# Online Businesses for Sale: Empire Flippers & QuietLight (`mainstreetkeys_data/online-business-deals`) Actor

Businesses for sale scraper for online business acquisitions data: Empire Flippers & QuietLight listings with asking price, revenue, profit, multiple, model & status. New-listing deal-flow alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mainstreetkeys_data/online-business-deals.md
- **Developed by:** [Jacob Merkley](https://apify.com/mainstreetkeys_data) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### Online businesses for sale data from Empire Flippers and QuietLight

This Actor collects **online businesses for sale** from two public marketplaces, Empire Flippers and QuietLight, and returns one clean, structured feed: asking price, revenue, profit, valuation multiple, business model, age and status, with a link back to every original listing. Use it to track acquisition deal flow, build valuation comps, or get alerted when new listings appear. It is built and maintained by [MainStreetKeys](https://www.mainstreetkeys.com), a search and free valuation site for businesses for sale.

### What data you get

Each record is one listing with these fields (null when the marketplace does not publish the value):

- `source`, `listingId`, `url`: marketplace, its listing ID, and the link to the original page
- `title`, `niche`, `businessModel`, `monetization`: what the business is and how it earns (Amazon FBA, SaaS, ecommerce, content, KDP and more)
- `askingPrice`, `currency`: the published asking price
- `annualRevenue`, `annualProfit`, `profitType`: published yearly revenue and profit, with the profit basis (for example SDE)
- `multiple`, `multipleBasis`: the published valuation multiple
- `businessAgeYears`, `firstMonetizedAt`, `dateListed`: age and listing date where published
- `sbaPreQualified`, `status`: SBA flag where published, and available or sold
- `scrapedAt`: when the record was collected

Descriptions, photos and seller contact details are not collected.

### How to scrape online businesses for sale

1. Pick the sources (both are selected by default).
2. Set **Max items** to cap how many listings you get, and pay for.
3. Optionally set a price range, include sold listings for comps, or turn on **Only new listings** and schedule the Actor to get a daily feed of new deals.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "sources": ["quietlight", "empireflippers"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "minPrice": 100000,
  "maxPrice": 1000000,
  "onlyNew": false
}
```

#### Output example

From a run on Oct 30, 2026 (one record):

```json
{
  "source": "empireflippers",
  "listingId": "98217",
  "title": "$14.9K Per Month Amazon KDP Business in the Children Niche",
  "businessModel": "Amazon KDP",
  "askingPrice": 338897,
  "currency": "USD",
  "annualRevenue": 178255,
  "annualProfit": 130346,
  "profitType": "SDE",
  "multiple": 2.6,
  "businessAgeYears": 2.7,
  "status": "available",
  "dateListed": "2026-10-23",
  "url": "https://empireflippers.com/listing/98217/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-30T12:00:24+00:00"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.01 per run start** plus **$0.005 per listing** returned. For example, 100 listings cost about $0.51. Set Max items to cap your cost.

### FAQ

#### Is it legal to scrape these listings?

The Actor collects only factual listing data that the marketplaces publish openly, such as price and revenue, and links every record back to its source. It reads pages that the sites' robots.txt files allow, uses Empire Flippers' public listings endpoint, and does not log in or get around bot protection. It skips descriptions and photos. Check that your own use fits the sites' terms.

#### How fresh is the data?

Each run fetches live data. Schedule it daily with **Only new listings** turned on to get only listings you have not seen before.

#### How many listings can I get?

Up to the number currently published on the two marketplaces. In one Oct 30, 2026 run that was 279 available listings (194 Empire Flippers, 85 QuietLight). Max items defaults to 100.

#### Some fields are empty. Why?

Marketplaces publish different fields. QuietLight often omits asking price and multiple, for example, so those come back as null.

#### Can I use it in my app or with AI agents?

Yes. Call it through the Apify API, export to CSV, JSON or Excel, or connect it to AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

#### Where can I search these listings by chat?

At [MainStreetKeys](https://www.mainstreetkeys.com), which also offers saved searches and daily email alerts.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Marketplaces to collect from: QuietLight and/or Empire Flippers.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to output (and be charged for). Results stream as each page is parsed, and the run stops as soon as this number is reached. Leave empty for up to 100.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Only output listings with an asking price of at least this amount (USD). Unpriced listings are skipped when set.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Only output listings with an asking price of at most this amount (USD). Unpriced listings are skipped when set.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Output only listings not seen in previous runs (IDs are remembered in the named key-value store below). Ideal for scheduled deal-flow alerts.

## `stateStoreName` (type: `string`):

Name of the key-value store that remembers seen listing IDs for 'Only new listings'. Use different names for separate alert feeds.

## `includeSold` (type: `boolean`):

Also output sold listings (useful for valuation comps).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "quietlight",
    "empireflippers"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "stateStoreName": "online-business-deals-state",
  "includeSold": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `listings` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "sources": [
        "quietlight",
        "empireflippers"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mainstreetkeys_data/online-business-deals").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "sources": [
        "quietlight",
        "empireflippers",
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mainstreetkeys_data/online-business-deals").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "sources": [
    "quietlight",
    "empireflippers"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call mainstreetkeys_data/online-business-deals --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mainstreetkeys_data/online-business-deals"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/S74SFUmvg0J0YyYHh/builds/W5tf47l7aSLjQuONM/openapi.json