Close

Choose your country

Or view all businesses for sale

Worldwide

sellers guides

US Seller's Guides

If you want to sell your business (or you’re just thinking about it), our selling guides are dedicated to supporting you.

We cover every stage of the selling process, offering helpful links, tools, and guidance so your selling journey can be as smooth as possible.

We know that selling a business can be stressful, so you can use our guides as your first point of credible information. These will boost your confidence and help you along the way.

Selling a Business Guide

Our selling guide will offer advice on selling your business so that you know the ins and outs of the process. Read this to find out how to value your business, and when the right time to sell is. Get informed as to how best to handle the due diligence process and find out whether you need to hire a broker.

We also give you tips on negotiating and how to prepare your business for the sale so that you are in the best position possible.

Read more

Create a Listing Guide

Selling your business starts with a good listing. If you want to entice the best possible buyer, you need to create the best possible listing. This guide will help you construct a thorough listing that will help you do this.

Discover what you should leave in and what you should leave out of your advertisement so that you can attract serious buyers with the finances ready to buy your business. Give buyers what they need so that you don’t waste any of your time or energy.

Read more

Buyer Enquiries Guide

Once you have listed your business for sale, you need to be prepared to respond to the inquiries. Find out what you should know before you give potential buyers more information about your business and how to distinguish between the serious buyers and the time wasters.

Discover more about non-disclosure agreements and how to prepare for meeting with a buyer.

Read more

Value Your Business Guide

Don’t underestimate the benefits of getting an accurate valuation. If you want to grow your business and sell it for the highest price possible to the best buyer, it is never too early to get a valuation.

Read through this guide to find out more about how to prepare for the valuation and the best way to go about getting it. We let you know which are the best tools, the best professionals, and which is the right valuation method for your business.

Read more

Negotiating a Business Guide

Negotiating a business is a skill that requires meticulous planning, granular research and professional support. This guide offers you useful advice, examples, and tips on what you can expect during the negotiation process. We’ll point you in the right direction, and let you know how to yield successful results!

Read more

The Seller’s Perspective: Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions incorporate two sides: the sell-side and the buy-side. This guide is dedicated to the seller’s perspective and will provide insights concerned with sell-side strategies, documents, FAQs and more.

Read more

How to Sell a Failing Business

If you are a business owner that is struggling to stay afloat, you may be considering selling your unprofitable business.

This guide will offer practical advice on how to sell a failing business in the United States.

Read more

Like what we are doing so far?

Join the 1,500 owners who sell their businesses with us every month

List your business