Flippa in 10 slides
The biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites, apps, and online businesses since 2009, with listing tiers plus a success fee.
- Website marketplace
- Website marketplaces
- Based in Melbourne, Australia
What you do on Flippa
How the money is made: selling digital products
- Make it once
- Upload and list it
- Buyers download it
- Royalties paid out
The biggest marketplace for buying and selling websites, apps, and online businesses since 2009, with listing tiers plus a success fee.
Founded 2009 · next to 7 other website marketplaces
Work and topics
Good for
What Flippa takes
$29-99 listing fee + 5-15% success fee
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign upListing fee (varies)
- Quick profile or ID reviewIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearEscrow funds released after buyer accepts transferred assets or the inspection p…
- First payout30+ days
Time to your first payout
2 ways to withdraw
- Bank transfer
- PayPal
Can you join?
Yes, if you are 18 or older.
You need a computer and reliable internet. Your profile and ID are reviewed before you start. First payout: 30+ days.
What you need
- 18 or olderMinimum age
- A computer
- Reliable internet
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- Listing fee (varies)Sign-up cost
- Quick profile or ID reviewHow sign-up works
What people actually earn
Flippa reports more than 450,000 completed sales of websites and online businesses since it launched in 2009.
Source: flippa.com ↗How it scores
Strong on access. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees3.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access4.3
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Open worldwide
- Clear fees
- 10 years running
Flippa against its peers
Guess: next to the 8 other website marketplaces that charge a percentage, is Flippa…
The cut of all 9 website marketplaces that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Acquire.com | 7% |
| Empire Flippers | 8.8% |
| Flippa | 10% |
| Sedo | 15% |
| Motion Invest | 17.5% |
| Afternic | 20% |
| GoDaddy Auctions | 20% |
| BrandBucket | 22.5% |
| Atom.com | 25% |
- At 5%–15%, Flippa takes a smaller cut than 6 of the 9 website marketplaces we track that charge a percentage fee (median 17.5%).
How much we know
We have 9 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts