Here's a pattern I keep seeing in r/microsaas, and I can't figure it out:
A founder posts "shutting down my saas" Community reaction: "good for you, onto the next thing." Upvotes, kind comments.
Same founder posts "selling my saas for $8k." Community reaction: "you should ask for less"/"that's too high"/silence.
The first one leaves you with $0. The second one leaves you with $8k. But somehow the first feels OK, and the second feels like admitting your project was never good enough.
I think most of us haven't accepted that selling a small project is normal. We hear YC, Crunchbase a lot. They make us think exit = $1M+. Anything below = "embarrassing." So we shut down instead. Same result, but no money.
This is why we built Sidemarket: a marketplace for all other exits, the ones that don't get news coverage. $1k, $10k, $100k, even prices you wouldn't share on Twitter.
What you get as a seller:
- No listing fees, no commission. You keep all the money.** Different from other platforms or brokers.
- Verified buyers only, not random messages. Every buyer must complete ID and phone verification before they can DM you. No skipping, no exceptions.
- Professional, branded listing page with real metrics pulled from connected sources, not screenshot back-and-forth.
- Payments through Stripe. The buyer pays Stripe, and the money goes straight to you.
- Your listing stays online. Buyers can still find it weeks or months later.
We are still at the early stage. We help with every listing personally.
First sellers also get a free lifetime license to our other product, a Mac Postgres app, as a thank-you when your first listing goes live (details on sidemarket.io).
Comment or DM. Hard questions welcome.