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Listing Your Business For Sale Online

by Richard O'Brien Business Sales listing specialist
You’re ready to part with your business. And if you’re looking to list your Business for Sale then you need to have it listed online. In today’s market the internet is the main tool for connecting business buyers with sellers. Select a website specific to your location - if you’re in New Zealand then you would use a Business for Sale NZ website. Using key listing websites business brokers and sellers get to reach a large number of business buyers locally, nationally and internationally.

How to best list your business online?

The more prepared you are, the more successful the outcome is likely to be. Allow enough time to prepare your business for sale and do your homework. Keep in mind, buyers are usually looking for; good cashflow, so work on your profit, building your sales while reducing your expenses. Ensure you have good systems and processes in place that they are well documented, work well, and are easily transferred. Buyers will also be looking for a business with a future, so make sure it’s positioned well to succeed tomorrow.

Set a fair price, use experts to help like a business broker or business valuers. Create an Information Memorandum that covers all the important details about your business, services, products, industry, and market, in an easy-to-read format ensuring it’s helps sell your business and is pitched in a way that is of interest to potential buyers. 

When writing your listing it is important it grabs the buyer’s attention. Make sure your business opportunity sounds interesting to potential buyers. Consider what’s important to your target market, and detail some of the key benefits being careful that your business' confidentiality is not compromised. Get the buyer interested so they want to contact you or your broker for further information. Ensure you use quality emotive images, have a great headline and content, and post it on busy specialist business for sale websites.

It pays to put yourself in the buyer’s shoes and create content that is highly interesting without being misleading or giving away too much. Always try to provide the location, type of business and a price, as most buyers will search using these parameters.

By advertising on busy specialist Business for Sale websites that targets your most likely buyer, you will get your best result and the opportunity to maximise your price.

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About Richard O'Brien Junior   Business Sales listing specialist

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Joined APSense since, May 24th, 2022, From Christchurch, New Zealand.

Created on Jun 26th 2022 19:08. Viewed 262 times.

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