I have made over a Half Million on Flippa.
I used to love their marketplace and the site in general.
But they made way to many changes for the worst.
Ruined their pricing. Acquired unskilled staff.
Conducted and still conduct A/B testing while their platform is "live",
which effects the users/buyers/sellers.
It wasn't broken, but they tried to fix it and keep trying to fix it and broke it and keep breaking it.
Anyone can start a company like Flippa.
To be honest.
It's the perfect time for that. Using flippa as a what to do and what not to do example is where it's at.
All it takes is good SEO, PR, Proper Branding, Influencers ect...
The average end user does not know about "Flippa" until they are looking to buy something. More or so when they decide that they want to become independent, 9-5 Free and work for themselves/from home.
Which is when they decide to "Google" it, and Flippa comes up.
But so will the "new" marketplace when developed and executed properly.
Someone, very soon will launch one. I already know some Buddies of mine/VIPs in the industry that are currently working on a platform already. They have the skills, networks, inventory, connections and more than enough money to make it happen. And they are.
Soon... flippa will have a major competitor and the people working on this now, literally hate flippa and will show no mercy/refuse to collaborate, merge ect...
Again... very easy to be done and a lot of money to be made when doing it.