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Core Insights Report

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Business Snapshot

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Red Flag Report

$1,500
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Essentials Brief

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Standard Report

$2,000
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Foundational Analysis

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Enhanced Report

$2,500
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Foundational Analysis

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Analysis Period
1 Year 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years
Report Size
5 – 10 Pages 11 – 14 Pages 21 – 25 Pages 26 – 35 Pages
Recommended for Price Range
Under $100,000 Under $100,000 $100,000 – $200,000 $200,000+
Report Summary

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and primary expenses for one month (approximately 5 sales and 5 cost transactions). This is a compact, high-level edition of the Red Flag Report—streamlined, concise, and focused on the essentials.
Note: The free report is eligible to be conducted once the Buyer has an approved Letter of Intent (LOI) or a formally accepted offer.

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and primary expenses for one month (approximately 5 sales and 5 cost transactions).

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The Report will be focused on the identification of detailed risks and high-level opportunities with the presentation of enhanced financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 24 months (please note that the period under analysis will be subject to data availability). Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and cost-related transactions for three months (approximately 10 sales and 10 cost transactions).

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The Report will be focused on the identification of detailed risks and opportunities with the presentation of enhanced financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 36 months (please note that the period under analysis will be subject of data availability). Information provided by the Seller will be checked with enhanced coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and cost-related transactions for 6 months (approximately 20 sales and 20 cost transactions). The Report will also include an overview of the industry and key trends.

Core Insights Report

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Business Snapshot

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Analysis Period
1 Year
Report Size
5 – 10 Pages
Recommended for Price Range
Under $100,000

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and primary expenses for one month (approximately 5 sales and 5 cost transactions). This is a compact, high-level edition of the Red Flag Report—streamlined, concise, and focused on the essentials.

Red Flag Report

$1,500
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Analysis Period
1 Year
Report Size
11 – 14 Pages
Recommended for Price Range
$Under $100,000

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The Report will be focused on the identification of high-level risks and opportunities with the presentation of limited financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 12 months. Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and primary expenses for one month (approximately 5 sales and 5 cost transactions).

Standard Report

$2,000
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Analysis Period
2 Year
Report Size
21 – 25 Pages
Recommended for Price Range
$100,000 – $200,000

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The Report will be focused on the identification of detailed risks and high-level opportunities with the presentation of enhanced financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 24 months (please note that the period under analysis will be subject to data availability). Information provided by the Seller will be checked with limited coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and cost-related transactions for three months (approximately 10 sales and 10 cost transactions).

Enhanced Report

$2,500
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Analysis Period
3 Year
Report Size
26 – 35 Pages
Recommended for Price Range
$200,000+

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The Report will be focused on the identification of detailed risks and opportunities with the presentation of enhanced financial and traffic information. The Report will be based on data for the last 36 months (please note that the period under analysis will be subject of data availability). Information provided by the Seller will be checked with enhanced coverage against source documents (invoices, bank statements, and similar records). This includes verification of selected sales and cost-related transactions for 6 months (approximately 20 sales and 20 cost transactions). The Report will also include an overview of the industry and key trends.

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Flippa strives to make the information in this report as accurate as possible, we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the contents of this report, and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in its contents. See section 15 of Flippa’s terms for more information here.
Compare Plans Core Insights Red Flag Standard Enhanced
Financial Analysis
Revenue verification and analysis Presentation of revenue by sources (website being sold, Amazon account, Social Media Accounts, etc).
Verification of revenue streams to source documents, review payments and confirm the flow of money from end to end.*
Verification if payments were made from personal accounts to boost profits.
Analysis of revenue and margin by product, client, geography, if respective data are available.**
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of sales over the analysed period.
Expenses Verification and Analysis Uncover hidden costs, including those which may be deliberately masked, such as staff, marketing expenses or work done by the owners, which is not included in costs (e.g. temporarily substitution of regular staff by owners, etc.).
Verification of expenses back to the source documents and bookkeeping records. Confirm the flow of money from the invoice back to the original bank or credit card transactions.*
Breakdown of expenses by type.
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of expenses over the analysed period.
Inventory analysis Analysis of inventory structure, slow moving or obsolete inventory.**
Identification of inventory depreciation and its impact on future earnings, if applicable (e.g., food, perishables, etc.)**
Profit Risk Assessment Verification of business continuity and sustainability of profit level.
Tax returns If available, we verify tax returns for the past 12 months.*
Traffic Sources
Traffic Verification Verification of traffic sources.
Verification of the quality, sustainability, and dependence the business has on each traffic source.
Direct Traffic Checking of bot traffic**
Referral Traffic
  • Top 10 indexed pages
  • Most Prominent (Top 10 by number of links)
  • Most Recent (Top 10 by First Seen Date)
Organic Traffic
  • Number of Organic Keywords
  • Top 10 Keywords (sorted by Traffic)
  • Top 10 Pages with Number of Keywords, Traffic, & Traffic Percentage
Top 10 Organic Competitors
Paid Traffic
  • Number of Google Ad Keywords
  • Google Ad Traffic
Behaviour
  • Visits/month
  • Unique Visitors/month
  • Pages per Visit
  • Visit Duration
  • Bounce rate
Backlink Analysis
  • Number of Backlinks.
  • Number of Referring Domains.
  • Backlink Audit
Geography and demographics Identification of countries/regions where the traffic is coming from.
Identification of the typical visitor persona, if possible.**
Blacklists and Penalties Verification of the site blacklists or penalties.*
Traffic risk assessment Verification the risk of the site losing traffic from each source.
Sales & Marketing Analysis
ROI by Channel Review of sales and marketing channels and their traffic and/or revenue contribution.
Changes in ROAS over time. Assessment of efficiency of marketing costs over time.
Average order value Average order value its development over time.
Growth opportunities Identification of the biggest unexplored or under-explored growth channels.
Sales & marketing risk assessment Verification of dependency of the business on the effectiveness of advertising in each sales/marketing channel and identification of related risks.
Product/Services offered Identification of products/serfices offered; key offerings
Business Rating Analysis of publicly available reviews from customers/review platforms, media coverage, etc.
Customer Analysis and Mailing list validation Verification of customer orders, payment methods, email addresses as well as customer mailing list.
Operations Analysis
Time commitment Comments on the minimum amount of time it takes to run the business, and the amount of time it takes to grow the business. Areas of the business which were ignored or glossed over by the owner.
Skills and Licenses required Identification of the typical functions and skills required to operate the business.
Licenses needed to operate the business.
Violations and warnings* Identification of any past or current policy violations or warnings the seller has not disclosed. Ensure the Seller is complying with Facebook/Google/Amazon policies.
Geographic limitations for new owner Identification of potential issues if the business were to be run from another location.
Supplier contract validation Validate contracts & pricing sheets with suppliers are up-to-date.
Asset transfer risk Identify potential issues with transferability/migration of business operations.
Operational risk assessment Identify critical operational risks that could harm the business in the future based on the discussion with the Seller.
Industry & Competition Analysis
Top competitors Identification of top competitors.
Industry analysis
  • Identification of key trends across the industry.
  • High-level analysis of industry development and historical trends.
  • Identification of the Business positioning in the industry.
Recommendations & Next Steps
Recommendations & Next Steps Summary of recommendations, list of additional information needed and list of issues to be resolved with the Seller before agreeing to purchase.
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Financial Analysis
Revenue verification and analysis
Description:
Presentation of revenue by sources (website being sold, Amazon account, Social Media Accounts, etc).
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of revenue streams to source documents, review payments and confirm the flow of money from end to end.*
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of payment sources, chargeback rates due to fraudulent/high risk orders and if orders were made using duplicate/personal accounts to boost profits or order statistics**
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Analysis of revenue and margin by product, client, geography, if respective data are available.**
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of sales over the analysed period.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Expenses Verification and Analysis
Report feature:
Uncover hidden costs, including those which may be deliberately masked, such as staff, marketing expenses or work done by the owners, which is not included in costs (e.g. temporarily substitution of regular staff by owners, etc.).
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of expenses back to the source documents and bookkeeping records. Confirm the flow of money from the invoice back to the original bank or credit card transactions.*
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Breakdown of expenses by type.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Analysis of seasonality, development, and recurrence of expenses over the analysed period.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Inventory analysis
Description:
Analysis of inventory structure, slow moving or obsolete inventory.**
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Identification of inventory depreciation and its impact on future earnings, if applicable (e.g., food, perishables, etc.)**
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Profit Risk Assessment
Description:
Verification of business continuity and sustainability of profit level.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Tax returns
Description:
If available, we verify tax returns for the past 12 months.*
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Traffic Sources
Traffic Verification
Description:
Verification of traffic sources.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Verification of the quality, sustainability, and dependence the business has on each traffic source.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Direct Traffic
Description:
Checking of bot traffic**
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Referral Traffic
Description:

  • Top 10 indexed pages
  • Most Prominent (Top 10 by number of links)
  • Most Recent (Top 10 by First Seen Date)
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Organic Traffic
Description:

  • Number of Organic Keywords
  • Top 10 Keywords (sorted by Traffic)
  • Top 10 Pages with Number of Keywords, Traffic, & Traffic Percentage
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Description:
Top 10 Organic Competitors
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Paid Traffic
Description:

  • Number of Google Ad Keywords
  • Google Ad Traffic
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Behaviour
Description:

  • Visits/month
  • Unique Visitors/month
  • Pages per Visit
  • Visit Duration
  • Bounce rate
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Backlink Analysis
Description:

  • Number of Backlinks.
  • Number of Referring Domains.
  • Backlink Audit
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Geography and demographics
Description:
Identification of countries/regions where the traffic is coming from.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Description:
Identification of the typical visitor persona, if possible.**
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Blacklists and Penalties
Description:
Verification of the site blacklists or penalties.*
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Traffic risk assessment
Description:
Verification the risk of the site losing traffic from each source.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Sales & Marketing Analysis
ROI by Channel
Description:
Review of sales and marketing channels and their traffic and/or revenue contribution.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Report feature:
Changes in ROAS over time. Assessment of efficiency of marketing costs over time.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Average order value
Description:
Average order value its development over time.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Growth opportunities
Description:
Identification of the biggest unexplored or under-explored growth channels.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Sales & marketing risk assessment
Description:
Verification of dependency of the business on the effectiveness of advertising in each sales/marketing channel and identification of related risks.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Product/Services offered
Description:
Identification of products/serfices offered; key offerings
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Business Rating
Description:
Analysis of publicly available reviews from customers/review platforms, media coverage, etc.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Customer Analysis and Mailing list validation
Description:
Verification of customer orders, payment methods, email addresses as well as customer mailing list.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Operations Analysis
Time commitment
Description:
Comments on the minimum amount of time it takes to run the business, and the amount of time it takes to grow the business. Areas of the business which were ignored or glossed over by the owner.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Skills and Licenses required
Description:
Identification of the typical functions and skills required to operate the business.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Description:
Licenses needed to operate the business.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Violations and warnings*
Description:
Identification of any past or current policy violations or warnings the seller has not disclosed. Ensure the Seller is complying with Facebook/Google/Amazon policies.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Geographic limitations for new owner
Description:
Identification of potential issues if the business were to be run from another location.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Supplier contract validation
Description:
Validate contracts & pricing sheets with suppliers are up-to-date.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Asset transfer risk
Description:
Identify potential issues with transferability/migration of business operations.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Operational risk assessment
Description:
Identify critical operational risks that could harm the business in the future based on the discussion with the Seller.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Industry & Competition Analysis
Top competitors
Description:
Identification of top competitors.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Industry analysis
Description:

  • Identification of key trends across the industry.
  • High-level analysis of industry development and historical trends.
  • Identification of the Business positioning in the industry.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
Recommendations & Next Steps
Recommendations & Next Steps
Description:
Summary of recommendations, list of additional information needed and list of issues to be resolved with the Seller before agreeing to purchase.
Core Insights
Red Flag
Standard
Enhanced
* subject to data availability of requested documents (e.g., invoices, banks tatements, etc) and information provided by the seller
** subject to data availability of requested access to respective platforms as well as supporting documents provided by the seller

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Frequently asked questions

What happens after I buy the report

Once you have purchased Flippa’s Verification & Assessment report, Flippa will reach out to the seller of the business to begin collecting information and creating the report.

How long does the typical report take

The typical report takes between 7-10 business days to complete

Do I need to inform the seller

Yes we recommend you get in contact with the seller of the business and inform them that Flippa’s representatives will be in touch with them to collect data for the due diligence report.

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