# Best Newsletters for Searchers

Deal flow and analysis in your inbox.

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/category/newsletter
Last checked: 2026-09-20

## Every Entry in This Category

### SMB Deal Hunter

Curated deals in your inbox each week.

- Pricing model: Freemium
- What it costs: Newsletter is free. SMB Deal Hunter+ (vendor upgrade page at app.smbdealhunter.xyz/upgrade): $99/month, or $990/year ("$82.50 / month (billed annually)", "Save $198 per year! Cancel anytime."); annual plan adds one personalized deal review by Helen Guo per quarter (claimed "$2000 value"). Caveat: that upgrade page carries a 2023 footer and may be a legacy offer. Pro program (pro.smbdealhunter.xyz): pricing not published, revealed only via an on-page video and a qualification call; page restricts it to first-time buyers with $50K+ liquid capital and promises to keep working 1:1 for free if you don't acquire in 6–12 months. A separate PRO tier is gated behind a booked call and publishes no price at all: its stated conditions are a first-time buyer with at least $50,000 of liquid capital, ready to start inside thirty days.
- Best for: First-time self-funded buyers early in their search who want a free, high-volume stream of pre-screened $500k–$5M listings to calibrate their buy box and learn deal-screening patterns. Not for searchers who need exclusive or proprietary deal flow: every listing goes out to a claimed 200,000+ subscribers.
- Website: https://www.smbdealhunter.xyz/
- Full review: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/smb-deal-hunter

### Big Deal Small Business

An operator's essays on buying and running.

- Pricing model: Free
- What it costs: Free in full; no paid tier is offered (bigdealsmallbusiness.substack.com, July 2026).
- Best for: Hearing what ownership actually feels like years after close, from a self-funded buyer still running the company
- Website: https://bigdealsmallbusiness.substack.com
- Full review: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/big-deal-small-business

### Chenmark Weekly Thoughts

Weekly essays from a holding company's founders.

- Pricing model: Free
- What it costs: Free; subscribe on the site, full archive open.
- Best for: A weekly dose of what the holdco path actually feels like, from people a decade in, without a course or community attached
- Website: https://chenmark.com/weekly-thoughts/
- Full review: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/chenmark-weekly-thoughts

### EBIT Community

Weekly deal-flow digests and searcher content.

- Pricing model: Freemium
- What it costs: Published now, where it was not: the Pro tier lists at $49 a month against $39 on the page's own offer, or $399 a year, with a free tier beside it and a thirty-day money-back guarantee. It screens to US businesses at $250,000 or more of annual cash flow.
- Best for: Self-funded searchers who want a steady feed of curated listings in the $1M to $5M range alongside practical financing content, without paying for a platform
- Website: https://ebitcommunity.com
- Full review: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/ebit-community

### The Business Inquirer

A weekly roundup of small-business M&A.

- Pricing model: Free
- What it costs: Free edition weekly; no paid tier is posted (thebusinessinquirer.substack.com, July 2026).
- Best for: Staying current on the SMB acquisition conversation in ten minutes a week without living on forums
- Website: https://thebusinessinquirer.substack.com/
- Full review: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/the-business-inquirer

### They Got Acquired

Coverage of online-business exits.

- Pricing model: Freemium
- What it costs: The Exit Playbook publishes its price now, on its own subdomain: $999 for twelve self-paced lessons with about six hours of instruction and templates, or $1,299 with an hour of one-to-one strategy. The course names sellers planning to exit between $500,000 and $50 million. The editorial side stays free.
- Best for: Calibrating how sub-$50M online businesses actually sell: who buys them, at what rough terms, and why, from the seller's side of the table
- Website: https://theygotacquired.com
- Full review: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/they-got-acquired

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