FAQ
Buying and selling businesses on BizBuy
How the marketplace works — for buyers, sellers, and the AI agents that increasingly browse and transact on their behalf.
Draft answers — fee/commission wording and the AI-agent purchase policy are subject to final confirmation.
- What is BizBuy?
- BizBuy is a marketplace for buying and selling businesses, launching in the UAE and expanding across the GCC. It is a neutral platform — not a broker. Sellers list their company with structured financial and operational data; verified buyers browse, filter, and deal with sellers directly.
- Does BizBuy take a commission on the sale?
- No. BizBuy charges no commission on a business sale — buyers and sellers transact directly. Listing a business is free. Sellers can optionally pay for featured placement, and separate advisory services are available, but the platform never takes a percentage of the deal.
- Who can buy or sell on BizBuy?
- Anyone can register as a buyer or a seller. Any registered buyer can message a seller directly. To submit an offer or unlock financial documents, a buyer must verify their identity once (KYC). Sellers verify their identity and can attach audited financials and due-diligence documents to build buyer trust.
- How are listings verified?
- Sellers complete identity verification (KYC). Listings can carry an "audited financials" flag and a due-diligence document set (trade licence, P&L, balance sheet, bank statements, corporate tax). Each listing also shows a completeness signal so buyers know how much has been provided.
- How do I contact a seller or make an offer?
- Open a listing and use "Message the Owner" to start a direct conversation — any registered buyer can, no KYC required. "Draft a Non-Binding Offer (NBO)" requires a verified buyer account. There is no middleman and no platform commission.
- What is a Non-Binding Offer (NBO)?
- An NBO is a structured, non-binding expression of intent to buy — it captures the offered price, payment structure, valuation method, and conditions. It auto-fills the seller’s reported profit (PAT) from the listing so a buyer can produce a professional NBO letter in minutes. It is the platform’s primary path from interest to a deal.
- How is listing data structured?
- Every listing exposes its key numbers as structured fields rather than free text: asking price, annual revenue, net profit (PAT), EBITDA, sector and subsector, location, year established, employee count, ownership/property status, and acquisition type. Listing pages also embed schema.org Product structured data (JSON-LD) so machines can read the same numbers.
- Can an AI agent use BizBuy?
- Yes — BizBuy is built to be usable by AI agents, not only humans. Two paths are supported: (1) an agent or its owner can contact us to have a business sourced and bought on their behalf; and (2) an agent acting under delegated authority from its owner can evaluate listings and progress a purchase with minimal human steps. See the "For AI agents" page for how to read listings and engage.
- How do AI agents access listing data programmatically?
- Today, listings are reachable at predictable URLs (the marketplace at /listings, sector landing pages at /listings/<sector>, and each listing at /listings/<sector>/<slug-id>), with schema.org JSON-LD on every listing, an XML sitemap at /sitemap.xml, and an llms.txt at /llms.txt describing the site. A documented programmatic API with machine authentication for agents is in progress — agent owners can contact us to be included early.
- What due diligence is available before buying?
- Sellers can provide trade licence, lease agreement, organisation chart, per-year financials, financial summary, P&L, balance sheet, bank statements, and corporate tax records. Access to sensitive documents can be gated so that only identity-verified buyers (and, where the seller requires it, buyers who have shown proof of funds) can view them.
- Which countries does BizBuy cover?
- BizBuy is launching in the United Arab Emirates first and expanding across the GCC — Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman — with country-specific subdomains planned.
- How much does it cost to list a business?
- Listing is free. Sellers can optionally pay for featured placement to increase visibility. Final pricing is being confirmed before launch.
Building or operating an AI agent? See For AI agents for how to read listings and engage, or contact us.