Empire Flippers
Listing MarketplacesA curated marketplace and brokerage for established online businesses (content, ecommerce, SaaS, Amazon FBA) that vets every listing before it publishes, requiring a 12-month track record and a minimum of $1,500 per month in net profit, and manages the sale through migration.
- Pricing
- Success fee, Free for buyers to browse; identity and funds verification unlocks full listing detail, and no buyer commission is published. Seller commission is tiered and published (empireflippers.com, July 2026): a $10,000 flat fee up to about $66,700 of sale price; 15% to $700,000; 8% on the portion from $700,000 to $5M; 2.5% above $5M. No listing or vetting fees are published.
- Best For
- Buyers whose thesis includes established online businesses in the low six to low seven figures who want pre-vetted financials and a managed transfer process rather than raw classifieds
- Roadmap Stages
- 5. Source Deals6. Screen & Value
Pros
- Every listing passes vetting with a 12-month track record and profit minimum, which removes much of the junk that plagues open marketplaces
- Published, predictable seller fee tiers; the vendor reports 2,645 deals sold
- Managed migration after purchase reduces the riskiest step of buying an online business
Cons
- Inventory is online-business only; poor fit for Main Street or SBA-financed theses
- Full listing details sit behind identity and funds verification, so casual browsing is limited
- The 15% mid-tier seller commission is high relative to traditional brokerage, which sellers price into asking multiples
- Firsthand searcher-community discussion is thin; most detailed reviews are broker-comparison sites with lead-gen incentives
What Searchers Say
Broadly regarded in online-acquisition circles as the most process-driven of the major online-business marketplaces, with vetting and managed migration the recurring praise across broker-review roundups (2025 to 2026). Recurring criticisms are strict listing criteria, fee levels, and valuation haircuts at intake. Discussion in SBA-searcher communities is limited because the inventory rarely fits SBA financing.