FounderSold Database

Directory site pairing early-stage startups and SaaS products with early adopters and investors through categorised, filterable listings, monetised via featured placements, ads and affiliate links. Sold on Microns for $1,700.

A Canadian sharing-economy startup letting home cooks sell fresh home-made meals to local buyers. It peaked around $7K/month before food regulation stalled it, and ran about two years before being sold to a private fund.

A marketplace for Bootstrap themes and templates, grown to $10,000/month purely through SEO and content marketing by the bootstrapped team that later built Snappa; the founders confirm they sold it, price undisclosed.

Job board for side projects that connected freelancers and makers wanting to collaborate on projects and startups, with members hiring each other for longer-term work. Listed on Transferslot in 2019 and later sold; price undisclosed.

Marketplace for buying and selling unused domains left sitting at registrars after abandoned side projects, bundled with an automated tracker for TLD pricing across the main registrars. Sold via Transferslot; price undisclosed.

"Tinder for roommates" matching platform with native iOS and Android apps and 10K+ downloads worldwide, pairing tenants and landlords through a credit-based system with in-app messaging and Google Maps. Listed on Transferslot in 2018 and later sold; price undisclosed.

Remote job board that aggregated listings from the leading remote job sites while also selling paid job posts to employers directly. Sold through the Transferslot marketplace; price undisclosed.

Singapore wedding marketplace where couples discovered venues and estimated the cost of their celebration, with free vendor listings plus paid premium tiers. Sold through the Transferslot marketplace; price undisclosed.

Aggregator pulling remote tech job listings from many job boards into one searchable site, refreshed daily. Marked as sold on its maker's public project ledger.

Curated job board and matching service connecting companies with vetted freelance designers. After years of trying to make it work, the founder sold the site to the Workshop team.

A part-time talent marketplace/job board where founders apply for roles, built with Airtable, Softr and SmartJobBoard by Alex Friedman; reached $5,000 MRR and was acquired for a five-figure sum.

College counseling marketplace connecting students with admissions advisors. Founder Jason Patel sold its marketing assets - SEO rankings, blog traffic and reviews - to a micro private equity firm in an asset sale, avoiding an earn-out.

Marketplace where designers and developers discover premium icons for their apps.

A CS:GO skin-trading platform with price-tracking tools, built by indie maker Idan Masas; listed as acquired on the founder's product portfolio (sale price undisclosed).

A Covid-era marketplace helping Made-in-France creators sell online, with inventory and sales management plus personalised customer quotes. The founders sold the site for 3,000 EUR to fund a not-for-profit project.

A New Zealand directory of 1,104 independent food businesses still delivering during the COVID-19 lockdown, built in 2020. Acquired.

A marketplace offering minimalist one-time-payment SaaS tools as alternatives to subscription products like Typeform and Calendly. Sold for $21,000 on the Microns marketplace.

Curated gallery and template marketplace for single-page websites, run solo and bootstrapped by Rob Hope since March 2008 and monetised through paid submissions, template sales and sponsorships. Acquired by Some Studio in July 2026 for an undisclosed sum.

Two-sided fashion rental marketplace connecting eco-conscious consumers with rental partners; sold privately on Flippa for $300,246 in Feb 2026 at a 2.4x profit multiple with $202K annual revenue and 168K Instagram followers.

Trade Backlinks is a profitable SEO marketplace for buying and selling backlinks transparently. Founder JJ Englert sold it on Acquire.com in 2025.