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name: websites-for-sale-deals
description: Find, filter, compare, and investigate daily or historical online businesses for sale using the WebsitesForSaleOnline public deal API. Use when an agent needs acquisition leads, comparable business financials, evidence and risk screening, domain signals, Buy vs Build verdicts, or a research shortlist for buying an internet business.
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# Research websites for sale

Use the public API documented in [references/api.md](references/api.md).

## Workflow

1. Ask for budget, preferred business models, minimum profit, and risk tolerance only when they materially affect the search.
2. Fetch the latest collection or a dated collection from the API.
3. Filter before ranking. Do not recommend records outside explicit budget or evidence requirements.
4. Compare asking price, monthly profit, annual profit multiple, evidence confidence, risk flags, and Buy vs Build verdict.
5. Open the canonical `dealPage` for finalists and cite it in the answer.
6. Separate reported marketplace facts from WebsitesForSaleOnline analysis.
7. End with the unresolved diligence checks that could change the recommendation.

## Guardrails

- Treat opportunity scores as research priority, not predicted returns.
- Treat evidence confidence as source support, not verification of seller documents.
- Never describe the feed as financial, legal, tax, or investment advice.
- Never imply that revenue, ownership, customers, traffic, or code has been independently verified.
- Preserve the source attribution and canonical deal-page link.