The best startups are bought not sold. MicroAcquire helps startups find buyers. Simple as that. We’ll help you start conversations that lead to an acquisition. Free. Private. No middlemen.
Hey Hunters, excited to share MicroAcquire!
After having two startups acquired, I decided to help other bootstrapped founders build the right relationships to take their entrepreneurial career to the next level. The result is MicroAcquire!
My goal is to help bootstrapped startups start conversations that lead to an acquisition. Completely free. Simple as that.
Connect your key metrics via ChartMogul, Recurly, Stripe, Baremetrics, or PayPal and get eyes on your startup instantly. Skip the headaches and get straight to the conversation.
For startups: https://microacquire.com/sellers/
For buyers: https://microacquire.com/buyers/
Also, I made MicroAcquire for fun as a side project. I even have MicroAcquire for sale within the marketplace. Take that business world! :)
Feedback welcomed! Thanks everyone!
@kehers Thanks for the comment! At this point in time, each user is manually verified to ensure quality on both sides of the marketplace. You can only register as either a buyer or seller, but not both. I can see this being a use case though! Appreciate the feedback!
@andrewgazdecki I have started multiple million dollar high revenue shopify stores is this the right place to find buyers too? I use flippa and was thinking this could be a great place let me know!
@andrewgazdecki@alottascott Hey Scott, yes, we are seeing some acquisitions in the double-digit millions so there's definitely an appetite there from our serious buyer pool. I would recommend you create a listing on MicroAcquire and feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any questions- roger@microacquire.com. Cheers!
I listed my SaaS A few weeks ago and was approved by Andrew in just a few hours. I’ve received eight connections from potential buyers and have talked to three of them. There’s definitely some interest very quickly and I attribute all of this to MicroAcquire.
Hey @andrewgazdecki - Excited to see the product. I signed up on the website a while ago but still waiting to receive email confirmation note. Checked spam as well.
@salil_sethi Hey Salil, ah sorry about that and thanks for letting me know. Going to upgrade the email sending service for sure. I've just gone ahead and verified your account so you should be good to go. Cheers and thanks for the support!
@andrewgazdecki - it still takes me to complete-signup page with the note - "We have sent you an email confirmation. Check your inbox and confirm your email."
@salil_sethi Hmmm strange, want to shoot me an email (andrew@microacquire.com)? More than happy to help! I can see your account as verified on the admin end (I think it's you at least) but want to verify I'm looking at the correct email without sharing it here. :)
Looks promising.
"You won't see the list with start-ups until your Admin approves your profile." This message is not clear to me. Is it referring to site admin?
This looks great, but as a seller, I can't understand all the questions. Some simple tooltips would really help. Until then, I can't complete my submission.
@lincolnwdaniel Hey Lincoln, really appreciate the feedback and I agree that the onboarding process can absolutely be improved. Will definitely add tool tips!
As for your questions, "Financial / Founding" generally means have you raised any debt? Or money from investors? Are you the sole owner of the company?
"Growth opportunities" would be ways you feel a new potential owner could grow your startup should they decide to acquire it. This is a great area for you to point out potential opportunities a new owner could capitalize on.
This is absolutely a brilliant idea Andrew. I have a question for you my friend buys 6, 7 and 8 figure companies and think this could be a good fit. WIll you incorporate a referral network into this? ?makers
@jaketital Hey Jake, thanks I really appreciate it! Right now the marketplace is free for everyone (both buyers & sellers) so unfortunately don't have a referral network at this time. I think that's a great idea for the future though! If you think of any other feedback please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly. Cheers bud!
Awesome product by a seasoned entrepreneur who's personal experience was start for this product! Love how it is put together! Hell, maybe I'll sell something soon here ;)
@andrewgazdecki congrats on your launch, signing up as a buyer. Just a heads up, the email confirmation email went to junk (might want to check your SPF, DKMI, etc. settings)
@jimt1277 Appreciate the support Jim! I built MicroAcquire with Google Firebase. And I completely agree! I have a thesis that we'll be seeing way more bootstrapped acquisitions than venture backed acquisitions over the next few years with the rise of the indie / maker movement. Excited to contribute to making this trend a reality for other entrepreneurs! :)
MicroAcquire is one of the best side project selling tools I've come across. It's very well designed and a breeze to list projects. Andrew is super helpful and responsive. I recommend checking it out - I'll always list my projects here.
@balindenberg Ah you're the best Brett! Happy to help find you an acquirer! Thank you so much for the kind words & support! Congrats on all your success dude! 🙌🙌
Listed a product a few weeks ago for sale and got lot's of interest. Decided against selling but it's really nice to know this is a easy and straightforward process to find buyers.
This seems like a nice product, I am waiting for verification.
In the mean time, please allow me to be critical of the onboarding process which, I believe, needs to be rethought:
- I need to see some material before I signup as a buyer, at least be able to search your database without the startup names shown.
- This applies as well for a seller because as a seller of anything (my fridge, bike, car, startup), the first thing I’ll do is look at the current market
- Which leads to the choice you offer with only two options (I’m a buyer / I’m a seller), this needs to go away as this will create issues in your project down the line because you’ll have a people register twice as both.
- This is very unusual nowadays to see manual validation. You could also validate automatically by default and restrain the user from doing certain things and when a user is manually validated by you he has full access.
- Last but not least, it seems I am forced to give my personal information before I can do anything (I’m a buyer), this is a big no for me, I don’t want to give you qualified personal data so easily, for all I know you could be a spammer, and now you’d have my full name, email, LinkedIn profile, linked to a qualified lead as a “startup investor” of some sort. So I just think it’s too early in the process to ask personal data.
Please take this as critical feedback, I’d like to see MicroAcquire succeed! Good luck :)
@romainbarissat All valid points Romain, really appreciate the critical feedback more than you! I truly hope to build this platform with entrepreneurs and for entrepreneurs!
@romainbarissat@andrewgazdecki +1 on what Romain said. Setting up a 'Buyer' profile has loads of friction. You should reward the users in some-way after they've confirmed their emails... maybe you can show the first 5 results or ask users to complete their profile if they click on one of the listings. However, without that instant gratification, it's super easy for someone to lose interest and close the tab. Good luck! :)
Looks great, congrats guys! I went through your landing page and left some thoughts here in context, hope its useful :) https://app.usebubbles.com/vcUGg...
I need at least 8 symbols? "Invalid password format: should be at least 8 symbols, including English letters (with one capital letter), digits, special characters."
@bbhart Hey Brian, try a password with one capitalize letter, number, and special character. If you still have any issues feel free to email me directly. Thanks for checking out MicroAcquire!
@ozgr_shn Hmmmm strange, so far we've seen about 2000+ people sign up since launch so it may be some small issue. Any chance you could email me directly? I would be happy to help! Thanks so much for letting me know!
Hey @andrewgazdecki, do you do anything to help sellers figure out a sensible asking price for their company?
Thinking particularly about early stage companies without a track record of stable revenue growth etc.
Hey @andrewgazdecki, congratulations for MicroAcquire.
Wanted to ask
How will ensure the authenticity of sellers?
Buyers need to be ensured that a thorough background check is done on the sellers.
@rahulvats Hey Rahul, each seller is manually verified by me before approving them onto the marketplace. Also most startups within MicroAcquire have revenue verified via Stripe, ChartMogul, or Baremetrics but I recommend doing regular due diligence on startups you may be interested in acquiring.
I can vouch for this. Andrew provides a very friendly and personal service to everyone. I've listed my startup a month ago and received quite a few offers.
MicroAcquire is one of the only sites I would endorse for buying/selling companies/products. I love what Andrew did with Bizness Apps and a huge fan of MicroAcquire's simplicity and UX. I joined a few weeks ago and already in discussions with a couple of potential acquisition deals. Love the product so far!
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