How Selling Works
- Apply — Complete the Founding Seller Application (name, email, business, category, approximate asking price). No account is needed to apply, and no sensitive financial documents are requested on the form.
- Prepare Your Listing — We work with you to prepare the listing from the information you supply: description, figures with their period and basis, what’s included, and your evidence position. OBE AI drafting help, where used, produces a draft only.
- Review — OBE reviews the draft for completeness, consistency, and prohibited claims. You approve the exact final text. Nothing publishes without your approval.
- Publish — Your approved listing goes live for its term with every figure labelled by evidence tier.
- Receive Enquiries — Structured buyer enquiries are routed to you. You negotiate and close directly with the buyer, with your own advisors.
What is public vs. confidential
- Public (only after your approval): the listing description, category, asking price, and the financial figures you choose to display — each labelled with its evidence tier, currency, and period.
- Confidential (never published): your contact details beyond the enquiry route, your application answers not intended for display, and any documents you later supply for the Evidence supplied tier. Documents are never attached to the public listing.
How approval and enquiries work
Manual approval is ON for every listing — there is no auto-publish. A material change to price, figures, included assets, or deal structure returns the listing to review and needs your approval of the revised text. Enquiries arrive as structured messages identifying the listing; you reply directly to the buyer.
How sellers update or withdraw
Update or withdraw at any time through your account or by contacting info@onlinebusinessexchange.com. A withdrawn, expired, or sold listing stops receiving enquiries immediately.
OBE lists online-only businesses with no owned real property or premises. If your sale includes real estate or a premises lease, we can’t list it at launch — consult a licensed brokerage for that transaction.
Flat advertising fees only, never a percentage of your sale. Founding applications are free while paid packages are Coming Soon. See Fees & Packages.