Best Places to Sell Your Startup or Micro-SaaS in 2026

Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) is the largest startup acquisition marketplace, built specifically for founders selling bootstrapped businesses. Founded in 2020 by Andrew Gazdecki and backed by $6.4M from Bessemer Venture Partners, the platform connects sellers with 500,000+ verified buyers. Every listing goes through a curation process—only about 45% of submissions make it live—and sellers can connect Stripe and Google Analytics for verified metrics.

Acquire.com has become the default exit path for bootstrapped founders. Well-priced startups attract 25+ buyer requests within 48 hours of listing. The platform handles everything from LOI drafting to purchase agreements, and their legal team helps minimize tax exposure. Listings are anonymous by default, so your customers and competitors won't know you're selling until you choose to reveal your identity to qualified buyers. Most deals close within 90 days.

TrustMRR started as a verified revenue database—a direct response to the epidemic of fake MRR screenshots on Twitter/X. It has since expanded into a startup acquisition marketplace where every listed business has its revenue verified through live API connections to Stripe, LemonSqueezy, or Polar. With 842+ startups and over $1.2B in combined verified revenue, it's the only marketplace where buyers can trust that the numbers are real.

The biggest risk in buying a startup is fake or inflated revenue numbers. TrustMRR eliminates this entirely—revenue data is pulled directly from payment processors and updated hourly. For sellers, this means higher buyer confidence and faster deals. You can even list anonymously, showing only revenue metrics while hiding your name, website, and description until a buyer submits a serious offer.

Microns.io is the go-to marketplace for selling small startups, side projects, and micro-SaaS businesses priced between $300 and $100,000. Founded by Ilya Novohatskyi, the platform has facilitated nearly $400K in startup sales and charges absolutely zero commission. It's free to list, free to sell, and the typical deal closes in 30 days or less. Transfer by Microns, their built-in escrow service, handles secure fund transfers.

Most marketplaces either charge hefty commissions or cater to businesses making $50K+ annually. Microns fills the gap for indie hackers who want to sell a Chrome extension, Shopify app, newsletter, or side project for a few thousand dollars. The zero-commission model means you keep every dollar. The buyer pool skews heavily toward first-time founders, indie makers, and serial micro-acquirers—people who actually close small deals.

Flippa is the OG of online business marketplaces. Founded in 2009, it has built a community of over 1.5 million verified buyers and sellers. Unlike niche platforms, Flippa lists everything—SaaS, e-commerce, content sites, apps, domains, and even "projects and concepts" (pre-revenue ideas). The platform offers self-service listings starting at $29 and optional brokered deals for larger transactions.

Flippa's sheer size is its advantage. With 1.5M+ users, you get maximum eyeballs on your listing. The platform also offers a due diligence and verification service (starting at $1,000) for buyers who want independent assessments. The downside: quality varies wildly. Because Flippa is more open than curated platforms like Acquire.com, you'll compete alongside lower-quality listings—and success fees of 3–10% eat into your proceeds.

BuySellStartups.com is a free startup acquisition marketplace built as a direct response to the high fees charged by other platforms. Founded by an indie maker who was frustrated with commission-heavy alternatives, the platform charges 0% commission for both buyers and sellers. With 10,000+ qualified buyers, entrepreneurs, and investors in its community, it focuses on micro-startups and bootstrapped businesses.

Most marketplaces charge either listing fees, success fees, or both. BuySellStartups charges neither. You can list your startup, connect with buyers, and close the deal without paying a cent. The platform also runs a newsletter featuring startups for sale, giving your listing additional exposure beyond the marketplace itself. Deals can close in as little as seven days. It's the purest "Craigslist for startups" on this list.

IndieMaker (formerly 1Kprojects) is a curated marketplace where bootstrapped founders buy and sell side-hustles, micro-SaaS products, and small digital businesses from $1K to $250K. The platform explicitly welcomes vibe-coded projects, experimental products, and pre-revenue ideas—as long as they're functional and have a live demo. It's the most founder-friendly marketplace on this list.

Most marketplaces reject pre-revenue projects. IndieMaker doesn't. If you built something interesting over a weekend, shipped it, got some traction but lost motivation—IndieMaker is where you turn that abandoned project into cash instead of letting it rot in your GitHub. The buyer pool is indie makers who want to buy projects and grow them, not private equity firms looking for perfect financials.

SideProjectors is a community marketplace where developers can sell, buy, and showcase side projects. It supports three listing types: selling established projects, seeking co-founders, or showcasing to the community. All listings go through a review process, and the platform has a strong community feel where users share tips and connect. Think of it as the Craigslist of the indie project world—open, informal, and community-driven.

SideProjectors won't get you the highest price, but it gets your project in front of the right people with zero friction. There's no fancy onboarding, no strict revenue requirements, and no commission. It's the place to list if you want to maximize directory coverage or find a co-founder to take over a project you've abandoned. The community is full of developers who buy projects to learn, experiment, or grow.

Reddit hosts several active communities where founders buy and sell startups, side projects, and micro-SaaS businesses. The key subreddits are r/saasforsale (7,300+ members dedicated to buying/selling SaaS businesses), r/SideProject (100K+ members where you can showcase projects for sale), r/MicroSaaS (50K+ members focused on small SaaS products), and r/Entrepreneur (2M+ members where acquisition threads regularly surface).

Reddit is the only channel on this list where you can sell directly to a community of builders who are already engaged and asking questions. There are no listing fees, no commissions, and no approval process. Posts in r/saasforsale regularly attract DMs from serious buyers within hours. The downside: there's no escrow, no vetting, and you handle everything yourself. Use escrow.com for secure transactions and always verify buyers before sharing sensitive data.

Empire Flippers is an Inc. 5000 brokerage that has sold over $530M worth of online businesses since 2013. They operate as a curated marketplace with strict vetting—they reject the majority of businesses that apply. Every listed business is already profitable, verified, and comes with a dedicated migration team that handles the transfer at no extra cost. SaaS businesses typically command 3–5x annual revenue multiples on the platform.

If your startup is making $50K+ annually, a broker like Empire Flippers will almost certainly get you a better price than a self-service marketplace. Their 94.1% selling success rate speaks for itself. They handle everything—valuation, listing, buyer vetting, negotiations, due diligence, legal, and migration. The trade-off is their tiered commission: 15% on sales up to $700K, 8% on $700K–$5M, and 2.5% above $5M.

Quiet Light is an advisor-led brokerage founded in 2007 where every team member has personally built, bought, or sold an online business. They specialize in six and seven-figure exits across SaaS, e-commerce, and content businesses. Their "Four Pillars of Value" framework—Growth, Risk, Transferability, and Documentation—guides their valuation process, and 47% of their listings sell at or above asking price.

Quiet Light is the brokerage you go to when your exit is worth planning. Their advisors aren't salespeople—they're former founders who understand the technical, financial, and emotional aspects of selling a business you built from scratch. 85% of listings sell within 90 days, and nearly half sell at or above asking. Their fee starts at 10% for smaller deals and decreases as the sale price increases. Free valuations help you understand what your business is actually worth before you commit.

FE International is a specialist M&A advisory firm that has completed 1,500+ acquisitions with a 94.1% success rate. They focus exclusively on SaaS, e-commerce, and content businesses, typically handling deals valued in the millions. Their in-house legal team drafts LOIs, purchase agreements, and handles due diligence—no outside lawyers needed. Most deals close in under three months.

FE International is the premium option on this list. If your SaaS is doing $500K+ in revenue, they'll get you the best possible price and handle every aspect of the transaction. Their fee is negotiated per deal (not publicly listed), but you get white-glove service in return: targeted marketing to their buyer network, full legal support, and a process refined over 1,500+ completed exits. For indie hackers who've built something substantial, this is the exit partner that maximizes value.