3 firms' fee pages read 2026-09-10

Business brokers and marketplaces, compared on published fees

Every line below was fetched from the firm's own page and matched word for word before it was published.

median published commission: 8%
published commission range across firms: 5% to 15%
firms publishing a commission at all: 3

By firm

Firm	Commission	Listing fee	Source	Checked
Flippa	5 % of sale price	$29/mo	flippa.com	September 2026
Acquire.com	8 % of sale price	$25/mo	acquire.com	September 2026
Empire Flippers	15 % of sale price		empireflippers.com	September 2026
First Choice Business Brokers	No fee on the firm's own page (checked September 2026)
Morgan & Westfield	No fee on the firm's own page (checked September 2026)
Raincatcher	No fee on the firm's own page (checked September 2026)
Viking Mergers & Acquisitions	No fee on the firm's own page (checked September 2026)
Website Closers	No fee on the firm's own page (checked September 2026)		websiteclosers.com	September 2026

Ordered by published commission. A firm that names no fee is listed with that fact rather than an estimate from a review site.

Firm profiles

Flippa Publishes its whole price list: $29 for a sixty-day self-service listing, success fees starting at 5%, and a brokered service from $399 for a six-month term.
Acquire.com Three published bands by asking price: 8% closing fee plus $25/mo to list below $250k, 7% plus $50/mo to $1m, 6% plus $100/mo above it.
Empire Flippers Publishes the full blended ladder: a flat $10,000 under $66,666.66, then 15%, then 8% above $700,000 and 2.5% above $5m.
Website Closers Publishes the shape and not the number: a 100% success-based model with no upfront fees or retainers, and a rate 'tailored to your deal size'.

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The published seller commission as a percentage of the sale price in the US business sale market was 8% in September 2026, across 3 verified fee pages recorded in Sell My Business Quotes Business Sale Fee Record.

Cite as: "Sell My Business Quotes Business Sale Fee Record", updated 2026-09-10, https://sellmybusinessquotes.com/vendors/.

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published seller commission as a percentage of the sale price · the US business sale market · September 2026

Middle 50%	5% – 15%
verified fee pages	3

Source: Sell My Business Quotes Business Sale Fee Record

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Source: US business-sale seller fees verified against each firm's own published page on 2026-09-10 by infra/ingest/hubs/sellmybusinessquotes.com/ingest_firms.py: every quoted figure re-fetched and matched verbatim (hash-pinned); route coverage evidenced by the firm's live page.

acquire.com Acquire.com seller pricing page (what the closing fee is charged on) (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
empireflippers.com Empire Flippers sell-your-business page (how the ladder is applied) (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
flippa.com Flippa pricing page (brokerage terms) (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
morganandwestfield.com Morgan & Westfield sell-your-business page (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
raincatcher.com Raincatcher how-to-sell-a-business guide (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
fcbb.com First Choice Business Brokers sell-your-business page (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
vikingmergers.com Viking Mergers selling FAQs (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)
websiteclosers.com Website Closers FAQ (when the fee falls due) (firm's own published page, quoted verbatim with retrieval date)

Methodology: Every figure is a fee the firm publishes on its own page, re-fetched and matched verbatim, then hash-pinned; the quote and its date travel with the cell. A firm naming no fee is listed saying so, never with an estimate. The ranking figure is the first band stated as a percentage; where a firm's smallest band is a flat floor instead, that floor is quoted beside it.

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