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Empire Flippers
Company blog · empireflippers.com · on HN as theunixbeardbusinessstartups
Empire Flippers is the company blog at empireflippers.com, writing about business and startups. Since 2013, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 51 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (24) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Empire Flippers as a marketplace for buying and selling websites and online businesses, and suggest its listings and brokers. One commenter calls it a favourite site for niche-site marketing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 24 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Buy and sell online businesses and websites that have been thoroughly vetted on the largest curated marketplace at Empire Flippers.
Most-linked posts?
- /8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2016-08-09
- /marketplace/4 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2017-02-24
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-08-03
What Hacker News says?
You will probably want to work with a business broker. These are two that I know of that have a listing of businesses for sale: http://feinternational.com/buy-a-website/ http://empireflippers.com/marketplace/ It seems like the best deals come through old fashioned networking. Maybe look at several businesses that would compliment your existing product and get in touch with the owners?
Comment linking /marketplace/
on “Ask HN: Where can I buy real software companies?”Submitted SaaS Pricing Models and How They Affect Valuation as a story · 65 points
HN discussionEmpire Flippers | Remote (no office), all timezones | Full-time | https://empireflippers.com Empire Flippers is a true global-remote company with travel in our DNA and employees scattered across 5 continents and all sorts of countries. Since I joined 1.5 years ago, I've personally been to India, the US, Brazil and Colombia so far, all while working remotely and coding our Ruby on Rails + React app. More about us her…
Comment linking /career/senior-ruby-on-rails-developer-2
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)”Submitted How a Russian Syndicate Scammed Us for $25K as a story · 54 points
HN discussionHere's a list I put together last year of similar sites, I just added Tiny Acquisitions to it. Disclaimer, haven't looked at this in a while, some may be inactive. Marketplace https://microacquire.com/ - SaaS https://flippa.com/ https://empireflippers.com/ - Focus on Amazon but also SaaS and other online businesses https://exchangemarketplace.com/ - run by Shopify https://latonas.com/ https://websiteproperties.com/…
Comment linking /
on “Tiny Acquisitions”Submitted Losing A Lawsuit In The Philippines as a story · 49 points
HN discussionEmpire Flippers | Remote (no office), all timezones | Full-time | https://empireflippers.com Empire Flippers is a true global-remote company with travel in our DNA and employees scattered across 5 continents and all sorts of countries. Since I joined 1.5 years ago, I've personally been to India, the US, Brazil and Colombia so far, all while working remotely and coding our Ruby on Rails + React app. More about us her…
Comment linking /career/senior-ruby-on-rails-devel
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)”Submitted How We're Buying Online Businesses [audio] as a story · 25 points
HN discussionhttps://empireflippers.com/marketplace/
Comment linking /marketplace/
on “Amazon guts affiliate program, cuts fees for electronics in half”Submitted Buying a SaaS Business: A Step-by-Step Guide as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAffiliate blogs are quite the cottage industry. (complete with their own dark patterns like PBNs) Look at the listings on Empire Flippers and how many of the sites are affiliate based: https://empireflippers.com/marketplace/
Comment linking /marketplace/
on “Amazon guts affiliate program, cuts fees for electronics in half”Submitted [CASE STUDY] How We Sold a $1.7M Dollar Amazon FBA Business in 8 Months as a story · 3 points
HN discussionthese guys do an internship you might be interested in https://empireflippers.com/ (caveat: I don't know anything about them)
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on “Ask HN: Is the concept of a one-person software shop still viable?”Submitted The Most Popular Online Business Models as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI really like HN, but talking about this topic hurts my karma, so I'll stop. The big ones are flippa.com and https://empireflippers.com/ , but the deals there aren't good. But you can learn a bit about affiliate marketing just browsing the projects.
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on “Bootstrapping Calculator: Do you have enough savings to fund your business?”Submitted Don't Call It a Lifestyle Business as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPeople interested in buying website should also look at https://empireflippers.com/ . P.S. I am not associated with them in any way.
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on “Tips for selling your side project”Submitted Are Websites Undervalued? The Rise of the Digital Asset Class as a story · 2 points
HN discussionEveryone knows SPI likely has BS numbers made from very creative accounting. I wouldn't doubt that, that's the case with many of them. I'd be interested to know how much they actually make. I think that this type of thing - going beyond superficial aggregation or testing - would keep your traffic there. Anyway Nathan Barry, the founder of an email marketing company Convert Kit - a company on your list, says it prett…
Comment linking /wpcurve/
on “Ask HN: How to promote side project being a developer with no marketing skills?”Submitted Paid Ads Case Study: Retargeting Vs Facebook Vs AfterOffers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere are markets for selling websites and internet businesses like Microacquire, Flippa, and Empire Flippers. You can get an idea of what kind of data is shared by browsing those markets. https://microacquire.com/ https://empireflippers.com/ https://flippa.com/
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: How to Sell a Website”Submitted How to Start an Amazon FBA Business as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe following sites/marketplaces have a mix of SaaS sites, content sites, and affiliate sites. These are all generally higher value sites/businesses for sale (think 50k and up for many) and are often for sale at high yearly multiples. https://microacquire.com/ https://latonas.com/ https://feinternational.com/ https://empireflippers.com/marketplace/ If you're considering lower value businesses to purchase, these two…
Comment linking /marketplace/
on “Ask HN: Where can I buy SaaS businesses?”Submitted Mergers and Acquisitions: Types, Examples and How They Work as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere are several places with different quality. https://microacquire.com https://empireflippers.com https://digitalexits.com/listings/ https://feinternational.com/buy-a-website/ https://www.sideprojectors.com/ https://quietlight.com/listings/ Another alternative is finding small niche websites and make an early proposal, and you can find leads in https://betalist.com or search on Twitter "We are shutting down" and…
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on “Ask HN: Where can I buy SaaS businesses?”Submitted Does Niche Matter in Online Business? Analyzing 2 Years of Marketplace Data as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIn terms of sites/marketplaces that will have listings meeting the low 5-figure criteria, these two will likely be your best bet -- though because they do deal with a lot of lower value sites, there is a lot of lower quality and "starter" sites that you'll need to filter out. https://www.sideprojectors.com/ https://www.flippa.com/ The following sites generally have listings starting at low-to-mid 5-figures and you'l…
Comment linking /marketplace/
on “Ask HN: Do you have a SaaS tool or small online business for sale?”Submitted Want to Hire Cheap? Bring an Apprentice to SE Asia and Call It an Adventure as a story · 1 points
HN discussionDepending on the type of project you're looking to buy and the amount you're willing to invest, here's a handful of marketplaces and brokers for online assets for small/mid-sized projects (with some larger scale ones): https://www.sideprojectors.com/ https://exchangemarketplace.com/ https://www.flippa.com/ If you're talking about generally larger investments, probably walking away from the realm of side-projects, th…
Comment linking /marketplace/
on “Ask HN: Where do you buy and sell side projects?”Submitted How Much Is Your Website REALLY Worth? as a story · 1 points
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