Standard
Free
- Listed on the marketplace
- Transparency score from your own connections
- Anonymized public profile
- Degressive success fee at closing, nothing before
Fees
You pay nothing until you are paid.
Listing is free at launch. At closing, a degressive success fee: 8% on the first $25k, 6% up to $75k, 4% up to $150k, with a $500 minimum. Founding sellers (the first 50 API-verified listings) pay a flat 5% on their first sale. We cover the Escrow.com fee. The buyer pays nothing. No subscriptions, nothing that keeps billing after your listing is paused.
Seller success fee
4% to 8% at closing
- Degressive: 8% on the first $25k, 6% up to $75k, 4% up to $150k. A $500 minimum applies (exactly 5% at $10k).
- Taken inside escrow at closing, never before.
- Escrow.com fees come out of our cut, not yours.
A $50,000 sale is $3,500 (7% effective). Compare Flippa (10%, $5,000, plus a $49 listing and a $199 NDA option) or Empire Flippers (15%). Listing here is free at launch; Featured at $99 is the only extra, and that is the whole cost.
- First $25k at 8%
- $2,000
- $25k to $75k at 6%
- $1,500
- Success fee (7.0% effective)
- $3,500
- Escrow fee
- Included, we pay it
- You net
- $46,500
- Founding sellers: 5% flat
- net $47,500
For the first 50 API-verified listings, on your first sale. Then standard degressive rates.
Listing tiers
Featured
$99one-time
- Everything in Standard
- Featured slot on the homepage and marketplace
- Manual buyer matching from our buyer list
- Priority review and transfer support
Standard is free while we fill the catalog: your API verification is the entry filter, not a fee. Featured is a one-time option. The success fee is the same either way.
How we compare
Competitor fees verified 6 July 2026 (their own pricing pages). Sources in our research notes.
| Platform | Seller fee | Buyer | Escrow | Listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TrustExits | 5% founding, then 4% to 8% | $0 | Included, we pay it | Free at launch, Featured $99 |
| Flippa | 10% success fee | $0, Premium $49/mo | Paid by parties (from 1.2%) | $49 for $10-50k, +$199 NDA |
| Empire Flippers | 15% under $700k, min $10,000 | $0 | Included | Free, exclusivity required |
| Acquire.com | 6% to 8% | $390 to $780/yr | Included | $25 to $100/mo |
| dotmarket.eu | 6% (12% to 6% M&A) | 288-792 EUR/yr sub + 10% | External lawyers (CARPA) | Free, 91% rejected |
Total friction on a $30k deal: TrustExits is one seller fee (~$1,800-2,300), buyer $0, escrow included. Flippa is 10% + $49 listing + $199 NDA + escrow on the parties. Dotmarket is ~16% (6% from the seller plus a 288-792 EUR buyer subscription and 10% from the buyer). The buyer paying nothing is why offers here come in higher.
Why not deal direct
You could close off-platform to save the fee. Here is the trade. Doing it alone means a private asset purchase agreement from a lawyer ($1,500 to $3,000) plus setting up escrow yourselves, and the buyer carries the full fraud risk while the seller carries the full non-payment risk. Our fee already includes escrow, the APA generator, verified numbers, counterparty qualification, and transfer support. On a $25,000 deal that is a rational trade for both sides.
Deals started on TrustExits are meant to close on {siteName}. See our terms.