 | Testimonials
Our firm has been a customer of BusinessesForSale.com since early 1998. We have always tracked the number of email inquiries we receive from each commercial business for sale web site and BusinessesForSale.com has consistently been among the top lead generators. YTD 2006 BusinessesForSale.com is the number one lead generator for buyers.
Our firm has grown from 3 people and a 1,200 sq ft rented office in 1997 to 42 people and our own 11,300 sq ft building today. Web advertising has been one of our secrets to success. In 1997, 95% of our buyers came from the web and today, 99% of all of our buyers find us through the web.
Ron Hottes
President, Sunbelt Business Sales & Acquisitions
California, USA
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BusinessesForSale.com gets the highest ranking of the 4 websites that I currently advertise with. The primary reason for this is the response rate from prospective purchasers - my last 3 completed sales originated with enquiries from BusinessesForSale.com. Secondly, the ease of use in administering my businesses on the site is quick and easy compared with other sites. I would have no hesitation in saying to anyone selling a business, be it broker, or private advertiser - if it is not on BusinessesForSale.com, it's not for sale!
Gavin McGarty
Principle Associate - Adams and Co.
UK
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Initially, I was hesitant to use BusinessesForSale.com. I was not sure if it would offer the results I required. But, with a little persuasion I gave it a try.
I have now been using BusinessesForSale.com for about two years. The ongoing responses I receive from around the world are numerous and impressive. In fact, interested buyers in my own town have found
me through your website.
Using the website is easy and comprehensive, from adding and updating my advertisements to checking my response statistics.
BusinessesForSale.com is very good value and I plan to continue to use your services
Walt Hambrock, CBI
Broker of Record, Creative Business Intermediary Inc.
Ontario, Canada
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We've had a great return on the dollars that we've invested in BusinessesForSale.com. We want to work with people that are reputable, accommodating, and people we feel can help us grow our company, BusinessesForSale.com does all these. I think BusinessesForSale.com is rapidly rising, and it's appealing to buyers in the U.S.
Deborah Walker
Vice President of Capital Markets, The March Group
Florida, US
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Transworld had been using BusinessesForSale.com for many years. They have been a leading source of buyer leads worldwide. What I truly appreciate it their commitment to being a great partner in business and their support of our industry. Their customer service is brilliant and I look forward to working with BusinessesForSale.com for a long time into the future.
Andrew Cagnetta
CEO - Transworld Business Brokers
Florida, US
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I had an enquiry from one buyer who lives 10 minutes from my office and yet he found me through BusinessesForSale.com.
Yiannis Empeoglou
Founder - Synapsis Business Brokers
Greece
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I think BusinessesForSale.com is great. I recently decided to use the site to market a handful of the businesses we have available and I must say the response is excellent! It far exceeded my expectations! I am excited about the responses and plan to add the rest of my business listings soon.
Charl van Wyk
Franchise Brokers
South Africa
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We have been using BFS for some time now and find the site a good source of volume enquiries. The subscriber profile differs from other main sites we use which is helpful in cutting down overlap. Communications are good as we have a dedicated account manager who sorts out any queries we may have from time to time. We plan to continue using the service.
Hugh Simpson
Everett, Masson and Furby
UK
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BusinessesForSale.com is a leader in the business transfer industry and is committed to delivering valuable, relevant information that will benefit business sellers, buyers and brokers.
Tony Calvacca, CBI
New York Business Brokerage Inc.
New York, USA
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As one of the premier small and medium business brokerage firms in the Southeast region, Enlign Business Brokers relies heavily on its online marketing partners such as BusinessesForSale.com.
Our seller clients expect measurable and meaningful results from our marketing efforts and businessesforsale.com not only provides a high quantity, but more importantly exceptionally high quality buyer prospects for our seller clients
Jeff Snell
Founder and President of Enlign Business Brokers
North Carolina, USA
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BusinessesForsale.com is the rising star of M&A for leads.
Ivor Thomas
Owner / Broker of New Hampshire Business Sales
USA
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Since we have been using BusinessesForSale.com to advertise our business listings we have been absolutely delighted with the results. With office in Texas and Connecticut and soon Philadelphia, we are amazed everyday at the high number of responses we receive from perspective buyers who saw our ad on your site. These ad responses are literally 3-4-5 times the volume we receive from other internet sites that we advertise on.
Your site is easier to navigate then other sites. I also see your website frequently appear on search engines so that's a very big plus for your site having that type of visibility.
In just the last 3 months we have sold 2 businesses that were inquiries provided to us from your site - so we are very pleased and look forward to being your business partner for many years to come.
Jeff Curtis
Managing Partner of Hartford Business Brokers
Texas, USA
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Can you believe it has been over seven years since Turner Butler started using BusinessesForSale.com?
I would like to thank you and all your brilliant team for the development and investment you have put into the site over the years, from the basic search site as it was years ago to the phenomenal site it is today.
More than that, I want to thank you for the supply of consistently high quantity of motivated buyers you deliver regularly to Turner Butler, Britain’s leading Business Broker - buyers who are active in the marketplace and are ready, willing and able to purchase our successful businesses.
Keep up the good work, together we will sell many more hundred’s of businesses, quickly, confidentially and for the maximum money.
Shaun Sweeney
Managing Director of Turner Butler
UK
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Your site is great. I am getting good responses and good quality buyers. As a matter of fact I just gave your site to 2 brokers - helping my competitors!
Suzanne Farkas
Re/Max Aboutowne Realty Corp.
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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As a broker, Businessesforsale.com is an invaluable tool in generating interest in the businesses we offer for sale. Without doubt the site has been the initial catalyst in many of the sales we have completed. We believe it is largely down to the tremendous efforts made by the businessesforsale.com team who constantly update and improve the site to maintain its positions on the various Internet search engines. Sites like Businessesforsale.com have truly revolutionised the 'Broker Market'. This method of advertising for brokers is simply invaluable.
D. Sandford
Meridian Business Sales Ltd.
UK
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BusinessesForSale.com is the very best of all of the listings websites. You guys do a great job!
Ed Pendarvis
Founder of Sunbelt Business Brokers
USA
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Having re-entered the business transfer market after a contractual layoff following the sale of my previous company we launched a new business brokerage in January 2006 and the results to date have been excellent.
One of the reasons for our success is that we have re-established contact with previous key suppliers – including BusinessesForSale.com who have now designed, and delivered an excellent website for us that is working even better than our highest expectations. Nothing was too much trouble for Faye and her team, and we are already discussing the next stage of our website strategy and development for 2007. Customers are notorious for being quick to criticise and slow to praise…we have nothing but praise and gratitude for what we have received - on time - on message – on budget - and as promised. Many thanks.
John Anderson
Managing Director of Ashley Tate Ltd.
UK
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I have been exploring the perks of the listing websites we use. I must say, BusinessesForSale.com is the easiest site to use, and offers the most useful services by far.
Jacqui Rouse
Sunbelt Business Brokers BC (West Coast) Inc.
Canada
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We [TSL Business Sales] have been advertising on BusinessforSale.com and your sister site FranchiseSales.com for nearly six years. We continue to pay your invoices so it must be working. We are a strong regional business broker and BusinessesForSale.com offers us a cost effective way to reach potential buyers from far afield who are interested in businesses in Herts, Beds, Bucks or Northants.
At the last analysis, BusinessesForSale.com accounted for 20% of the buyers who have actually gone on to buy a business through us and this percentage is rising every year. Our way of working fits well with BusinessesForSale.com, and we enjoy working with their team of helpful and knowledgeable people even if we don’t understand most of the technical stuff!
Richard May
TSL Business Sales
UK
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BusinessesForSale.com is one of three or four web sites I use to generate buyer leads, and it generally ranks # 2 in leads generated. So I believe it pays for itself.
Warren E. Stewart
The Warren E. Stewart Co.
Texas, USA
By and far we get more leads from BusinessesForSale.com than all the other online business advertising companies combined. It is one of the keys to our success here in Hawaii and truly gives us international coverage.
Glenn A. Zollner.
Hawaiian Island Business Brokers
USA
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The service has been excellent through the use of your website and we have seen a significant increase in enquiries from all over the world. Most of the buyers enquiries appear to be bona fide with nearly all having significant capital for investment.
Smiley Sansoni
Licensee/Principal Famore Business Brokers
The Gap, QLD, Australia
Business Sales Brokers in Victoria Australia have been using BusinessesForSale.com for a number of years. I have found I get an excellent response from potential purchasers using this particular site. Although I have tried other business for sale sites, I now only use BusinessesForSale.com and one other, because these are the two sites that generate the most leads and therefore sales.
I find this site not only generates leads from prospects in Victoria but also because of its strong global presence – we receive many enquiries from Business Visa prospects. The customer service back-up is also very good.
Angela Williams
Director, AJ Williams Realty
Melbourne VIC, Australia
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I have been a subscriber to BusinessesForSale.com for the past four years. My listings average over 100 at any given time. Viewings have averaged over 22,000 per year. Actual daily inquires currently average six, seven days a week. I have been impressed with the continual upgrade of the web site that makes listing input easier & faster.
Don Clearwater
Business Broker & Business Appraiser
California, USA
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Just a short note to update you on how BusinessesForSale.com has been working for us. I have been very pleased with the results that we have received since listing on your site. It is interesting that prior to listing our businesses with you we got very few calls from other than our local market. Since we have been on your site we have had a large volume of emails from Europe and the US of people wishing to emigrate but funnily enough we also get many emails from within Australia. This has meant that our enquiry level has increased by almost 50%. I can heartily recommend your site.
Brett Bowden
Sunbelt Advantage
Port Melbourne VIC, Australia
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Advertising online gets you more exposure for less expense, and the reason Venture Source use BusinessesForSale.com is that they provide that great exposure for our listings. The site is easy to use and when you Google them, they are really easy to find.
Jenny Robichaux
Account Manager / Vice President, Venture Source, Inc.
Tennessee, USA
Thank you we are getting lots of very good leads and we are delighted with the service we have been given. It is a rare treat to have such good customer care and a product which delivers what it says it will.
Sarah Craig
Olé! Real Estates
Spain
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I have been very satisfied with my relationship with BusinessesForSale.com. For nearly three years now I have been enjoying a consistent flow of leads from your site. The quality of the inquiries is quite good, especially those with the Premium Buyer designation. I like the fact that your site is easy to use and the subscription based pricing makes your offering very cost efficient for our firm.
Dan Brunell
Franchise Search Consultants of Dearborn West
California, USA
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We list all our businesses on your website and receive great leads and enquiries. 90% of our enquiries come from the internet and we are very happy with your website. We list our businesses on three websites including our own and 40% to 50% of all enquiries are generated through BusinessesForSale.com. Thank you.
Alicia Russ
Director of First Impressions, LJ Hooker Business Broking
Broadbeach
Gold Coast QLD, Australia
We have found BusinessesForSale.com the only website we’ve had any positive responses from.
Delon Cheung
NAI Commercial
Canada
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With the exception of our own site you are the #1 source of leads in Canada.
Greg Kells
President of Sunbelt Business Brokers Inc.
Canada
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BusinessesForSale.com ranks 5th in generating leads for us. We have sold 2 businesses from BusinessesForSale.com since 2002 and we're thankful for that. And I am also impressed that BusinessesForSale.com consistently ranks as the #2 listing website in the Alexa rankings. Your website is still an important website for us and we plan to continue using it.
Paul Chambliss
Vice President of Front Range Business, Inc.
Colorado, USA
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I have been a BusinessesForSale.com customer for several years and have found it to easily pay for itself by the number of leads that it generates that turn into closed business. I do use other sites but have found that this site generates some interest from buyers that other sites don’t generate.
Blake Taylor
Synergy Business Brokers
New York, USA
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The market in South Africa is very positive with the 2010 Football World Cup to be held here. The invest opportunities are in abundance, with hotels, guest houses and restaurants for sale in Western Cape (Cape Town). As the only specialist restaurant broker in Cape Town I am enjoying the influx of investment. The majority of foreign investment for hospitality comes into Cape Town, more than any other city, due to its location and appeal. I'm getting good responses from my adverts, so will continue to support your web site.
Russell Minter-Brown
The Restaurant Agency
Cape Town, SA
We would like to thank you for providing us with an alternative to using traditional print media such as newspapers and magazines. For our company, these advertising methods are costly and simply do not yield the results our clients demand. Nor are they particularly economical to use for multiple listings. Alternatively, your broker account provides us with excellent economies of sale and is sensibly priced. Best of all, the quality of leads generated are usually of a higher standard than other websites we have used. Furthermore, these websites are totally over priced!
I also commend you on a concise and easy to use web interface that allows our brokers to create and administer listings in a matter of minutes.
Brendon Falk
Director and Business Broker
Foresight Business Sales Pty Ltd
Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia
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Just a short note expressing my thanks for allowing me to test and use your website over the past few months. The enquiry level has been very good considering the low amount of listings I have exposed. Thanks again and rest assured that you have my business in going forward.
Gary Johnson
CEO – Johnston Marketing
BUNDALL
Gold Coast QLD, Australia
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Landis & Associates, Inc. (Eric Landis) created an account with BusinessesForSale.com. We have been receiving quite a few inquires on our listings and I truly believe your website is one of the best.
Christine Lopez
Office Administrator – Landis & Associates, Inc.
California, USA
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I use three websites including our own and BusinessesForSale.com consistently achieves the highest number of visits.
Steve Lentin
Barclays Business Services Network
Caulfield VIC, Australia
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I have been using your web site for the past 2 years now and have found it very effective in attracting a broad range of purchasers from both Australia and overseas. I regularly receive around 20 enquiries a day via your site which is better than I was initially hoping for. Your site in conjunction with my own site, walk in enquiries and print media keep us busy all the time.
In terms of cost, your site is far more cost-effective and generates far more enquiries than print media. In fact I have cut back on print media as a direct result of your responses.
Tony Crowe
Principal LBA LREA
Broadway Business Brokers
Port Macquarie NSW, Australia
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Many thanks for your help in the past. BusinessesForSale.com is a GREAT website that brings me 90% of all enquiries!
Roland De La Harpe
County Business Sales
Kent and South East London, UK
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BusinessesForSale.com has been an extremely effective tool for finding buyers. We have received several quality leads on all of our listings from the website and last year a buyer came to us directly from the website that resulted in the sale of a $1.5 million business and a commission of over $125,000 to our company. We have been very pleased with the exposure that we get through BusinessesForSale.com and will continue to use it as a part of our marketing process.
John F. Rash II "Jack"
Midatlantic Advisors
USA
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