SEO Agency | 42% SDE Margin | $0 Paid Acquisition | 7 Yrs
Business Description
A profitable, lean SEO and digital-marketing agency, operating since 2019, available for the first time.
The numbers are real. Trailing-twelve-month revenue of $299,709 and seller's discretionary earnings of $126,204 — a 42.1% margin — supported by minimal, conservative add-backs (roughly $1,815) and no owner-salary games. What's reported is substantially genuine cash flow, not adjustment-driven earnings.
And it's trending up into the sale. The most recent four months (Jan–Apr 2026) averaged about $34.9K per month, well above the trailing average, with April 2026 the single strongest month in the entire review period. Buyers underwriting on current run-rate are looking at a business with momentum, not one being sold on its past.
Here's what makes it efficient: the business runs on inherited demand. A mature presence and ratings on a leading freelance-services marketplace — amplified by an automated bidding system — generate a steady flow of qualified opportunities at effectively zero paid-acquisition cost. The entire software stack costs about $862 per month. There's no office, no payroll infrastructure, and no debt.
Delivery doesn't rest on the owner. Fulfillment is anchored by a technical-SEO lead with roughly five years of tenure, backed by a flexible bench of specialist content and link-building vendors engaged per project. Costs scale with revenue, which protects margin through slower stretches. The owner currently leads sales and client relationships — and that's the opening.
Because here's what hasn't been built: no signed retainers (the loyal repeat book bills month-to-month on results alone), no off-platform direct-sales motion, no paid-acquisition funnel, no CRM. The business reached a 42% margin on delivery and reputation alone. A buyer with an actual sales-and-marketing playbook inherits an entire growth layer the business has never had — convert the book to retainers, sell off-platform to cut fees, add fulfillment capacity to break the current revenue ceiling, and productize link-building for predictable upsell. Execute those and the effective entry multiple compresses as revenue scales.
The client base is broadly diversified — professional services, home and local services, e-commerce, and more — with no single-industry concentration, billed across the marketplace and a direct invoicing channel.
Offered at $375,000, approximately 3.0x trailing-twelve-month SDE — squarely in the range established owner-operated agencies trade at. The deal is structured as an asset sale with a phased 90-day transition; the technical-SEO lead is expected to stay on post-close to preserve delivery continuity.
This is a profitable delivery engine with inherited demand and a completely unworked sales layer — priced on what it earns today, not what it could earn under a real operator. Qualified buyers can request the CIM and full data room (reconciled financial model, statements, tax returns, and client-level revenue schedule) under NDA.
The numbers are real. Trailing-twelve-month revenue of $299,709 and seller's discretionary earnings of $126,204 — a 42.1% margin — supported by minimal, conservative add-backs (roughly $1,815) and no owner-salary games. What's reported is substantially genuine cash flow, not adjustment-driven earnings.
And it's trending up into the sale. The most recent four months (Jan–Apr 2026) averaged about $34.9K per month, well above the trailing average, with April 2026 the single strongest month in the entire review period. Buyers underwriting on current run-rate are looking at a business with momentum, not one being sold on its past.
Here's what makes it efficient: the business runs on inherited demand. A mature presence and ratings on a leading freelance-services marketplace — amplified by an automated bidding system — generate a steady flow of qualified opportunities at effectively zero paid-acquisition cost. The entire software stack costs about $862 per month. There's no office, no payroll infrastructure, and no debt.
Delivery doesn't rest on the owner. Fulfillment is anchored by a technical-SEO lead with roughly five years of tenure, backed by a flexible bench of specialist content and link-building vendors engaged per project. Costs scale with revenue, which protects margin through slower stretches. The owner currently leads sales and client relationships — and that's the opening.
Because here's what hasn't been built: no signed retainers (the loyal repeat book bills month-to-month on results alone), no off-platform direct-sales motion, no paid-acquisition funnel, no CRM. The business reached a 42% margin on delivery and reputation alone. A buyer with an actual sales-and-marketing playbook inherits an entire growth layer the business has never had — convert the book to retainers, sell off-platform to cut fees, add fulfillment capacity to break the current revenue ceiling, and productize link-building for predictable upsell. Execute those and the effective entry multiple compresses as revenue scales.
The client base is broadly diversified — professional services, home and local services, e-commerce, and more — with no single-industry concentration, billed across the marketplace and a direct invoicing channel.
Offered at $375,000, approximately 3.0x trailing-twelve-month SDE — squarely in the range established owner-operated agencies trade at. The deal is structured as an asset sale with a phased 90-day transition; the technical-SEO lead is expected to stay on post-close to preserve delivery continuity.
This is a profitable delivery engine with inherited demand and a completely unworked sales layer — priced on what it earns today, not what it could earn under a real operator. Qualified buyers can request the CIM and full data room (reconciled financial model, statements, tax returns, and client-level revenue schedule) under NDA.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 7
- Employees
- 5 (1 Full-time, 4 Contractors)
Fulfillment is anchored by a long-tenured technical-SEO lead (~5 years) who mana - Currently Relocatable
- Yes
- Currently Home Based
- Yes
- Facilities & Assets
- This is a fully remote, asset-light operation that transfers cleanly from day one. Included assets: the established agency presence and ratings on a leading freelance-services marketplace (the primary demand engine), an automated bidding/prospecting system that drives inbound opportunities, the primary domain, the full client book and active engagements, historical reporting and delivery data, and the brand. The software stack runs at roughly $862/month — marketplace bidding tool, Ahrefs, Semrush, and Loom — all transferable. There is no office, no equipment, and no payroll infrastructure to assume. A buyer steps into a profitable delivery engine with its lead-flow source, client relationships, tooling, and data already in place — everything needed to operate from the first week of ownership.
- Market Outlook / Competition
- Demand for SEO and performance-marketing services remains robust as budgets continue shifting toward measurable digital channels, and agency M&A is in its strongest stretch since the post-pandemic period, with platforms and strategics actively consolidating digital agencies. Within that market the business holds a durable edge: a multi-year marketplace reputation and ratings that generate qualified inbound at near-zero cost, a positioning built on ROI and transparent reporting that wins clients consultatively rather than on price or ad spend, and a diversified book across professional services, home/local services, e-commerce, and more — no single-industry concentration. Clients re-engage month after month without being locked into contracts, a sign the work retains on results rather than paper. The combination of reputation-driven demand and a value-oriented delivery model is difficult for a new entrant to replicate quickly.
- Opportunities for Growth
- This business was built almost entirely on delivery quality and inherited demand, with effectively no investment in sales and marketing — which is the opportunity. Five concrete, unworked levers: (1) convert the existing month-to-month book into signed retainers, adding contracted, durable revenue; (2) build an off-platform direct-sales motion to cut marketplace fees and open higher-value engagements; (3) install a paid-acquisition funnel — never run before — to scale lead flow beyond one channel; (4) add technical-SEO capacity to lift a revenue ceiling the current owner can't pass alone; (5) productize link-building and content to smooth project lumpiness and create upsell paths. Current ownership optimized for margin (42% SDE) on inherited demand alone. A buyer with a real sales-and-marketing playbook captures the entire growth layer the business has never had — and execution on retainers plus added capacity meaningfully compresses the effective entry multiple as revenue scales.
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- Owner pursuing other ventures; selling on an upswing of business growth
- Transition Support
- A structured 90-day transition protects continuity of demand, delivery, and client relationships. Days 1–30: the seller continues running the business while the buyer shadows operations, client communication, and the marketplace pipeline. Days 31–60: joint operation with progressive handoff of client relationships, fulfillment oversight, and the bidding/lead workflow. Days 61–90: the buyer operates independently with advisory support, including knowledge transfer and SOP documentation. The long-tenured technical-SEO lead is expected to stay on post-close under a retention arrangement, preserving fulfillment continuity. By the end of the transition the buyer is running the demand engine, the client book, and delivery without seller involvement.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2513228
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