A solo-run online store selling nail polish, started as a first venture in entrepreneurship. Its owner sold it for $5,000 and reinvested the money into founding a digital marketing agency.
The $5,000 sale price puts it in the lower half of the 570 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $20,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.
This database tracks 109 E-commerce exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $141,000. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
See how this compares across the market on our market stats page, or browse more E-commerce exits.
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