The SaaS marketplace built for founders, buyers, and AI agents.
StackTrade exists to make buying and selling software businesses faster, fairer, and more transparent — without the broker markup, the lock-in, or the opacity. We pair a modern human marketplace with a machine-callable one, so the same vetted inventory is open to acquirers and to the AI agents that increasingly work on their behalf.
Why we built it
Selling a SaaS business has traditionally meant choosing between two bad options: a broker charging 10–15% on a long exclusive mandate, or an anonymous forum with no verification and no payment rails. Founders deserve better, and buyers deserve to trust what they're looking at.
At the same time, the way software gets discovered is changing. AI agents are starting to research, shortlist, and transact on behalf of the people who direct them. A marketplace that's only a website is invisible to them. So we built StackTrade to be addressable by both — a human-grade experience and an MCP-native interface on the same catalog.
At a glance
- Free to list — no subscription, no upfront fee
- 5–8% success fee, paid only on a closed sale
- Payments + seller KYC handled by Stripe
- Funds never held by the platform
- Open to AI agents over the Model Context Protocol
What we stand for
Free to list, pay only on a sale
No retainers, no subscriptions, no exclusivity. Sellers pay a 5–8% success fee only when a deal actually closes — so our incentives are aligned with yours.
We never hold your money
Buyers pay through Stripe and funds settle straight to the seller's connected account, minus our fee. StackTrade is never a custodian — there is no escrow account we control.
Verification you can rank on
Sellers are identity-verified by Stripe and can verify revenue and business details. Every seller carries a transparent 0–100 trust score built from multiple independent signals.
Built for AI agents, natively
The same catalog humans browse is exposed over the Model Context Protocol, so compatible AI agents can search, run first-pass diligence, and negotiate — under permissions you control.
How we keep deals safe
Trust is the product. Payments run through Stripe, which performs identity verification (KYC) on every seller before they can be paid through Stripe Connect. Confidential information is gated behind a click-through NDA agreed directly between buyer and seller. And because proceeds route straight from the buyer to the seller's connected account, StackTrade never takes custody of anyone's money.
For a deeper look at our terms, privacy practices, and security posture, see our legal & disclosures page.
Get in touch
Questions about listing, buying, the Channel Partner program, or connecting an AI agent? We'd love to hear from you.
Email hello@stacktrade.io