Anyone that has sold a business on their own can tell you what a stressful and complicated process it can be. Our experienced firm can help guide you on selling your business and achieving your goals. We walk both buyer and seller every step of the way, from start to finish. Some buyers and sellers are doing this for the first time and are confused and become stressed. This is when it is nice to have guidance. We are licensed and experienced business brokers that have extensive knowledge about this industry. You will find that a lot of inexperienced real estate agents will attempt to take on the tasks of selling businesses, leave it to the professionals. Utilizing our services allows you to focus on running your business, while we take the weight off your shoulders…
EXPOSURE – The key to selling a business is marketing and showing it to the right person. Large numbers of qualified buyers will bring a higher price for your business. Due to the extensive networking in the marketplace, we have hundreds of buyers calling, emailing, and visiting our website daily, which plays a significant role in locating our prospective buyers. Our backlog of qualified prospects keeps us selling businesses efficiently and faster than other business brokerage companies.
ADVERTISING/MARKETING – As prior business owners, we are experienced in all aspects of buying and selling businesses. We know when and where to advertise to attract the right kind of buyers. Where will we advertise your business? We provide international advertising (at no cost to you), and we place your business on over 125 web sites including OnlineBusinessBrokers.com. We are members of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), Business Brokers of Florida (BBF), Florida Business Brokers Association (FBBA), and many other commercial websites.
CONFIDENTIALITY – Our first and primary concern is the confidentiality of your business during the sales cycle. The knowledge of your business for sale by your employees, competitors, customers or suppliers could be significantly damaging. We use a very successful strategy to protect your confidentiality and the identity of your company by using a “blind profile” (which will describe the company without revealing its identity) when advertising your business. We never disclose the name or location of your business on the telephone, nor will we work with a buyer until they have been qualified and have signed a non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement.
SYNERGY – Just advertising alone does not sell your business. It requires experienced business brokers with prior business ownership experience themselves to get people excited and interested in your business. Buyers often buy a different type of business than the one they initially call about! Approximately 1% of buyers will buy the business they call on and less than 30% will buy the type of business they originally called about. We always get a great selection of buyers and then interview them for wants, needs and skills to determine their qualifications. After locating someone who is a good fit for your business, we will show and explain the business to them. This way you get the most from every ad we run for every business we represent!
TIME – It takes a major amount of time to weed through all the lookers, tire kickers and properly handle the bona fide good buyers. We handle this task for you so you can spend your time increasing the value of your business by doing your job while we do ours for you. Our business is selling your business. How long does it take to sell a business? It varies with each business and some sell faster than others. Call today and we will be happy to discuss.
PROVEN RESULTS – Online Business Brokers has sold countless businesses and has experienced business brokers who are previous business owners themselves. Because of our first hand experience, we have the knowledge to foresee and prevent many problems before they surface. This expertise has proven results. We quickly recognize when problematic situations arise and know how to appropriately react.
COMMUNICATION – We follow up and report a buyer’s feedback to keep you informed on how your business fares with the others on the market. After an offer is signed and accepted, we will arrange the inventory, work through the contract, assist in lease or real estate transfer, remove all contingencies, and get your business to the closing table.
NEGOTIATIONS – We have the professional skills to contact a buyer and encourage them to make an offer without damaging your negotiating position. Every time you communicate with a buyer yourself, your negotiating power is weakened. We can call and communicate with the buyer and encourage them to make a decision, without implying in any way that you are anxious to sell. All of our brokers are experienced negotiators and will be an effective intermediary between you and the buyer to preserve the integrity of the relationship.
OFFERS – We know how to structure a transaction to minimize the chance of a problem. Our experience from years of successful transactions allow us to structure agreements that are fair for all parties and terms that work for everyone. We prepare the offer using the appropriate documents and clauses. The offer, accompanied by the earnest money deposit and information about the buyer, will be explained to you. We will assist you on your options of accepting, countering or rejecting the offer, what has to be completed before closing can take place; along with coordinating with all parties to keep the closing successful and on time.
CLOSING – We know capable, qualified escrow attorneys that safely and confidentially handle the details of the closing for you for a very reasonable fee. This fee generally is split between the buyer and the seller. We will attend the closing with you to ensure you have successfully sold your business and are free to retire, pursue other avenues or purchase another business.
