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Acquire.com
An online marketplace where founders list a startup for sale and buyers contact them; it supplies tools for the offer letter, the contract and the escrow payment.
Price: To sell: US$25 a month to list, plus a closing fee of 8% of the sale price (asking price below US$250,000). To buy: browsing is free; paid membership from US$390 (read 13 October 2026)
Free plan: yes, limited
acquire.com
Who uses it, and for what
One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.
| Story | What it does there | When | Cost stated | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talknotes | Marketplace where the business was listed and sold for US$200,000 in cash. | since May 2024 | A | Acquire.com blog, 19 September 2024: Making $250k on His Second Sale on Acquire.com, Startup Acquisition Stories Ep #112 | |
| Formula Bot | Marketplace where the founder listed the business for sale in 2023, with an asking price of US$800,000. | since 2023 | B | Indie Hackers, 10 September 2023: Case study: Excel AI bot makes projected $164,850 profit in 12 months | |
| PDF.ai | Marketplace through which the founder bought the product, then called Looseleaf.ai, for US$20,000. | since May 2023, until May 2023 | B | Niall Doherty, 11 May 2023: Sold his app for $20K within 48 hours of launching | |
| CoCo AI | Marketplace for selling companies; it offered a low multiple, so the founders found the buyer themselves. From a machine-made interview summary. | C | YouTubeSummary: machine-made summary of the same interview | ||
| DimeADozen | Marketplace where the founders listed the business for sale; it also featured the listing in its newsletter in August 2023. | C | Indie Hackers, Mike Blumenthal, 14 October 2023: Concept to Cash: 6-Figure Exit in 6 months for DimeADozen AI | ||
| MakeLanding | Marketplace where the founder listed the business in October 2023 and found the buyer who paid US$35,000. | since October 2023 | C | The Fastlane Forum, 29 November 2023: I sold my AI tool for $35,000 (Reddit Post), a copy of the founder's post on Reddit r/Entrepreneur |
Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.
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