Kairos vs Acquire.com
Acquire.com is a self-serve marketplace built around startups, with monthly listing fees from 25 dollars plus a 6 to 8 percent closing fee, integration badges for financials, and due diligence left to the buyer. Kairos is a verified marketplace for Shopify stores where revenue is reconciled against read-only order data and human-reviewed before the listing exists.
Who Acquire.com is
Acquire.com, which began as MicroAcquire, is a self-serve acquisition marketplace: SaaS above all, plus ecommerce, apps, newsletters, and agencies. Sellers run their own process on the platform, deals close through Escrow.com, and integration badges can confirm revenue pulled from connected sources like Stripe.
| Kairos | Acquire.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Verified-only marketplace for Shopify stores | Self-serve startup marketplace, SaaS-centered |
| Listing fee | Free to list | 25 to 100 dollars per month by asking-price tier |
| Closing fee | Success fee only when the deal closes (rates on the pricing page) | 6 to 8 percent at closing, by price tier |
| Who verifies the numbers | Kairos does, before listing: order data plus human review | Integration badges confirm connected data; deep diligence is the buyer's |
| Escrow | Escrow with milestones on every deal | Deals close via Escrow.com after the purchase agreement |
Acquire.com facts from their own published pages, last reviewed 2026-07-17. Kairos rates live on the pricing page.
The badge versus the memo
Acquire.com's verified badges confirm that data flowed from a connected account, which beats a screenshot. What they do not do, by the platform's own description, is audit the seller: representations stay between buyer and seller, and diligence is the buyer's responsibility. A Kairos listing ships with the verification memo itself: which checks ran, what they found, signed by the human who reviewed them.
Different centers of gravity
Acquire.com's catalog centers on SaaS, where Stripe integrations tell most of the revenue story. Ecom stores live and die on order data, refund rates, and ad spend, which is exactly the data Kairos reconciles. If you are trading a SaaS, their marketplace fits. If you are trading a Shopify store, the verification model matters more.
Buying somewhere else anyway?
The Kairos due diligence service checks a store on any marketplace, including Acquire.com: a human reads the raw order and ad data and writes you a report within 5 working days.
Common questions
Does Acquire.com verify seller financials?
Their badges confirm data pulled from connected integrations, and their own help pages state they do not conduct in-depth seller due diligence or make representations about sellers. The deep check is the buyer's job, or a service you hire.
Can Kairos check a store listed on Acquire.com?
Yes. The paid due diligence service reads the store's raw data on any marketplace and returns a human-written report within five working days.
Last reviewed 2026-07-17.