I'm quite new to the ETA space, but absorbing all the content I can (podcasts, blogs, here, etc.) there seems to be strong agreement that BizBuySell frustrates all the non-brokers (prob 95%+ of traffic). The site is broker-centric because it needs the brokers to post data (and pay posting fees under its revenue model). Two questions. Is there space for a democratized version of BuyBizSell that works around the broker as the data bottleneck, and caters instead to the larger buyer/independent seller market? Second, to you buyers/searchers, what would you change about BizBuySell if you could (i.e., features, usability, presentation, etc.).
Matthew Brunken, MBA, CP
UNOmaha '22
Is there space for a searcher/buyer-centric version of BizBuySell
by a searcher from University of Nebraska at Omaha - College of Business Administration
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These days we do try to focus more on verifying whether the deals on our platform are actually still live opportunities than marketing to new sources. Ideally this reduces wasted time buyers might otherwise spend digging through outdated listings or lead gen-slop, but like Roman said above it's a tough game.
BBS is a goliath, but in my experience there's going to be a lot of wasted time on all sides with any platform focused primarily on quantity over quality.