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Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by ebellity »

ezekg wrote: post #2

Do you have an overall budget for this? And on this topic -- does anyone know of a place where profitable businesses can be sold? I know of places like https://1kprojects.com/ and similar sites but the listings are not exactly "businesses."

Yes - about $70k

I know of 1kprojects, Transferslot, flippa, empire flippers and FE international but it's a bit hard to sort through everything to find quality products

Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by dyeje »

ezekg wrote: post #2

Do you have an overall budget for this? And on this topic -- does anyone know of a place where profitable businesses can be sold? I know of places like https://1kprojects.com/ and similar sites but the listings are not exactly "businesses."

I thought this had been discussed before and was able to find a thread about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9588901

Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by codegeek »

ebellity wrote: post #3
ezekg wrote: post #2

Do you have an overall budget for this? And on this topic -- does anyone know of a place where profitable businesses can be sold? I know of places like https://1kprojects.com/ and similar sites but the listings are not exactly "businesses."

Yes - about $70k I know of 1kprojects, Transferslot, flippa, empire flippers and FE international but it's a bit hard to sort through everything to find quality products

The problem is that if it is a really good quality product that ALSO makes some revenue, I doubt people are looking to sell on those sites. You have to go hunt yourself. Once in a while, you may be able to find a Gem on those sites but yea, most are not worth the time/money unfortunately if you are looking for something more than a simple side project.

Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by ezekg »

codegeek wrote: post #5
ebellity wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes - about $70k I know of 1kprojects, Transferslot, flippa, empire flippers and FE international but it's a bit hard to sort through everything to find quality products

The problem is that if it is a really good quality product that ALSO makes some revenue, I doubt people are looking to sell on those sites. You have to go hunt yourself. Once in a while, you may be able to find a Gem on those sites but yea, most are not worth the time/money unfortunately if you are looking for something more than a simple side project.

FWIW I have multiple revenue generating businesses that I'd be open to selling for the right price, but IMO there's nowhere to list them that warrants my attention. I don't want to list my business alongside bunch of $0/MRR side projects asking $10k.

Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by ezekg »

dyeje wrote: post #4
ezekg wrote: post #2

Do you have an overall budget for this? And on this topic -- does anyone know of a place where profitable businesses can be sold? I know of places like https://1kprojects.com/ and similar sites but the listings are not exactly "businesses."

I thought this had been discussed before and was able to find a thread about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9588901

Good thread. Wonder if it'd be worth a similar thread for 2019?

Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by throw03172019 »

ezekg wrote: post #2

Do you have an overall budget for this? And on this topic -- does anyone know of a place where profitable businesses can be sold? I know of places like https://1kprojects.com/ and similar sites but the listings are not exactly "businesses."

I call BS on most of these. $900/MRR and the buy price is $600? Come on...

Re: I'm looking to buy a small SaaS business

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Post by itake »

ebellity wrote: post #3
ezekg wrote: post #2

Do you have an overall budget for this? And on this topic -- does anyone know of a place where profitable businesses can be sold? I know of places like https://1kprojects.com/ and similar sites but the listings are not exactly "businesses."

Yes - about $70k I know of 1kprojects, Transferslot, flippa, empire flippers and FE international but it's a bit hard to sort through everything to find quality products

It might be worth reaching out to the site owners and cold emailing products you find interesting, but are not currently maintained well.
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