Do you pay broker referral fees?
Yes. We pay a flat referral fee on engagements that close from a broker introduction, paid on signed contract — not contingent on the eventual sale of the business. The structure is disclosed up front and documented in a one-page partner agreement. We do not take success fees on the underlying business sale, so there is no conflict with your commission and nothing to net out.
Will Brand2Sell ever list a business or compete with us?
No. We are not a broker, investment bank, or exit planner. We don't list businesses, source buyers, take buy-side mandates, or take success fees on sales. We sit on the sell-side as a creative and digital prep partner — the work that happens before a listing goes live, or alongside one already in market. If a seller asks us who should list the business, we route them to a partner broker.
What if my seller is already listed?
Even better. The new website can go live mid-engagement, so buyers researching the company today see the upgraded version within 30 days. We've shipped sites for active listings in under four weeks when the deal pressure called for it.
Will the brand work delay my listing?
Not if you bring us in early. A 60-day pre-sale prep window slots cleanly inside the timeline most brokers run between engagement letter and going to market. If the seller wants to list sooner, we can sequence the website live first and the brand handover documents after — that's a conversation on the audit call.
What if the seller can't afford the engagement?
Then we say so on the audit call. We don't sell engagements that don't pencil for the seller. For very small deals (under $500K revenue) we usually refer out. For deals where the brand work would lift the multiple but the seller is cash-tight, we sometimes structure the fee so part of it is paid at close — talk to us.
Can I co-list Brand2Sell on my website as a recommended resource?
Yes, and we encourage it. Many partner brokers put a "pre-sale brand prep" line item on their seller checklist with a link to brand2sell.com. We can supply a short white-label PDF you can hand to a seller, and we'll happily reciprocate a link from our resources page.
Do you work with M&A advisors above $5M?
Sometimes. The sweet spot is $500K–$5M revenue, but we take exceptions up to roughly $15M EV when the founder still owns brand decisions and the timeline is right. Above that, we'd refer you to a custom firm like Atomicdust, MonogramGroup, or DeSantis Breindel — see the comparison table on our home page.