Browse available online properties, review status and pricing signals, and send a general inquiry from a listing page.
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Practical help for listings, applications, and operating a stub.
Use these guides to understand what BusinessStub does today: browsing marketplace listings, sending inquiries, applying for an operator role, managing assigned stubs, and handling common setup issues.
Rental and rent-to-own applications use Stripe Checkout for the current application payment before admin review.
Read application helpAssigned users can manage inquiries, allowed stub fields, billing portal access, website content, and chatbot settings.
Open operator guideLearn how and why to triage, reveal contact, reply, add notes, update status, close, and handle paid applications.
Read inquiry workflowMarketplace Listings
The public marketplace shows stubs that are not archived and not hidden. Visitors can search by keyword and filter by niche, city, and status.
- Available listings can show pricing and application actions.
- Pending means an application or invite is being reviewed, so public applications are paused.
- Reserved, rented, sold, and custom listings can still accept general inquiries when the public page is available.
Applications
Available rental and rent-to-own listings can include an application form. The current application checkout collects an $85 payment: a $50 refundable application deposit and a $35 background check fee.
Payment is handled by Stripe Checkout. After payment is recorded, BusinessStub creates a linked inquiry for admin review and changes the listing to pending. Approval is not automatic.
Inquiries
Listing forms, external stub-site forms, email replies, applications, and chatbot conversations can all become inquiries in BusinessStub. Operators review the conversation in the admin and reveal contact details when needed.
Operator email alerts do not expose full contact details by default. Open the inquiry in BusinessStub to reply, add an internal note, update status, or close the inquiry.
Detailed guide: How to handle inquiries.