The Smart Broker's Guide to manage your business listings BrokerGenius is now live. BrokerGenius is finally out of beta is is now live for all brokers to use. You can now easily mass upload all your listings saving you an enormous amount of time. With this update we have also fixed numerous bugs on the platform as well as released [...]

Finding the Best Business to Own Start with you, not the listings Here's a mistake almost every first-time buyer makes: they open a marketplace, start scrolling, and fall for a business before asking whether it fits their life. A charming café looks perfect until you realize it opens at 5 a.m. and you're not a morning person. The buyers who [...]

BizBuySell vs. Bizcocity: Which Platform Is Right for You? If you want to buy or sell a business online in North America, two names come up quickly: BizBuySell and Bizcocity. Both are marketplaces where businesses are listed for sale. Both connect buyers, sellers, and brokers. But they take very different approaches to one big question: who pays? This guide breaks [...]

Buying Your First Business: The Complete Beginner's Guide Buying an established business is often a smarter alternative to starting from scratch. It lets you take over proven cash flow, trained employees, and existing customers skipping many of the hardest early stage problems that occur. Value the Business Most small businesses are valued using the market approach comparing them to similar [...]

What is a Verified Buyer?Updated: May 2026 What does the “shown to verified buyers only” text shown on many fields in listing management dashboard mean, and what is a Verified Buyer. A Verified Buyer on Bizcocity is someone who has engaged with a broker over a listing and has signed a virtual NDA. Buyers become Verified Buyers only after they [...]

The Smart Buyer's Guide to Due Diligence When Buying a Business. Before you sign anything, read this. Buying a business is one of the most exciting and financially consequential decisions you'll ever make. Whether you're browsing listings on Bizcocity for the first time or deep in negotiations on a deal, one thing separates buyers who thrive from buyers who regret [...]

Does Bizcocity show ads?Updated: May 2026 Yes. Bizcocity includes in-platform targeted advertising. The platform remains free to use for browsing and listings.

Is Bizcocity free?Updated: May 2026 Yes. Bizcocity is free to use. We do not charge any fees for our platform; however, brokers listed on Bizcocity may charge their own service fees.

Beta Program Now Open: Try Tomorrow's Features Today We are proud to release our new beta program for brokers. You can now test and use our new features early on. To activate beta access head to your account. you should see the beta access section to the left directly under your profile picture. click on the toggle switch, you should [...]

Bizcocity Update: batch uploads, bug fixes, and improvements Batch Uploads now available! We are pleased to introduce batch uploads. You can now post multiple listings faster and more efficiently then ever before. The batch uploads feature is currently available for beta testers only. Batch uploads work by uploading a csv file with your listings, choosing the listing type and hitting [...]

How broker verification worksUpdated: January 2026 Once you activate your broker account by filling out your information you have full access to all broker features while we verify your broker identity. We use the information provided to verify you are a licensed broker. This process takes 1 to 2 business days. During this period you will be able to create [...]

A New Chapter for Bizcocity: New Team, New Platform Bizcocity today announces that it has been successfully acquired by new owners. The platform, recognized as a leading independent marketplace for buying and selling businesses, is relaunching with completely rebuilt infrastructure and is now expanding into the United States. This complete overhaul comes with a new dashboard, a redesigned search algorithm, [...]

Introducing Bizcocity 2.0 Welcome to the new Bizcocity. The platform has been completely rebuilt from the ground up, featuring a full redesign and an all new dashboard with an overall improved UI and UX. We are introducing a whole suite of new features including our new search algorithm and messaging platform. We have also expanded to include both the United [...]