For directory and job board founders
Sell your job board or online directory business.
Tiny buys profitable job board and online directory businesses with trusted supply, repeat buyers, direct traffic, and strong market reputation.
The category matters less than the business itself: real profit, customer trust, and a reason to keep it independent for the long term.
Short answer
Does Tiny buy job board or online directory businesses?
Yes. Tiny likes job boards and online directories when the market trusts the listings, employers or buyers come back, and the business has direct demand beyond paid traffic.
- Good fit: niche job boards, talent directories, vendor directories, marketplaces, classifieds, and professional listing products.
- We like direct traffic, repeat employer spend, quality supply, clean moderation, and a reputation in the niche.
- A small trusted directory can be more durable than a broad board with expensive traffic and weak repeat buyers.
Why this kind of business can last
Directories and job boards compound when they become the place a niche checks first.
We like owned search demand, email lists, saved profiles, repeat postings, and high-quality moderation.
The best businesses serve both sides without racing to the bottom on paid acquisition.
Strong fit and weaker fit signals
Strong fit
- Repeat employer, recruiter, vendor, sponsor, or listing revenue.
- Direct traffic, email distribution, SEO strength, and a trusted brand in a narrow category.
- Quality control around listings, profiles, moderation, spam, and marketplace trust.
Weaker fit
- Revenue depends mostly on arbitraging paid traffic.
- Low-quality listings, spam, or trust issues are eroding the market.
- The founder personally sells every listing with no repeatable process.
What happens after a sale to Tiny
We protect search equity, listing quality, and buyer trust. The category only works if the market keeps using it.
The team can keep operating independently, with help on product, sales, or operations when useful.
Tiny is not a broker, marketplace, private equity fund, or short-term flipper. We buy businesses we would be proud to own for the long term, and we try not to break the thing customers already trust.
Where to go next
Questions founders ask
Does Tiny buy content and marketplace hybrids?
Yes, when the business has profit, repeat demand, owned audience, and marketplace or directory trust.
What matters most for a job board sale?
Repeat employer spend, direct traffic, candidate quality, email engagement, moderation, margins, and whether the niche sees the board as trusted.
Talk to Tiny
If this sounds like your business, email hello@tiny.com with a short description, approximate revenue, and approximate profit. No pitch deck required.