access to listings of all sizes. Full refund within 7 days of initial paid plan; no pro-rated refunds after. Seller side (from acquire.com/seller-pricing): monthly listing fee plus success fee tiered by asking price — under $250k: $25/mo + 8% closing fee; $250k–$1M: $50/mo + 7%; over $1M: $100/mo + 6%; closing fee due only at a successful sale. "Guided by Acquire" advisory is included free for SaaS with $100k+ TTM revenue.
Best for
Searchers whose thesis specifically includes SaaS or other online businesses, especially in the roughly $100k–$1M asking range where inventory is deepest; a cheap secondary pipeline for anyone open to digital deals. Wrong tool for Main Street/brick-and-mortar searchers or those who will only look at $1M+ EBITDA companies.
Last verified
Jul 10, 2026 — pricing and status checked against primary sources
Roadmap stages
5. Source deals6. Screen & value

Pros

  • Cheap, transparent buyer-side pricing: $390–$780/yr flat with no buyer-side success fee — far below brokered or off-market sourcing costs
  • Largest curated inventory of profitable online/SaaS businesses, with standardized financials, seller vetting, and claimed $500M+ in closed deal volume; closings reportedly happening daily in 2026
  • Integrated transaction plumbing (LOI/APA builders, free escrow, guided workflow) — vendor data shows most deals that close do so within ~90 days
  • Free Basic tier lets you gauge inventory fit against your thesis before paying anything
  • Sellers get hands-on support (Trustpilot reviews are largely positive on the process), so listings tend to come with prepared financials and engaged founders

Cons

  • Inventory skews small and digital: third-party tracking puts average asking near $434k, and listings thin out sharply above $1M — searchers hunting $2M–$5M SBA-sized deals will find few fits
  • Young, asset-light online businesses are often awkward SBA 7(a) candidates (short operating history, owner-dependent, no hard assets), so many deals here close with cash or seller notes rather than the leverage a self-funded searcher wants
  • Heavy buyer competition — 500k+ registered buyers means attractive listings draw dozens of inquiries within days; there is nothing proprietary about this deal flow
  • The free tier is close to useless for real work (no financials, no founder contact), and anything above $250k TTM revenue requires the $780/yr Platinum tier
  • Deal quality is uneven; a Searchfunder commenter's take: 'a lot of undesirable deals to sift through'

What searchers say

Buyer-side sentiment among searchers is mixed but leans "cheap enough to try": a Searchfunder thread ("Is Acquire.com Premium/Platinum worth it?", posted ~mid-2025) drew one reply calling it "a drop in the bucket if you're serious about acquiring a tech or e-commerce company" and another warning of "a lot of undesirable deals to sift through." Reddit commenters rate listing quality above Flippa's. Seller-side reviews (Trustpilot, ~225 reviews, 2025–2026) are largely positive on support and speed — one 2025 seller closed a six-figure sale but felt "the fee was high, for value you get." The recurring seller complaint on founder forums (2025–2026) is tire-kicker buyers: high NDA volume with low LOI conversion and buyers ghosting mid-diligence — which, for a serious funds-verified buyer, cuts the other way. Sentiment specific to SBA-funded searchers is thin; the platform's community is mostly indie/micro-SaaS buyers and founders.

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