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Why list with Asia Business Brokers? Asia Business Brokers is a specialist business brokerage and M&A brokerage. Businesses are our business and we have been selling and leasing businesses and commercial properties for a long time. We know how to process business sales from preparation and listing right through to transfer and settlement. Our quality management processes have been developed and improved over time, which have enabled us to achieve hundreds of sales and become the dominate business brokerage in South Asia and South East Asia in a very quick time.

Selling businesses is very different to selling residential real estate like houses and condos. More often than not, selling a business tends to follow a reasonably set process over a period of time. They generally take a lot longer to sell quite simply because there are significantly less buyers looking to buy businesses (compared with residential real estate). The price is generally linked to the viability (profitability) of the business, not so much like houses where it is more so linked to location, and supply and demand. Most Sellers don't particularly want the fact that their business is for sale made known publicly, so this makes advertising more difficult and subject to strict processes to validate potential Buyers and manage release of information, while maintaining an appropriate degree of confidentiality.

Arguably, the most important aspect of selling a business is actually finding a Buyer and this is where we excel as our entire client database consists only of people looking to buy and sell businesses and commercial property, and only in the Asia-Pacific region. Our database consists of over 20,000 regular email clients and over 400,000 social media clients spread over 200 social media platforms and accounts. We have an enviable reputation of being able to pitch our Listings to the right people very quickly.

We only offer one listing plan and it is a contracted commission-based non-exclusive listing service direct with Owners. Our commission is equal to or lower than most other specialist brokerages, and our Standard Listing Plan consists of a comprehensive core marketing and advertising service without any up-front charges. We do however, offer Extra Listing Services if you feel you need for them at very competitive prices. These are, of course entirely optional and at your discretion.

Very importantly, we understand that your primary goal is to sell and because of this, all of our listings are non-exclusive. Unlike many other commercial real estate brokerages who seek to obtain exclusivity, we do not. We actually encourage you to list yourself also and/or list with other brokers as you choose. It's all about finding you a Buyer and obtaining a successful transfer and this is our primary goal.
Will you provide a Broker to conduct settlement when a Buyer is found? Where possible and as we deem appropriate, we provide a Broker to be in attendance for all aspects of a sale. In reality though, it is not always possible or necessary to do so and we have settled many sales remotely without physically being in attendance at settlement.

The most significant part of the sales process is the preparation of the sale conditions and terms which precedes the signing of the Sales and Purchase Agreement at the time of receiving a deposit. The settlement phase of the sale, by comparison, is somewhat easier. Our Account Managers have processed many sales without being physically present for some or all of the sales process. They are experienced and they make themselves available to Buyers and Sellers through-out the entire life of the Listing and especially during the transfer process. We have detailed and step-by-step processes we can send to assist and ensure a smooth transition in the event we cannot be in attendance ourselves.