9 Best Flippa Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Paid)

What is Flippa, and why look elsewhere?

Flippa

Marketplace for buying and selling online businesses: domains, content sites, ecommerce stores, apps and SaaS, sold by auction or classified listing.

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Flippa is one of the oldest and broadest marketplaces for online businesses. Founded in 2009, it lists everything from a single domain name to a seven-figure ecommerce store, with SaaS, mobile apps, content sites and newsletters in between, and it carries a very large number of listings at any time. If you want the widest possible audience for a listing, it is a sensible default. It is also why many sellers and buyers end up looking for an alternative:

• Breadth cuts both ways. A small SaaS sits next to dropshipping stores, expired domains and starter sites, and buyers who want a startup have to dig for it.
• Fees on both sides. Flippa charges sellers to list and takes a success fee on the sale, and buyers pay for some features too. The exact structure has changed several times, so check its pricing page before you rely on any number, including the ones on this page.
• Lighter vetting than a brokered marketplace. Flippa offers verified metrics and integrations, but the work of checking a listing largely falls on the buyer. A brokered marketplace does that work before the listing goes live.
• Micro projects get squeezed. On a $2,000 deal, any listing cost or success fee is a large share of the money, and a free board with direct contact makes more sense.

How we picked these Flippa alternatives

We compared each marketplace on the things people actually leave Flippa over: what it costs to list and to sell, who the buyers are, the typical deal size, and whether anyone vets the listings or holds the money in escrow. Uneed runs its own free for-sale board; we list it first because it is free, and we say plainly what it does not do. Several marketplaces below are also launched on Uneed by their makers; inclusion and ranking are editorial and not paid. Fees were read on each marketplace's own pricing page on September 15, 2026; they change often, so check the pricing page before you list.

Top Flippa Alternatives

Here are the 9 best alternatives to Flippa in 2026, ranked by how well they serve a maker selling a small online business, or a buyer looking for one.

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1. Uneed For Sale

Uneed's free for-sale board: makers who launched on Uneed list their product with an asking price, TTM revenue and profit, team size and tech stack, and buyers message them directly.

The zero-cost option. There is no listing fee and no commission, so a $3,000 project keeps $3,000. In exchange you get no escrow, no vetting and a smaller buyer pool than the big marketplaces: it works for micro projects where a middleman would eat the deal.

Pros

• Free: no listing fee, no commission, no subscription
• Buyers contact you directly, no broker in between
• Listing shows asking price, TTM revenue and profit, team and stack
• Your launch page, votes and reviews double as due diligence

Cons

• No escrow: you handle payment and transfer yourself
• No vetting of listings or buyers
• Smaller buyer pool than Acquire.com or Flippa
• Best for micro projects, not six-figure businesses

Micro projects and small SaaSListing: FreeCommission: None

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2. Acquire.com

The startup-focused marketplace formerly known as MicroAcquire: SaaS, ecommerce, agencies and other online businesses, with a large pool of registered buyers and a review step before a listing goes live.

The default place to sell a SaaS with real revenue. Listings are reviewed, buyers can be verified, and the whole flow is built around startups rather than domains and content sites. Sellers pay a monthly listing fee plus a closing fee; buyers browse for free or pay from $390 for the premium membership.

Pros

• Built for SaaS and startups, not domains
• Largest pool of startup buyers of any marketplace here
• Listings are reviewed before publication
• Escrow and legal templates in the closing flow

Cons

• $25 a month to keep a listing up, plus 8% at closing under $250k
• Small projects get little attention next to bigger listings
• The review step adds a delay before your listing is live

SaaS with real revenueListing: $25/month (under $250k asking), $50/month to $1M, $100/month aboveCommission: 8% closing fee under $250k, 7% to $1M, 6% above

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3. Empire Flippers

A curated brokerage rather than an open marketplace: every business is vetted before it is listed, and the team runs the sale from valuation to migration.

The managed option. You trade a higher fee and minimum size requirements for a process someone else runs, verified financials and buyers who came for a serious deal. Not for side projects.

Pros

• Every listing is vetted before it goes live
• Full service: valuation, listing, negotiation, migration
• Serious buyers, verified financials
• Strong track record with content and ecommerce businesses

Cons

• Minimum $24,000 a year in net profit and 12 months of history
• The commission is a real share of the sale: $10,000 flat on small deals, 15% up to $700k
• Slower, more formal process than a marketplace

Established businessesListing: None ("no listing fees")Commission: $10,000 flat up to $66,666, 15% to $700k, 8% above, 2.5% above $5M

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4. Microns

A curated marketplace for micro-startups that also sends its listings to a newsletter of buyers, so a listing reaches inboxes rather than waiting to be found.

The distribution angle is the point: instead of hoping a buyer browses to your listing, Microns emails it to people who signed up to buy. Listings are curated, which keeps the quality up and the volume down.

Pros

• Curated micro-startup listings
• Listings are emailed to a buyer newsletter
• Startup-focused, no domains or content-site noise

Cons

• Commission of 10% on the sale (8% from $10k, 6% from $100k)
• Smaller marketplace than Acquire.com
• Payment handling is included, but escrow is not named as such

Micro-startups with some revenueListing: FreeCommission: 10% from $1k, 8% from $10k, 6% from $100k

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5. SideProjectors

A long-running marketplace for side projects of every kind: domains, unfinished apps, small SaaS, and projects the maker simply wants to hand over.

The no-frills classifieds board of the indie world. Anything goes, which means quality varies a lot, but for a project you would otherwise shut down it is a cheap way to find it a new owner.

Pros

• Accepts anything from a domain to a full product
• Simple listing, low barrier
• Long-running, well known among indie makers

Cons

• No vetting, listing quality varies a lot
• No escrow or transaction support
• Interface shows its age

Projects you would otherwise shut downListing: Free (paid featured placements)Commission: None

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6. Little Exits

The marketplace formerly known as Tiny Acquisitions (rebranded in 2023): small online businesses and side projects under $100k, positioned between the free boards and the startup marketplaces.

Where the deals Acquire.com grew out of ended up. A middle ground for projects that are too small for Acquire.com and too real for a classifieds board: small SaaS, tools and content projects with a bit of revenue. Buyers pay to see the financials ($9.99 for a 7-day sneak peek, or a subscription), which filters out the tourists.

Pros

• Made for the small deals other marketplaces ignore
• Simple listing flow
• Buyers pay for data access, so inquiries tend to be serious

Cons

• Smaller audience than the big marketplaces
• Seller fees are not published on the site: ask before listing
• Escrow to arrange yourself

Small projects with some revenueListing: Not published (buyers pay from $9.99 for data access)Commission: Not published

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7. LetterTrader

The newsletter marketplace formerly known as Duuce (rebuilt as LetterTrader in 2025): buyers see subscriber counts and engagement rather than SaaS metrics, and sellers reach people who want to run a newsletter.

The specialist. If you are selling a newsletter, the buyers on a general marketplace do not know how to read your numbers; here they do. The site vets both sides and holds the funds in escrow during the transfer.

Pros

• Newsletters only, so buyers understand the metrics
• Listing built around subscribers and engagement
• Escrow and verified transfer included

Cons

• Newsletters only
• Smaller buyer pool
• Fees are not published on the site: the terms mention listing fees and a commission, ask before listing

NewslettersListing: Not publishedCommission: Not published (a commission exists per their terms)

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8. Buy Sell Startups

A marketplace for buying and selling startups and online businesses, launched on Uneed by its makers.

A newer, smaller marketplace with a straightforward pitch: one flat fee to list, no commission, and buyers browse and message for free. Worth adding to a multi-marketplace listing strategy for the extra audience.

Pros

• Startup-focused listings
• Simple, fast to list
• Launched and reviewed on Uneed

Cons

• Smaller audience than the established marketplaces
• $29 per listing unless you add their badge to your site
• Escrow to arrange yourself

Extra reach for a startup listingListing: $29 one-time per listing (free with their badge on your site)Commission: None

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9. Buy Startups

A marketplace for small startups and online businesses, launched on Uneed by its makers.

Another small marketplace to add to the list when you want your listing in more than one place: no listing fee, no commission. The audience is smaller, and so is the competition for attention.

Pros

• Startup-focused listings
• Low competition for attention
• Launched and reviewed on Uneed

Cons

• Smaller audience than the established marketplaces
• No vetting of listings or buyers
• Escrow to arrange yourself

Extra reach for a startup listingListing: FreeCommission: None

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Flippa Alternatives: Fees Comparison (2026)

What each marketplace charges to list and to sell, who it is for and what happens to the money. Flippa is included as the baseline. Every figure was read on the marketplace's own pricing page or seller FAQ; where a marketplace does not publish a number, the cell says "Not published" rather than guessing.

List prices checked on September 15, 2026 on each marketplace's public pricing page or seller FAQ. Most marketplaces change their fee structure without notice and several bill buyers rather than sellers, so treat this table as a map, not a quote.

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Acquire.com alternatives: how it compares

Acquire.com is the marketplace most makers name first when they think about selling a SaaS, and for a business with real recurring revenue it is usually the right call: the buyer pool is the largest of any startup-focused marketplace, listings are reviewed before they go live, and the closing flow includes escrow and legal templates. The reasons to look at an Acquire.com alternative are narrower than the reasons to leave Flippa:

• Your project is too small. A $1,500 side project gets little attention next to listings with six figures of ARR. Uneed For Sale, Little Exits (formerly Tiny Acquisitions) and Microns are built for that end of the market.
• You want someone to run the sale. Acquire.com is a marketplace, not a broker. Empire Flippers vets, lists, negotiates and migrates for you, at a higher fee and with minimum size requirements.
• You are selling a newsletter, not a SaaS. LetterTrader shows buyers the metrics that matter for a newsletter, subscribers and open rates, instead of MRR and churn.
• You do not want to pay to list or to be listed. Acquire.com's pricing has changed more than once, and depending on the period, sellers, buyers or both have paid. Check the current model. Uneed's board is free on both sides.

MicroAcquire alternatives (MicroAcquire is now Acquire.com)

If you are searching for MicroAcquire alternatives, start by knowing that MicroAcquire no longer exists under that name: the marketplace rebranded to Acquire.com in 2023 and moved to acquire.com. The product is the same company, the listings are the same listings, and everything in the section above applies. The original MicroAcquire launch page on Uneed is still there, and it shows what the marketplace looked like when it launched with a focus on micro-startups.

That focus is the thing people miss. MicroAcquire started as a place for very small SaaS deals, and as it grew into Acquire.com, the average listing grew with it. The alternatives that took over the micro-SaaS end of the market are Little Exits, Microns and free boards like Uneed's.

Which Flippa alternative should you choose?

The deal size decides most of it:

• Under $10,000, or no revenue yet: a fee-free board is the only thing that makes sense, because any commission is a large share of the money. List on Uneed For Sale and, if you want a second audience, Little Exits or SideProjectors.
• $10,000 to $100,000, with revenue: Acquire.com for the buyer pool, Microns for a curated audience that receives listings by email, and the Uneed board in parallel since it costs nothing.
• Six figures and up, with clean books: Empire Flippers if you want a brokered process, Acquire.com if you are comfortable running the sale yourself. Flippa remains an option here too, especially for content and ecommerce businesses.
• A newsletter: LetterTrader first, then the general marketplaces.
• Buying rather than selling: the more vetting a marketplace does, the more you pay for it in the price. Free boards and micro marketplaces reward buyers who do their own diligence.

How to price your listing

Whichever marketplace you pick, the asking price should come from the numbers, not from what the project feels like it is worth. Small SaaS businesses typically sell at 2x to 4x ARR, or roughly 25x to 50x monthly profit, adjusted for growth, churn, age and size. Our free SaaS valuation calculator turns your MRR, margin, growth and churn into a low, mid and high range and shows every multiple it used, so you can defend the price when a buyer asks.

How to list your product for sale on Uneed

1. Launch or claim your product. The listing lives on your product's launch page. If you have not launched on Uneed yet, submit your product; if it is already listed by someone else, claim it from its page.
2. Open the sell page. From your products, open the product and go to its sell page.
3. Fill in the asking price and the metrics. Asking price, TTM revenue and profit, monthly numbers, date founded, team size, tech stack and why you are selling. The listing goes live on the for-sale board, and buyers press "Contact the seller" to message you directly.

Our verdict: the best Flippa alternative

For a SaaS with real recurring revenue, Acquire.com is the best Flippa alternative: the biggest pool of startup buyers, reviewed listings and a closing flow with escrow. For an established business where you would rather pay for a managed process, Empire Flippers is the brokered option. For a micro project, a side project or anything under $10,000, do not pay anyone: list it for free on Uneed, add Little Exits or SideProjectors for reach, and handle the transfer yourself. Flippa itself is still worth a look for content sites and ecommerce stores, where its breadth is an advantage rather than noise.

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