For first-time & time-poor buyers
You bring the ambition and the budget. Your matched broker brings the shortlist, the offer strategy, the diligence questions you didn't know to ask — and the patience to walk you through all of it.
From recent shortlists
Placeholder examples of how deals appear in your shortlist — including the ones your broker flags as an especially good fit for you.
Boring-in-the-best-way SaaS; 510 subscribers who'd rather pay than switch.
Recipe library with display ads plus a 19k-reader newsletter; five quiet hours a week.
Two-person operation, 41% repeat orders, gift-season tailwinds already in the numbers.
Eleven SKUs, two reliable suppliers, and a review moat that took five years to build.
Three small sites selling plumber and roofer leads; priced honestly for its single-channel risk.
740 active subscribers, a roaster partnership with room to grow, and churn under control.
Sample listings with placeholder figures, shown to illustrate the shortlist format. Your broker shares live deals after your matching call.
Why guided buying
Marketplaces hand you ten thousand listings and a login. We hand you a person whose job is your deal.
The Acquisition Tracker
Your tracker is a living pipeline your broker keeps current with you: stage, candid notes from calls, and the single next step. No fifteen-tab spreadsheet. No "wait, where were we?"
Inventory counts reconciled. Reviewing the supplier contract renewal before we sign off.
Review Q2 P&L together — Thursday
Seller countered at 3.0×. The churn data says hold at 2.8× — I'd let this one breathe.
Counter-offer call — tomorrow, 10am
Churn is trending the right way, but I want the cohort export before we get excited.
Request cohort data from seller
Single-channel SEO risk, and the price already reflects it. Fine purchase if you accept the swing.
Decide: shortlist or pass by Friday
Escrow funded and the transfer checklist is at 80%. Smooth so far — keep Friday free.
Domain & store handover — Friday
Demo data. Your real tracker is private to you and your broker, and updated after every call.
How it works
The same arc every successful acquisition follows — with your broker carrying the heavy parts.
A matching call about budget, hours and goals pairs you with one named broker — yours for the whole journey.
Your broker screens the market and brings you a handful of real fits, each with an honest first-pass read.
Pricing, terms and the LOI drafted with you — and a steady voice when the negotiation gets noisy.
Verification runs in the background; your broker turns findings into plain-English decisions.
Escrowed funds, guided transfer, and a 30-day handover window so week one feels like week ten.
Broker support
Not a chat widget. Not a rotating queue. One person who knows your budget, your blind spots, and the names of the businesses keeping you up at night.
Shortlist review: two new fits, one removed — with reasons you can sanity-check.
Seller-call debrief: what they said, what the numbers say, where those differ.
Tracker update: every stage current, one next step per deal, nothing floating.
The "is this normal?" text message. Yes, you can send it. Everyone does.
The team
Brokerage, research and financing — each owned by someone you can email today.
Senior Acquisition Broker
Robert is the broker first-time buyers ask for: patient on the phone, blunt about risk, and calm in a negotiation. He'll tell you when to walk away from a deal — which is exactly why buyers trust him when he says stay.
robert@onlineaquisition.comBuyer Research Lead
Mei turns your goals, budget and weekly hours into a shortlist worth your weekend. Every business that reaches your Acquisition Tracker got there because her research team screened it first — and wrote down why.
mei@onlineaquisition.comFinancing & Deal Support
Daniel structures the money side of guided buying — financing conversations, seller notes, earn-outs and escrow logistics. His brief is simple: funding should never kill a deal you've already won on the merits.
daniel@onlineaquisition.comOne matching call. One named broker. One tracker that keeps the whole thing calm.
Contact
Tell us where you are — just curious, actively searching, or already eyeing a specific business. A broker replies within one business day, jargon-free.
Email the brokerageAll email forwards to info@emv.io.