"There are no good deals left on bizbuysell."
False.
That's just an excuse.
They're on there.
I bought a great deal myself there in 2021.
Talked to a W2 guy today that bought a small shipping store on BBS.
After closing he sent a $1,500 direct mail campaign that helped 7x his top line sales.
Then he added virtual mailboxes which moved the needle even more.
It took an hour to add the mailboxes to 3 different marketplaces that feed him leads for a 20% cut:
IPostal1
AnytimeMailbox
PostScanMail
I told him to do direct outreach to new LLCs filed in his state to find more of those customers.
The churn is stupidly low.
He was relying wholly on the marketplaces.
Now he is copy/pasting that same strategy with other shipping stores:
1. virtual mailboxes
2. direct mail in a 4 mile radius
It's not sexy and it won't make him a billionaire, but it's systematic and effective.
There's a zillion opportunities out there to buy an unloved small biz and turn it around.