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What is Emerge.com?
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Emerge.com is a unique matchmaking marketplace that allows buyers and sellers of middle-market businesses to meet online in a confidential, secure environment. Our site was developed to target businesses valued greater than $1 million. The site also includes a wide variety of tools, content and professional directories focusing on the topic of selling or buying businesses. Unlike other sites, which are simply classified ad formats, Emerge allows buyers and sellers to communicate interactively in a confidential forum. As a result Emerge offers for the first time a smarter, more efficient process for marketing and closing a transaction.
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How do I get started on Emerge.com?
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Emerge.com begins with your registration. Once you have chosen you own log-in and password the site will create your own personal home page where you can conveniently manage your activities. As a seller you can list your business from this point on the site. If you are a buyer you can search listings, post search criteria, contact sellers and express interest in businesses for sale.
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Why does Emerge.com require more financial information than other sites?
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We've found that serious buyers will not consider purchasing a company without financial data, much like a person buying a house would normally not consider buying it without seeing the property. Financial information will improve your chances of finding a qualified buyer. The buyer community sees financial information as an indication of the sophistication, quality, and marketability of any business entering the market.
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What if I need help preparing financial information?
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If you need help with historical or projected financial information you can contact a certified public accountant, using Emerge's CPA Search.
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How does Emerge.com protect my privacy?
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Emerge.com's listing service is completely confidential. At no point do we reveal your identity or the identity of the business. You communicate with buyers or sellers through Deal Mail. Deal Mail is an encrypted e-mail system that allows you to communicate with others on the site without revealing your identity. When you have determined the time is right you reveal your contact information to the interested parties through DealMail.
Emerge.com maintains a high standard of site confidentiality with the use of SSL technology. We also maintain a Privacy Policy for your benefit.
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How does Emerge.com make money?
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Emerge.com uses a performance based pricing system. We charge a finder's fee if you buy or sell a company through our site. Fees for intermediaries are 10% of their total commission. Fees for unrepresented sellers range between 2%-.4% of the transaction value. Our fee calculator gives an unrepresented seller a more exact fee estimate based on the size of the business transaction. If you are a seller and decide to use an Emerge Intermediary ePartner to represent you during the transaction all finder's fees are waived upon notification of deal closure.
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I'm an intermediary. How can I apply to become an Emerge Intermediary ePartner?
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An application form is available on the site (click here to apply).
There is no cost to apply. Emerge charges a 10% referral fee. This fee is paid upon the close of the transaction. Emerge is committed to insuring the highest level of quality within our referral network.
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How does the Emerge Valuation Calculator derive the value of a business?
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The Emerge valuation calculator determines a "ballpark" valuation of your business based on what businesses like yours have sold for recently. The data that fuels our calculator comes from Mergerstat, the premier provider of middle-market transaction multiples. The use of actual transaction multiples to value a business is one of the most effective valuation techniques.
Other site calculators sometimes charge users hundreds of dollars and will often base their calculations on "ask" prices or industry ratios rather than actual transaction multiples.
Obviously, our calculator can't be as accurate as a professional valuation. Professional valuations consider a variety of factors beyond the scope of any Internet device and may use multiple valuation techniques.
Your company's value may change over time and we encourage you to check your valuation frequently.
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How can I obtain acquisition financing for a company that I want to purchase?
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You can apply for a commercial loan through Emerge's Finance Center. By registering and filling out a short form you will be presented to 150 lenders that could be in a position to help you
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Why should I use Emerge.com as opposed to one of the other M&A internet sites?
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Emerge.com is positioned and committed to business intermediaries and owners involved with the sale or purchase of a business valued at over $ 1 million, unlike other sites which cater to the business brokerage community and much smaller deal sizes. Emerge.com is interested in the quality of our inventory on our site, not quantity.
We are the only site that qualifies both buyers and sellers and allows for confidential communication between the parties without revealing identity.
We are the only site that requires the financial information necessary to begin a preliminary discussion with qualified buyers for a sale of a business.
We are the only site actively reducing market cycle time so that your business may sell more quickly than the twelve months usually required at a minimum.
We are the only site with a performance based fee structure. There is no upfront obligation and we only receive our fee when your deal successfully closes.
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How can I obtain help?
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Emerge customer support can be contacted at info@Emerge.com.
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