Off-market introductions for qualified acquirers. Join the WETYR Buyer Registry and tell us your buy box. When we find an owner open to selling a business that fits, we introduce you before it reaches any public marketplace. Free. WETYR is not a broker: we find and introduce owners, you and the seller do the deal.
Who The Registry Is For
Search funders raising or in-search, holdco operators, family offices with direct-deal mandates, PE platforms looking for bolt-ons, and individual operator-buyers with capital and a defined acquisition thesis. The registry is not for tire-kickers, brokers reselling to their own list, or unfunded buyers without a credible source of acquisition capital.
What You'll Receive
- Introductions to owners whose business fits your stated criteria (niche, geography, size, price range)
- WETYR's quarterly multiples report 48 hours before public release
- Direct introductions to owners when there is a fit, so you deal with the seller yourself, not through a broker
- Off-market owners found through WETYR's own marketing and outreach
Two Ways To Work With WETYR
WETYR is not a business broker. We do not list businesses for sale, represent either side of a transaction, or negotiate deal terms. What we do is marketing: we find owners who are open to selling and put them in front of buyers whose buy box fits. Joining the registry is free and starts with your buy box, the industry, location, size and price range of the business you want to own.
Passive connections
When an owner in your area who fits your buy box comes to us, we connect you so the two of you can start a conversation.
We only make the introduction after we have talked with the owner and confirmed they are real and open to selling. From there the conversation is yours.
Active off-market sourcing
| 12 months | $2,100 / mo |
| 24 months | $1,250 / mo |
| 36 months | $975 / mo |
| 48 months | $835 / mo |
| 60 months | $750 / mo |
We run a marketing campaign built around your buy box: research, direct owner outreach and content aimed at the businesses you want to buy, every month. Owners who respond are introduced to you.
You are paying for the sourcing and marketing work. The fee does not depend on whether a deal closes. Shorter terms cost less in total.
Example: on a $1,000,000 target, active sourcing is $4,200 a month on a 12 month term or $1,500 a month on a 60 month term. The fee is priced on the top of your buy box. Targets between steps are priced at the nearest $500K step.
Have a business for sale? We have buyers. Registry members are looking for businesses like yours right now. See if we have a buyer for your business or start with a free valuation.
Registry Application: Your Buy Box
How Owners Are Vetted
Before we introduce an owner, we have spoken with them, confirmed the business is real and that they are genuinely open to selling, and checked it against your buy box. You will not receive cold blasts, untested listings, or "for sale by owner" leads. Price, terms, diligence and the deal itself are between you, the owner and your own advisors. The cost of being on the registry is sustained selectivity: buyers who routinely waste owners' time get removed.
Why WETYR Runs A Registry vs A Public Marketplace
Public marketplaces (Empire Flippers, BizBuySell) optimize for breadth - many buyers see many listings, conversion happens at scale. The WETYR registry optimizes for fit. Each introduction goes only to buyers whose stated buy box matches the business. That produces better conversations on both sides: owners do not field 200 unqualified inbounds, and buyers do not sift through deals that do not fit. The trade-off is volume, but every introduction is matched.
Authoritative Sources & Further Reading
WETYR works alongside primary sources, regulators, and industry data providers when consulting with owners and operators. The references below are the same sources our team uses when researching markets, benchmarking multiples, and stress-testing assumptions. We encourage every owner, buyer, and operator to verify any data point that materially affects their decision against the underlying primary source.
Primary Federal Sources
- U.S. SBA - 7(a) Loan Program for acquisition financing eligibility, terms, and lender list.
- SEC EDGAR for public-company comparables, 10-K disclosures, and recent strategic acquirer filings.
- IRS - Sale of a Business on Section 1060 asset-allocation reporting and tax treatment of asset vs stock sales.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Industries at a Glance for wage, employment, and growth data by NAICS code.
- U.S. Census Economic Census for industry size, firm counts, and revenue distributions.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data for prevailing rate environment underwriting.
Standards & Reference Bodies
- AICPA for Quality of Earnings methodology and CPA standards governing transaction-related financial work.
- FINRA Rules and Guidance for understanding when a transaction crosses into broker-dealer territory.
- NACVA business valuation credentialing body and standards (CVA designation).
- USPAP - Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice for valuation engagement standards.
- Investopedia - EBITDA reference page for definitional alignment with our glossary.
- Harvard Business Review - Mergers and Acquisitions archive on integration and post-close value creation.
For deeper transaction-specific data, the GF Data and PitchBook private-company transaction databases publish quarterly multiple ranges by industry size band that we cross-reference against our own pipeline benchmarks. Owners considering a sale should also review the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Report (free, annual) for current cost-of-capital and lender appetite data across the lower middle market. Buyers underwriting search-fund or holdco theses commonly pair Stanford GSB's Search Fund Study with the IBBA Market Pulse report, which tracks multiples for sub-$50M transactions quarterly. None of these sources replace deal-specific advice from your own advisors, but they give owners and operators the same reference points professional acquirers are using on the other side of the table.
Related WETYR Resources
Every WETYR resource ladders into a structured engagement framework. Whether you are diagnosing readiness, modeling a number, or preparing for a specific transaction phase, the resources below cover the most common owner and operator workflows. All tools are free; all guides are operator-written; all engagements start with a confidential conversation.
Owner and Buyer Paths
Decision Tools
Operator-Written
Glossary & FAQ
Checklists & Templates
Niche Coverage
If you are not sure where to start, the Exit Readiness Score takes about four minutes and produces a one-page diagnostic on the value drivers most likely to compress your multiple. From there the natural next step is either a long-form guide covering your specific situation, a focused glossary term lookup, or a confidential introductory call with our team to discuss whether registry introductions, consulting, or a direct purchase by WETYR is a fit. Our team responds to every inbound inquiry within one business day.