We liquidate stagnant developer tools and B2B SaaS without messy codebase sales. Maintainers get turnkey offboarding, data sanitization, and cash bounties. Acquirers get active switchers and domain authority.
<script src="https://cdn.keelout.com/v1/bridge.js" data-app="legacymetrics"></script>01 // Dual-Sided Offboarding Engine
Whether you built a Chrome extension, Shopify app, CLI utility, or B2B SaaS that no longer fits your roadmap, Keelout turns your remaining user base into verified switcher bounties while handling user exports and NIST-certified database teardown.
Illustrative model based on B2B SaaS & developer tool switcher conversion cohorts. Domain stewardship option priced separately if included.
02 // Structural Failure Analysis
Conventional M&A brokers treat a $150k ARR utility like a scaled enterprise buyout—forcing legal bloat, code audits, and valuation standoffs while active users quietly churn away.
Acquirers don't want legacy technical debt, unpatched frameworks, or messy repos. They only want the users and the domain. Forcing a buyer to inherit your server stack kills 80% of micro-exits in diligence.
Traditional brokers anchor on unrealistic multiples while apps quietly rot and churn to zero. Maintainers stay trapped paying hosting bills for an app they no longer have the energy to market.
Abandoning an app burns your community; selling blindly risks your domain being turned into spam and SEO slop with your name still attached in historic commits and launch posts.
03 // Bilateral Specification
Every Keelout transaction is structured as a symmetric protocol: zero-rewrite offboarding and certified teardown for the seller, paired with verified, compliant switcher ingestion for the buyer.
| Feature / Lens | SELLER TRACK For Maintainers (The Sellers) | BUYER TRACK For Acquirers (The Buyers) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Incentive | Relief, reputation protection, and found liquidity. | Lower CAC than cold ads; warm category switchers. |
| Financial Terms | 70% rolling milestone payouts + 30% completion holdback. |
Pay-per-verified-switcher (CPA) + domain option. |
| Work Required | Zero code rewrites. Embed a 1-line banner script. | Integrate target data via our migration bridge schema. |
| Data Protection | Certified NIST SP 800-88 cryptographic sanitization. |
GDPR Article 13 compliant user consent workflows. |
| Domain Fate | Keep it, or transfer with strict anti-slop & 60-day ROFR. | 6-month transition microsite, then permanent 301. |
04 // Lifecycle Blueprint
We audit user activity and generate anonymized, synthetic schema fixtures. No customer PII is exposed prior to signed agreements.
keelout audit --schema-only --anonymize
Maintainer embeds <script src="https://cdn.keelout.com/v1/bridge.js">. Users are given 60–90 days advance notice with direct export options.
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Users migrate seamlessly to the buyer's platform with account credits. Conversions log in real time and trigger rolling 70% milestone payouts.
POST https://bridge.keelout.com/v1/ingest [202 Accepted]
Servers go dark, databases undergo certified cryptographic shredding, and milestone holdbacks disburse live.
CERT: NIST-SP-800-88-REV1 // HOLD-30 RELEASED
05 // Institutional Safeguards
Every exit agreement is governed by three non-negotiable covenants engineered to protect user privacy, maintainer reputation, and domain integrity in perpetuity.
We issue cryptographically signed teardown certificates verifying database purging and snapshot deletion across primary volumes, read replicas, and automated cloud backups at T-Zero.
Transferred domains are legally restricted to branded transition microsites and permanent 301 redirects. They are never auctioned to AI blog farms, adult networks, or affiliate spam.
If an acquirer ever chooses not to renew the domain, the original founder has 60 days to reclaim it for $0 before it expires—ensuring your past work never falls into drop-catchers' hands.
06 // Initiation Dispatch
Submit your application details for a confidential diligence review. Submissions route directly to [email protected] and generate your diligence overview packet immediately.
07 // Operational Clarifications
Clear answers on intellectual property, GDPR data portability, payout escrow, and domain covenants.
No. Keelout never requires source code transfer. You retain 100% ownership of your codebase, proprietary algorithms, and git history. Acquirers on Keelout are purchasing verified user migrations and optional domain stewardship—not your technical liabilities.
As users migrate via the dynamic edge bridge (cdn.keelout.com/v1/bridge.js), 70% of earned switcher bounties disburse on a rolling bi-weekly schedule. The remaining 30% is held in escrow and released automatically at T-Zero once final exports conclude and the NIST SP 800-88 sanitization certificate is countersigned.
During diligence, buyers only inspect synthetic schema fixtures—zero raw PII is shared. During the 60–90 day transition window, users are presented with a transparent GDPR Article 13 notice and must explicitly consent to migrate their workspace to the acquiring platform, or they can download a self-contained archive and opt out of migration entirely.
Every domain transfer includes our Anti-Slop Covenant and a 60-day Right of First Refusal (ROFR). The buyer may only use the domain for a 6-month transition microsite and permanent 301 redirects. If they ever elect not to renew registration, you are notified 60 days prior to expiration and may reclaim the domain for $0.