Here are RTA Business’ Top Five Reasons a Buyer Won’t Purchase Your Company

If you’ve put your business up for sale and it’s not selling, you need to know why so you can rectify the problem and clinch that elusive buyer. That is why this week, RTA Business has listed its top five reasons a buyer is saying no to the opportunity to purchase your business!

As one of the leading business sales brokers in the UK, RTA Business consultants has been facilitating lucrative business acquisition deals for a fairly long time, and as such, we know what works and what doesn’t.

Get Proactive and Show a Buyer the Value of your Business

More to the point, we know that you have put your business up for sale because you want to make money. The longer you have to wait, the longer you have to wait to get your hands on the cash, which can be frustrating or down right obstructive.

In our experience if a buyer isn’t biting, there are several reasons why, and there’s always something you can do about it.  Get proactive so that when the buyer of your dreams comes along, sees the value of your business and makes you an offer, you can reap your reward for building up your company into one to be proud of!

In order to do that, you need to identify the problem, and in RTA Business’ experience it’s probably one of the following:

1     They Don’t Know You: Even with RTA Business on your side, you need to let people know who you are, otherwise, how will they know why our business is so valuable? Always make sure you have a killer marketing strategy.

2      They Don’t Know the Value of What You Do: We live in a world of sceptics and even profit margins sometimes won’t convince them of the value of what you do. Craft facts, statistics, data, testimonials etc. into your marketing strategy to present a solid case to potential buyers.

3      Profit Margins: In many cases, a buyer may lack interest because your profit margins are too low to catch their eye.  Diversify your service and show them other avenues they can take advantage of to increase revenue with your business.

4      They don’t understand Your Product’s Appeal: In other words, the buyer doesn’t really understand the consumer base you market to. In this case, double down on market research so can readily show the gap in the market that you cater to.

They Believe the Profitability of the Business Isn’t Transferable: A potential buyer may be of the opinion that the company only works because you are at its head. Convince them otherwise by highlighting the key role played by your employees and convince said employees to make a long term commitment to the firm.