Acquire.com pricing, read firsthand August 2026
Acquire.com fees: seller pricing, the 6% to 8% closing fee, and what buyer membership actually costs
Acquire.com charges sellers two things: a monthly listing fee and a closing fee taken when the business sells. The listing fee is $25 a month if you are asking under $250,000, $50 a month from $250,000 to $1M, and $100 a month above $1M. The closing fee runs the other way, 8% under $250,000, 7% from $250,000 to $1M, and 6% above $1M. Escrow is included at no extra charge. Those figures were read on Acquire.com's own seller pricing page in August 2026.
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The buyer side is where their pricing gets harder to pin down, and it is worth spelling out. Acquire.com's pricing page says paid membership starts at $390 and names two tiers, Premium and Platinum, without attaching a price to either. Their own help center does publish the numbers: Premium is $390 per year and Platinum is $780 per year, billed annually, with refunds unavailable after seven days and no proration on cancellation. Premium covers startups asking up to $250,000; Platinum covers every size. The tables below work the seller cost out in dollars at ten sale prices and compare it against Flippa and against us. Buyouts is a competing marketplace, so read the comparison with that in mind: at most deal sizes Acquire.com is cheaper than Empire Flippers and cheaper than Flippa, and we say so.
Sellers pay a small monthly listing fee plus a closing fee of 6% to 8% by asking price. Buyers can browse free, but seeing financials and contacting founders costs $390 or $780 a year.
Every tier, worked out in dollars
What Acquire.com actually costs a seller at ten sale prices
The published listing and closing fees applied to real sale prices, assuming a three-month listing, with the effective percentage and what reaches the seller. Escrow is included by Acquire.com, so there is no separate rail cost to add.
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| Sale price | Listing plan | Closing fee | Listing cost, 3 months | Total cost | Effective rate | Seller receives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | $25 a month | 8%, $1,600 | $75 | $1,675 | 8.4% | $18,325 |
| $30,000 | $25 a month | 8%, $2,400 | $75 | $2,475 | 8.3% | $27,525 |
| $50,000 | $25 a month | 8%, $4,000 | $75 | $4,075 | 8.2% | $45,925 |
| $100,000 | $25 a month | 8%, $8,000 | $75 | $8,075 | 8.1% | $91,925 |
| $150,000 | $25 a month | 8%, $12,000 | $75 | $12,075 | 8.1% | $137,925 |
| $250,000 | $50 a month | 7%, $17,500 | $150 | $17,650 | 7.1% | $232,350 |
| $500,000 | $50 a month | 7%, $35,000 | $150 | $35,150 | 7.0% | $464,850 |
| $1,000,000 | $50 a month | 7%, $70,000 | $150 | $70,150 | 7.0% | $929,850 |
| $2,000,000 | $100 a month | 6%, $120,000 | $300 | $120,300 | 6.0% | $1,879,700 |
| $5,000,000 | $100 a month | 6%, $300,000 | $300 | $300,300 | 6.0% | $4,699,700 |
Listing and closing fees read firsthand on acquire.com/seller-pricing in August 2026. The listing fee is charged monthly, so the three-month assumption is ours, not theirs: list for longer and the fee grows by $25, $50 or $100 a month. Tier boundaries are published as ranges that touch, so the $250,000 and $1,000,000 rows sit exactly on a boundary and are shown at the lower closing rate; confirm which side of the line you fall on before you list. Figures exclude legal fees and tax, which Acquire.com does not publish.
Side by side
What a $150,000 SaaS sale costs on each platform
A fair look at what each does well. Both are useful. Here is where they differ.
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| Feature | Buyouts | Acquire.com | Flippa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront or recurring listing fee | $149, $499 or $1,500 one-off by tier | $25, $50 or $100 a month while listed, by asking price | $29 to $699 one-off by band and package, non-refundable |
| Fee at close | 5%, 4% or 3% depending on listing tier | 8% under $250k, 7% to $1M, 6% above $1M | 10% across every published band |
| Total on a $150,000 sale | About $6,499 on the $499 tier at 4% | About $12,075 with a three-month listing | About $16,929 with Standard plus Escrow.com at 1.2% |
| Total on a $30,000 sale | About $1,649 on the $149 tier at 5% | About $2,475 with a three-month listing | About $3,409 with the Standard package |
| Cost if it never sells | The listing tier fee only | The monthly fee for every month you stay listed | The full listing fee, non-refundable |
| Escrow | Escrow-backed close included | Included free, stated on their seller pricing page | FlippaPay from 1% or Escrow.com from 1.2%, billed separately |
| What buyers pay | $99, $299 or $899 a month by membership tier | Free to browse; $390 or $780 a year to see financials and contact founders | Free to browse; Premium $49 a month or $388 a year |
| Exclusivity required | None. List where you like | None published | None |
| What the platform verifies | MRR, ARR, growth and churn verified before listing | Metrics synced from connected accounts; buyers are vetted | Vets stated financials above $50,000 |
| Asset focus | AI SaaS only | Startups and SaaS, mostly small and bootstrapped | Websites, domains, apps, ecommerce and SaaS |
| Guided or brokered option | Self-serve with verified listings | Guided by Acquire, for $100k+ revenue only; price not published | Not offered |
Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each marketplace for the latest. Trademarks belong to their owners.
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The closing fee falls as the price rises
Acquire.com runs its percentages the opposite way to most brokers: the bigger the deal, the lower the rate. Eight percent under $250,000, seven percent to $1M, six percent above that. Because the listing fee is only $25 to $100 a month, it barely moves the total, so the effective rate lands within a tenth of a point of the headline percentage at every size we modeled. That predictability is the honest strength of their pricing, and it is unusual.
The monthly listing fee is the number to watch
A closing fee only bites if you sell. The listing fee bills every month whether you sell or not, and Acquire.com states you stop it by permanently unlisting the business. Three months at $25 is trivial. A year at $100 while a $1.5M asking price finds no buyer is $1,200 of pure sunk cost. Price realistically, or the recurring line quietly becomes the expensive part of a listing that never closes.
Buyer membership prices are published, just not on the pricing page
Acquire.com's pricing page names Premium and Platinum but says only that paid membership starts at $390. Their help center is more specific: Premium is $390 per year, Platinum is $780 per year, both billed annually. Premium reaches startups asking up to $250,000 and Platinum reaches every size. Refunds stop after seven days and cancellations are not prorated, so decide before the eighth day.
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