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Flippa pricing, read firsthand July 2026

Flippa fees: selling fees, listing fees and the 10% success fee, verified

Flippa charges sellers twice: a non-refundable upfront listing fee of $29 to $699 depending on your price band and package, and a 10% success fee on the sale price when the asset actually sells. Buyers browse free or pay $49 a month for a Premium plan. On top of that sits a payment rail, FlippaPay from 1% or Escrow.com from 1.2%, which is billed separately from the success fee.

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Those figures were read on flippa.com/pricing in July 2026, and that matters more than it should, because the numbers circulating about Flippa fees are a mess. One widely shared blog says listing fees run $59 to $99, another says $29 to $699, and a third claims success fees slide from 5% to 15%. Flippa's own help center article on pricing returns a 403 to the public, so none of those claims can be checked against the source. This page publishes only what Flippa itself displays, says plainly where Flippa publishes nothing, and totals the real cost of a sale so you can budget from a number rather than a rumor. Buyouts is a competing marketplace, so our own fees are in the table too.

The listing fee is the number everyone quotes and the one that barely matters. On a $75,000 sale the upfront fee is $129 and the success fee is $7,500.

Every fee, in one table

The full Flippa fee schedule, July 2026

Every published band and package from flippa.com/pricing, plus the buyer plans and the two payment rails. Where Flippa publishes no rate, this table says so instead of guessing.

Band or item Package Upfront cost Term Success fee
Seller, under $10,000 Entry $29 60 days 10%
Seller, under $10,000 Boosted $49 3 months 10%
Seller, under $10,000 Premium $199 6 months 10%
Seller, $10,000 to $49,999 Standard $49 6 months 10%
Seller, $10,000 to $49,999 Premium $399 6 months 10%
Seller, $10,000 to $49,999 Ultimate $599 6 months 10%
Seller, $50,000 to $99,999 Standard $129 6 months 10%
Seller, $50,000 to $99,999 Premium $399 6 months 10%
Seller, $50,000 to $99,999 Ultimate $699 6 months 10%
Seller, above $99,999 Not published Flippa's pricing page stops at the $99,999 band Not published Not published
Buyer Free $0 Ongoing None
Buyer Premium $49 a month, or $388 a year Monthly or annual None
Payment rail FlippaPay From 1% of transaction value Per deal Billed separately
Payment rail Escrow.com From 1.2% of transaction value Per deal Billed separately

Read firsthand on flippa.com/pricing in July 2026. Flippa does not publish seller bands above $99,999 on that page, and its help-center pricing article is not publicly readable, so anything quoted for larger deals elsewhere is secondhand. Confirm current pricing with Flippa before you budget.

Side by side

What a $75,000 sale actually costs on each platform

A fair look at what each does well. Both are useful. Here is where they differ.

Feature Buyouts Flippa
Upfront cost to list $149, $499 or $1,500 by tier, chosen once $29 to $699 by price band and package, non-refundable
Success fee on close 5%, 4% or 3% depending on listing tier 10% across every band Flippa publishes
Total on a $75,000 sale About $3,499 on the $499 tier at 4% About $8,529 with the Standard package and Escrow.com at 1.2%
Refund if it does not sell No refund either, so pick the tier deliberately No. The listing fee is non-refundable whether or not it sells
Cost for buyers to browse Paid membership, no free tier Free tier, or $49 a month for early access and partner data
Escrow Escrow-backed closes built into the deal flow FlippaPay from 1% or Escrow.com from 1.2%, billed on top
Who verifies the numbers MRR, ARR, growth and churn verified before listing A vetting team reviews stated financials above $50,000
Asset focus AI SaaS only Every online asset: sites, stores, apps, domains, software
Rate card published in full Yes, all tiers and success fees on our pricing page Published to $99,999, nothing published above that band

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 listing fee is not the real cost

Sellers shop packages and argue over $29 against $199, then hand over 10% at close. On a $75,000 sale the package costs $129 and the success fee costs $7,500. Budget from the percentage, treat the upfront fee as a rounding error, and buy the cheapest package that gets your listing the exposure it needs.

Non-refundable is the part that bites

Flippa's listing fee is charged upfront and is not returned if the asset never sells. Assets that fail to sell still cost real money, and a seller who relists after a dead six-month term pays again. Flippa does offer 50% off renewals and relists, which softens the second attempt but not the first.

The published bands stop at $99,999

Flippa's pricing page shows packages for three bands and nothing above $99,999. Third-party blogs fill that gap with figures like a $999 brokered listing on a nine-month term, but Flippa's own help-center pricing article returns a 403 to the public, so those numbers cannot be verified. Ask Flippa directly for a written quote on a larger asset.

Good questions

Flippa vs Buyouts, answered

Flippa charges sellers a non-refundable upfront listing fee of $29 to $699, set by your price band and chosen package, plus a 10% success fee on the sale price when the asset sells. Payment runs through FlippaPay from 1% or Escrow.com from 1.2%, billed separately. Buyers pay nothing, or $49 a month for Premium.
On a $75,000 sale using the Standard package for that band, expect roughly $8,529: a $129 listing fee, a $7,500 success fee at 10%, and about $900 for Escrow.com at 1.2%. A sub-$10,000 flip on the Entry package costs $29 upfront plus 10% of whatever it sells for.
Free for buyers, not for sellers. Any buyer can browse listings and use the Deal Room, watchlists and legal documents on the free plan. Sellers always pay an upfront listing fee before the listing goes live, starting at $29, and that fee is not refunded if the asset does not sell.
The listing fee is the upfront charge to publish an asset, priced by band and package. Under $10,000 it is $29 for 60 days, $49 for three months or $199 for six. From $10,000 to $49,999 it is $49, $399 or $599 for six months. From $50,000 to $99,999 it is $129, $399 or $699.
Two things together: the upfront listing fee and the 10% success fee taken from the sale price at close. The success fee applies to the full sale price, not to profit, so a business earning $5,000 a month that sells for $150,000 is charged on the $150,000. Escrow or FlippaPay is extra.
10% of the final sale price, applied across every band Flippa publishes on its pricing page. It is charged only when the asset actually sells, which is what separates it from the listing fee. Flippa publishes no rate above the $99,999 band, so confirm the percentage in writing on a larger deal.
Flippa quotes Escrow.com from 1.2% of transaction value and its own FlippaPay from 1%, and describes both as 20% to 30% below standard rates. These are separate from the 10% success fee, so a full cost estimate has three lines: listing fee, success fee and payment rail.
FlippaPay is cheaper on the headline rate, starting at 1% against 1.2% for Escrow.com, and it settles inside Flippa. Escrow.com is a licensed, long-established third-party escrow agent, which some buyers on larger deals will insist on. On a small flip the price difference is a few dollars, so pick whichever your counterparty trusts.
No. The listing fee is charged upfront and is not returned if the asset fails to sell within its term. Flippa does advertise 50% off next renewal and 50% off relists, which reduces the cost of a second attempt. The 10% success fee is only ever charged on a completed sale.
Not to browse or bid. The free buyer plan covers listings, the Deal Room, watchlists, legal documents and AI matching. Premium at $49 a month or $388 a year adds early access 21 days before public listing, NDA queue bypass, a buyer badge and performance data from 15 integrated partners.
The reserve is the minimum you will accept in an auction listing. If bidding closes below it, you are not obliged to sell, and no success fee is due because no sale completed. You still forfeit the listing fee. Set it at your genuine walk-away number rather than your hoped-for price.
Every figure here was read on flippa.com/pricing in July 2026 and matched the previous check made in the same month. Flippa's help-center pricing article is not publicly readable, and third-party blogs disagree with each other and with the pricing page, so treat any number not shown on Flippa's own site as unverified.

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