Rudy Bekker
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Rudy Bekker vs Empire Flippers.

Empire Flippers is the premium broker for 7-figure exits. Their vetting is genuinely good — and it genuinely takes months. I offer in 24 hours, no vetting gauntlet, no 15% cut.

Empire Flippers uses a blended commission: 15% on the first $700K of sale price, 8% on the portion between $700K and $5M, and 2.5% above $5M. They won't even list you without passing a rigorous vetting process that runs weeks. For quality businesses in the $250K – $2M range, 15% on the bulk of the sale is a heavy tax. I'm a direct buyer — written offer in 24 hours, wire in 48, zero seller fees.

Side-by-side.

 
Rudy Bekker
Empire Flippers
Time to close
48 hours from signed LOI
60 – 180 days typical
Seller commission
0%
15% to $700K, 8% to $5M, 2.5% over $5M (blended)
Example: $500K sale
You keep $500,000
You keep ~$425,000 (after 15% blended)
Listing fee
None
None upfront — success-based
Pre-listing vetting
N/A — direct offer
Multi-week process before you can even list
Who buys you
Me — single principal
Marketplace of vetted buyers
Offer certainty
Written offer in 24h, non-binding if we both pass
Listing may not sell; no guaranteed buyer
Best for
Speed, privacy, certainty
Max price discovery on premium assets

Empire Flippers runs a premium marketplace. That's not the same as a buyer.

Empire Flippers built the gold standard for mid-to-upper-market online business sales. Their vetting is rigorous, their escrow is clean, their migration team actually works. If you listed with them a decade ago and you list with them today, you'd notice how much better the operation has gotten.

The problem isn't quality. It's math and time.

On a $500K sale, EF's blended commission runs roughly 15% on the whole thing — about $75,000 off the top. On a $1M sale it's closer to $127,000. On the median sub-$700K deal, you're paying EF the equivalent of a senior engineer's annual salary. Twice.

Then there's the timeline. Before you list, you sit through weeks of vetting: verified metrics, Stripe/Paddle/ad-network audits, traffic analysis, interview calls. After you list, your buyer DD runs 30–90 days. Closes inside 60 days happen, but they're the exception, not the rule.

I'm a direct principal — not a marketplace. If your numbers check out, I send a written offer in 24 hours. If we sign an LOI, I can wire within 48 hours. You skip the vetting queue, the 15% cut, and the four-month wait.

When Empire Flippers is the right choice.

Empire Flippers is genuinely the right call for premium 7-figure and 8-figure exits. If your business is doing $500K+ per month in net profit, is audited-clean, and you want maximum price discovery across a qualified buyer pool, their commission stops biting as hard (the 2.5% rate on anything above $5M is reasonable) and the buyer competition genuinely lifts the price.

They're also the right call if you don't want to deal with the sale at all. EF effectively runs the whole process — inquiries, NDAs, DD, escrow, migration. You are, for the most part, a passive seller. That's worth something.

If you're in the $50K – $500K/month range, or you want speed and certainty more than the last 10% of price discovery, the arithmetic tilts the other way. Four months and 15% of the deal value are very real costs.

Frequently asked.

What commission does Empire Flippers charge?+
Empire Flippers uses a blended commission model: 15% on the first $700,000 of sale price, 8% on the portion from $700,000 to $5,000,000, and 2.5% on anything above $5,000,000. There is no upfront listing fee — the commission is success-based and deducted at close.
How long does it take to sell on Empire Flippers?+
Most sellers experience a pre-listing vetting process that runs 3–6 weeks, followed by 60–180 days from listing to close. Faster closes happen for clean, smaller deals; larger and more complex ones can stretch well past six months.
What's Empire Flippers' minimum deal size?+
Empire Flippers doesn't publish a hard minimum, but practically they focus on businesses generating at least $2,000 – $3,000 in monthly net profit. Their premium listing tier typically requires higher thresholds, and smaller deals tend to get less marketing attention.
Is Empire Flippers worth the 15% fee?+
For premium 7-figure exits with clean financials and a large buyer pool competing for the asset — often yes. For most $50K – $500K-per-month businesses, the math is uglier: 15% on a $1M sale is $150,000, plus four months of your time. Direct principal buyers can offer better effective yields even at a slightly lower headline price.
Can I sell my SaaS without Empire Flippers?+
Yes. Principal buyers like me acquire directly — no listing, no fee, no vetting gauntlet. If your business is doing $50K+ net monthly and the numbers check out, I'll send a written offer within 24 hours and can wire in 48. Submit your business via /sell.
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Information about Empire Flippers based on publicly available pricing and process as of April 2026. Verify current terms on empireflippers.com. Comparison reflects our opinion as a direct buyer, not legal or financial advice.