Flippa

Flippa is a private marketplace for buying and selling online businesses, based in Melbourne, Australia, and Austin, Texas, United States.[1] It was founded in June 2009 by Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz.

Flippa.com Pty Ltd
Type of site
Private
Founded2009 (2009)
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia, and Austin, Texas, U.S.
No. of locationsAustin, Portland, Barcelona, São Paulo, Copenhagen, Moscow, Hamburg, Berlin, Milan, Toronto
Founder(s)
  • Mark Harbottle
  • Matt Mickiewicz
Key people
IndustryInternet
ServicesMarketplace for buying and selling online businesses
URLFlippa.com
Native client(s) oniOS, Android, Windows

History

Flippa was founded by Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz as the SitePoint Marketplace,[2] and was spun off as a separate website in June 2009.[3] By 2015, it had traded more than $140 million in websites, domains, and mobile apps.[4]

The majority of Flippa's revenue comes from selling online businesses including content sites, SaaS businesses, ecommerce businesses, apps, digital services, marketplaces and more.[1] The most expensive sale to date was planetrx.com,[5][6] which sold for US$1,200,000. The most expensive domain name sold was stockphoto.com,[7][8][9] selling for a buy now price of US$250,000. Other notable websites and domains sold through Flippa have included Mark Zuckerberg's former website Facemash,[10] overnight success story shipyourenemiesglitter.com,[11] and Retweet.com.[12][13][14][15]

During the 2012 US presidential election, the domain name RomneyRyan.com was listed on Flippa.[16] It reached US$8,050 in bids, but did not sell.[17][18] It dropped in price the next year and was eventually sold through GoDaddy for US$235.00.[19]

In May 2015, Flippa bought Domain Holdings, a domain name brokerage firm based in Florida.[20]

On August 27, 2015, Potato Parcel was sold on Flippa for US$42,000.[21][22] A few months earlier, the viral website shipyourenemiesglitter.com from creator Matthew Carpentor sold for US$85,000.[23][22]

On September 20, 2021, Flippa announced a US$11,000,000 Series A capital raise led by Sydney-based venture capital firm OneVentures.[24]

On March 16, 2022, after acquiring Richard Patey's Alts Cafe, Flippa announced the launch of ALTS by Flippa, an alternative asset investing newsletter and Discord community.[25] Written by Richard Patey, the newsletter shines light on "alternative investing opportunities, from online business to crypto & NFTs".[26] As of November 2022, its Discord community boasts over 2000 members.[27]

References
  1. "About Flippa". Flippa. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. "About Us". SitePoint. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. Magain, Matthew (10 June 2009). "Introducing Flippa: The New Place to Buy and Sell Web Sites". SitePoint Blog. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. Bender, Adam (6 May 2013). "Australian startup snapshot: Flippa". TechWorld. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. "planetrx.com - Website for sale". Flippa. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. "Flippa sales". DNPric.es. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  7. "stockphoto.com - Domain Name for sale". Flippa. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. "Flippa domain name sales". DNPric.es. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. Michlick, Frank (23 December 2013). "StockPhoto.com sells for $250,000 on Flippa". DomainNameNews. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  10. "FaceMash.com - Domain Name for sale". Flippa. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  11. "ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com has sold! - Apparently all that glitters IS gold. Get help finding other golden opportunities like this one on Flippa". Flippa. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. "retweet.com - Website for sale". Flippa. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  13. Kenn, Nick (17 January 2015). "Shipyourenemiesglitter.com sells on Flippa". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  14. Indvik, Lauren (19 November 2012). "Mark Zuckerberg's College Website Sells for $30,000". Mashable. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  15. Siegler, M.G. (17 February 2010). "Retweet.com For Sale. Buy It And Risk A Lawsuit From Twitter". Mashable. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  16. "romneyryan.com - Domain Name for sale". Flippa. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  17. "RomneyRyan.com Site Goes up for Auction". Fox Business. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  18. "RomneyRyan.com Fails To Sell On Flippa.com". The Domains. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  19. "romneyryan.com historic sales". DNPric.es. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  20. "Hold onto Your Hats! Flippa Acquires Domain Holdings - Predicts $70 Million in Sales This Year". www.dnjournal.com.
  21. Volkman, Elliot (27 November 2015). "Forget Holiday Cards, Send a Potato". Tech Cocktail. Tech.Co. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  22. Whitten, Sarah (28 August 2015). "Viral potato website goes on sale". CNBC. CNBC LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  23. Whitten, Sarah (19 August 2015). "This guy makes $10,000 a month shipping potatoes". CNBC. CNBC LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  24. Tunnah, Christina (20 September 2021). "Press Release: Flippa Raises US$11M Series A Capital". Flippa Blog. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  25. "Flippa Launches "Alts" - A New Community for Alternative Asset Investors". PR Newswire. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  26. "Alts by Flippa". Flippa. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  27. Patey, Richard (23 November 2022). "Alternative Asset Roundup (23rd Nov)". ALTS by Flippa. Retrieved 25 November 2022.


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