Kairos vs Flippa
Flippa is an open marketplace for websites, apps, and ecommerce stores with listing packages from 29 dollars plus a 10 percent success fee, where listings under 50,000 dollars rely mostly on seller-connected data. Kairos is a verified-only marketplace for Shopify stores: every listing's revenue is reconciled against read-only order data and human-reviewed before buyers ever see it.
Who Flippa is
Flippa has run the largest open marketplace for digital businesses since the late 2000s: websites, SaaS, ecommerce stores, mobile apps, and domains. Reach is the product. Anyone can list, packages start at 29 dollars, and buyers get a catalog nothing else matches in sheer volume.
| Kairos | Flippa | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Verified-only marketplace for Shopify stores | Open marketplace for websites, apps, SaaS, domains |
| Listing fee | Free to list | 29 to 699 dollars by price tier and package, non-refundable |
| Success fee | Only when the deal closes (rates on the pricing page) | 10 percent success fee per their pricing page |
| Who verifies the numbers | Kairos, before listing: read-only order data, 8 checks, human review | Under 50K mostly seller-connected data; human vetting from 50K up |
| Escrow | Every deal settles through escrow, with milestones | FlippaPay or Escrow.com, offered at checkout |
| Inventory today | Opening now - pre-launch, waitlist gets first access | Thousands of live listings across every category |
Flippa facts from their own published pages, last reviewed 2026-07-17. Kairos rates live on the pricing page.
Where Flippa is the right call
Reach and price range. If you are selling a small site fast, or buying in a category Kairos does not touch, Flippa's catalog is the market. The trade-off is that below 50,000 dollars the numbers are largely what the seller connected, and independent review sites document recurring scam patterns at that end. Verification is your job there.
Where Kairos is the right call
Shopify stores where the numbers have to be true before you spend a minute on the deal. Verification happens before listing, gold means proven, and escrow is how every deal settles. The catalog is smaller by design: a listing that fails verification never becomes inventory.
Buying somewhere else anyway?
The Kairos due diligence service checks a store on any marketplace, including Flippa: a human reads the raw order and ad data and writes you a report within 5 working days.
Common questions
Is Flippa a scam?
No. Flippa is a legitimate company with a real marketplace. The risk concentrates in low-priced listings where numbers are mostly self-reported, which is a model property, not fraud by the platform. Verify order-level data yourself, or pay someone to.
Can Kairos check a store I found on Flippa?
Yes. The Kairos due diligence service is built for exactly that: a human reads the store's raw order and ad data, on any marketplace, and delivers a report within five working days.
Last reviewed 2026-07-17.