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Written by Christopher Krassnig - Founder - Kairos Exchange and ZenoX Media. Last reviewed 29 July 2026.
Empire Flippers charges no listing fee and a blended commission on the sale. Their calculator, read on 29 July 2026, shows a flat 10,000 dollars on sales up to 66,666.66 dollars. Above that it is 15 percent of the sale price to 700,000, then 8 percent to 5,000,000, then 2.5 percent. Their worked example prices a 1,000,000 dollar sale at 129,000 dollars.
Above the first break each rate applies to its own slice, so the effective percentage falls as the deal grows. Their published example does the arithmetic in the open: on 1,000,000 dollars, 15 percent of the first 700,000 is 105,000, and 8 percent of the next 300,000 is 24,000, for 129,000 total. That is 12.9 percent all in, on a deal fifteen times the size of the flat-fee band.
A flat 10,000 dollars is 25 percent of a 40,000 dollar sale and 20 percent of a 50,000 dollar one. It only stops biting at the 66,666.66 dollar break, where the flat minimum and the 15 percent rate meet exactly. That is deliberate. Their model needs six-figure deals to pay for the hands-on work, and the flat minimum says so to a small seller before anyone has to write a rejection email.
A brokered process: vetting, valuation, buyer matching, in-house escrow, and migration support after the sale. That is real work and the fee is not unreasonable for it. It is worth comparing against what you actually need, though. A seller who wants proof and a buyer, not a broker running the negotiation, is paying for a service they will not use.
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