Flippa MCP

🚀 Flippa.com Listings MCP

Search, analyze, and evaluate online businesses on Flippa — powered by AI. No API key required. No account needed. Just plug into Claude and go.

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```bash
npx flippa-mcp-server
```

**Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.**

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![Flippa MCP Server](assets/terminal.svg)

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[Why Flippa MCP](#why-flippa-mcp) · [Tools](#tools) · [Getting Started](#getting-started) · [Examples](#examples)

🚀 Quick Start

To start using Flippa MCP, you can run the following command:

npx flippa-mcp-server

Or install it globally:

npm install -g flippa-mcp-server

Then, add the following configuration to your Claude Desktop config file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "flippa": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["flippa-mcp-server"]
        }
    }
}

⚠️ Important Note

No API key required! The Flippa listings API is public. All 5 tools work without any authentication or Flippa account.

✨ Features

• Search and Browse: Use flippa_search_listings to search and browse Flippa listings with various filters.
• Get Listing Details: Retrieve complete details of any listing using flippa_get_listing.
• Valuation Analysis: Compute valuation metrics and get a verdict using flippa_analyze_listing.
• Find Comparables: Find comparable listings and get aggregate pricing stats with flippa_comparable_sales.
• Market Overview: Get market-wide statistics across property types using flippa_market_overview.

📦 Installation

You can install Flippa MCP Server in two ways:

Using npx

npx flippa-mcp-server

Installing Globally

npm install -g flippa-mcp-server

💻 Usage Examples

Search for profitable SaaS businesses

"Find me SaaS listings on Flippa sorted by most profitable"

# This uses flippa_search_listings with property_type: "saas" and sort_alias: "most_profitable"

Analyze a specific listing

"Analyze Flippa listing 12299903 — is it fairly priced?"

# This uses flippa_analyze_listing to compute revenue multiples, ROI, and risk factors, then delivers a verdict.

Compare with the market

"Find comparable listings for this SaaS business and tell me if the asking price is reasonable"

# This uses flippa_comparable_sales to find similar listings by type and revenue range, then compares pricing.

Get a market snapshot

"Give me an overview of the current Flippa marketplace for ecommerce stores"

# This uses flippa_market_overview to aggregate stats across all ecommerce listings.

Deep dive evaluation

"Search for the top 5 most profitable websites on Flippa, then analyze each one and tell me which is the best deal"

# This chains flippa_search_listings → flippa_analyze_listing across multiple listings to find the best opportunity.

📚 Documentation

Tools

How Analysis Works

The flippa_analyze_listing tool fetches a listing and computes valuation metrics:

Verdict Logic

Risk Factors Detected

The tool automatically flags these concerns:

• No reported revenue or profit
• Traffic data unavailable or very low (< 1,000 uniques/mo)
• Revenue not verified by Flippa
• Traffic not verified by Flippa
• Seller is not a Super Seller
• No bids on the listing
• No images provided
• Very short listing description (< 100 chars)
• Confidential listing with limited data

Configuration

With environment variables

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "flippa": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["flippa-mcp-server"],
            "env": {
                "FLIPPA_API_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
            }
        }
    }
}

Supported Property Types

🔧 Technical Details

Development

git clone https://github.com/sind00/flippa-mcp.git
cd flippa-mcp
npm install
npm run dev    # Watch mode with tsx
npm run build  # Compile TypeScript
npm start      # Run compiled server

Project Structure

src/
  index.ts              # Server entry point
  types.ts              # TypeScript interfaces
  constants.ts          # Configuration constants
  schemas/
    listing.ts          # Zod validation schemas
  services/
    flippa-client.ts    # HTTP client (retry, rate limiting)
    formatter.ts        # Response formatting (markdown/json)
  tools/
    search.ts           # flippa_search_listings
    details.ts          # flippa_get_listing
    analyze.ts          # flippa_analyze_listing
    compare.ts          # flippa_comparable_sales
    market.ts           # flippa_market_overview

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.