2.9× The typical website or e-commerce business for sale in the US asks 2.9 times its yearly cash flow.
We read 346 websites and e-commerce businesses listed for sale on a major online marketplace and compared each asking price with the cash flow its seller reported.
The findings in eight sentences.
- The middle half of websites and e-commerce businesses ask between 2.0 and 3.7 times their yearly cash flow.
- Websites and e-commerce businesses ask more than the typical business for sale, which asks 2.6 times.
- The typical asking price for a website or e-commerce business is $550,000.
- Measured against revenue, the typical website or e-commerce business asks 0.6 times its yearly sales.
- 36% of websites and e-commerce businesses for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
- 37% of owners who say why they're selling are moving on to other businesses or interests, and 16% are retiring.
- 6% of websites and e-commerce businesses for sale show no revenue, cash flow or EBITDA, against 18% overall.
- 24% of the websites and e-commerce businesses for sale are listed in Florida, 12% in California and 10% in New York.
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Of the business service industries, websites and e-commerce businesses ask less than most.
IT and software services firms ask the most, 3.6 times their yearly cash flow, and vending machine routes the least, 2.2 times.
- IT and software services firms: median 3.6×, middle half from 2.7× to 4.7×
- Equipment rental businesses: median 3.5×, middle half from 2.5× to 4.9×
- Waste management and recycling companies: median 3.4×, middle half from 2.0× to 4.7×
- Marketing and advertising agencies: median 3.1×, middle half from 2.5× to 3.8×
- Architecture and engineering firms: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.2× to 4.0×
- Websites and e-commerce businesses: median 2.9×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.7×
- Insurance agencies: median 2.8×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.6×
- Print shops and promotional products businesses: median 2.6×, middle half from 2.2× to 3.3×
- Accounting, tax and law practices: median 2.5×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.2×
- Vending machine routes: median 2.2×, middle half from 1.4× to 3.1×
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In 2019, before ChatGPT, the median asking multiple for websites and e-commerce businesses was 3.0× cash flow. Measured the same way today, it is down 1%. Websites and e-commerce businesses are among the industries where AI can do much of the work. How every industry moved since
57% of websites and e-commerce businesses ask between two and four times their yearly cash flow.
25% ask less than two, and 18% more than four.
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Bigger websites and e-commerce businesses ask more for each dollar of cash flow.
The typical ask is 2.5 times below $100,000 of yearly cash flow, 2.7 times at $100,000 to $250,000, 3.2 times at $250,000 to $500,000 and 3.2 times at $500,000 to $1 million.
- Under $100k: median 2.5×, middle half from 1.6× to 3.1×
- $100k to $250k: median 2.7×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.3×
- $250k to $500k: median 3.2×, middle half from 2.8× to 4.5×
- $500k to $1M: median 3.2×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.7×
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What websites and e-commerce businesses for sale say they run on.
66% of websites and e-commerce businesses for sale say what they run on, and 88% of those name online booking, ordering or an online store. The brands named most are Shopify and Amazon for selling online. 10% of websites and e-commerce businesses for sale pitch technology as a way to grow.
- Online booking, ordering or store: 88%
- Scheduling, dispatch or industry software: 25%
- Point-of-sale or payment system: 1%
- Accounting or payroll software: 1%
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Each bar is a share of the listings that say what they run on. A listing can name several.
What a website or e-commerce business like yours would ask.
The middle half of similar listings ask
$363,000 to $607,000
The typical one asks $495,000, 2.7× its yearly cash flow.
Based on websites and e-commerce businesses with $100k to $250k of yearly cash flow. These are asking prices, not sale prices or appraisals.
After the close.
We write the software a newly bought business runs on, one process at a time, such as quoting, scheduling or billing, and the new owner keeps the code. How we work with buyers and operating partners.
The data.
We read the listings on September 24, 2026, and their full details from September 25 to 30, 2026.
Questions
What multiple of cash flow do websites and e-commerce businesses sell for?
Websites and e-commerce businesses listed for sale in the US ask a median 2.9 times their yearly cash flow (seller's discretionary earnings), and the middle half ask between 2.0 and 3.7 times. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How much does it cost to buy a website or e-commerce business?
The typical website or e-commerce business for sale asks $550,000, and the middle half ask between $154,000 and $1,390,000. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How many websites and e-commerce businesses for sale offer seller financing?
36% of websites and e-commerce businesses for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
What multiple of revenue do websites and e-commerce businesses ask?
The typical website or e-commerce business for sale asks 0.6 times its yearly sales, and the middle half ask between 0.4 and 1.3 times.
What software do websites and e-commerce businesses use?
66% of websites and e-commerce businesses for sale say in their listing what they run on. Of those, 88% name online booking, ordering or an online store, 25% scheduling, dispatch or industry software, 1% a point-of-sale or payment system and 1% accounting or payroll software. The brands named most are Shopify and Amazon for selling online.
Why are websites and e-commerce businesses for sale?
37% of owners who give a reason are moving on to other businesses or interests. 16% are retiring, and 10% are selling for family or personal reasons.
How we did it
We read every listing on a major US online marketplace for businesses for sale on September 24, 2026, and went back to each one from September 25 to 30, 2026 for its full details. This page covers the 346 established websites and e-commerce businesses among them. 246 show both an asking price and a cash flow, and 243 of those are left after the exclusions below.
Older listings use a flat list of named categories, and newer ones a two-level list whose subcategories have no names. A listing without its own photo shows its category's default photo. Each default photo almost always shows up in a single newer subcategory, so each named category joins the subcategory where its photo appears.
A multiple is the asking price divided by the seller's discretionary earnings the listing reports. We left out multiples below 0.3 or above 20, and listings whose price includes the property. Prices and cash flows on this page come from the listings with a multiple. These are asking prices, and a business usually sells for less than it asks. The full method.
The section on what websites and e-commerce businesses run on counts what listings say. A page has it when at least 30 of its listings say what they run on.
Cite this page
Fulkerson Advisors (2026). What websites and e-commerce businesses for sale ask. From What Small Businesses for Sale Ask: 39,587 US Listings, September 2026. https://www.fulkersonadvisors.com/research/small-business-multiples/websites-ecommerce
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