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Brad Wayland

Advisor at Quiet Light

Mooresville, NC Website (800) 746-5034
Current deals $5.9MUpdated October 2026
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About

Brad Wayland serves as an Advisor at Quiet Light. He guides owners through online business sales based on his acquisition experience. Brad bootstrapped a custom printing company to over 100 employees. He completed 26 acquisitions as part of a rollup strategy and sold the portfolio to private equity in 2015.

Who is a good fit for Brad Wayland

  • Owners of content websites match his serial acquisition background.
  • Sellers who built businesses with over 100 employees seek his guidance.
  • Entrepreneurs pursuing rollup strategies in online spaces benefit from his exits.
  • Founders who sold content portfolios to private equity align with his experience.

Active listings (1)

Asking prices from $5.9M.

Closed deals (14)

Businesses Brad Wayland has helped sell.

  • SBA Prequalified: Leading Personal Finance Content Business w/Diversified Earnings

    Content, affiliate & media site · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $3,500,000

    Personal finance content business serving physicians and other high-income professionals. Audience is primarily in its 30s–50s, with most readers being physicians.

  • Shopify Skincare Business | Mostly Single-SKU | 90% Gross Margins | Young & Growing | Low Multiple

    Direct-to-consumer brand · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $1,500,000

    Shopify skincare business centered on an under-eye balm, with 90% gross margins and 15% of revenue from organic Amazon purchases. Includes a large creator-led content library; growth opportunities include Meta creative testing, product-line expansion, and Amazon Subscribe and Save.

  • 15-Year-Old Online Press Release Distribution Service | Passively Operated | Strong Reputation

    Business services (other) · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $370,000

    Online press release distribution service generating revenue from distribution credits, upsells, and vertical add-on packs. Passively operated at only 1–2 hours per week; opportunities include website and backend modernization, Google Ads optimization, upsells, and distribution partnerships.

  • SBA Prequalified | 7 Year-Old Blue-Collar Workwear Brand w/38% Net Margins | Growth Opportunities

    Direct-to-consumer brand · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $4,600,000

    Sticker and apparel brand serving the American blue-collar worker demographic; primarily sold through Shopify. TikTok Shop accounts for 20% of sales and generated $1M from two products in 180 days.

  • Quick-Sale Opportunity with Bidding Process: 17-Year-Old Premium Home Category Business | $150M Lifetime Revenue

    Online retailer · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $325,000

    Bedding, home goods, and accessory furniture brand founded in 2009 with more than $150M in lifetime revenue and approximately $400,000 of inventory on hand. Hibernating Shopify Plus site and marketplace accounts on Amazon, Target, Wayfair, and Kohl’s remain ready for reactivation.

  • 33-Year-Old Municipalities Accounting Software Business | Microsoft Access App | Majority of Clients Retained for Over 20 Years

    B2B SaaS · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $575,000

    Sells accounting software to municipalities and nonprofit organizations. More than 100 clients; most have retained the software for over 20 years.

  • 4-Year-Old Food Blog | 416 Posts | Low Workload | Large Social Following

    Content, affiliate & media site · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $275,000

    WordPress food blog launched in 2019 with 416 pages focused exclusively on air fryer recipes. 97% of revenue comes from programmatic advertising; the balance comes from memberships and ebooks.

  • User Testing Business w/Massive Potential

    Business services (other) · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $50,000

    Launched in May 2018 and provides user testing services for ecommerce businesses. Platform has 414 active testers and 732 pending testers.

  • Trademarked Sunglasses Brand with 100% YOY Profit Gains

    Direct-to-consumer brand · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $210,000

    Shopify sunglasses brand acquired in 2017, also selling snow goggles, beanies, and accessories; its hero product floats on water. 36% customer repeat rate, 65,000 active emails, and diversified Facebook, Google, organic, direct, email, and SMS acquisition.

  • 10 Year Old Content Site Centered On “How To” For Modern Men

    Content, affiliate & media site · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $249,000

    Launched in 2010 with urban, millennial-oriented content covering crafts, DIY, cooking, health, and fashion for a male audience. Operated on autopilot since January 2019; no new content since then, with old content republished five days per week. Past sponsorship revenue, SEO, Pinterest, affiliate, and sponsored-content opportunities remain.

  • 2 Year Old Drop Shipping Fashion Brand | Evergreen Catalog | $8 Million Revenue | Very Low Multiple

    Clothing & apparel · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $800,000

    Evergreen fashion and lifestyle brand selling classic menswear, footwear, jewelry, and accessories. More than $8 million in trailing-12-month sales with a digital-first acquisition strategy centered on Meta ads.

  • 10-Year-Old Shopify Ecommerce Business | Quick Sale Opportunity | Selling for Inventory Value

    Online retailer · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $380,000

    Luxury bedding brand selling organic cotton sheets and natural fiber products exclusively through a Shopify store; average order size is $126.30. Approximately $380,000 of inventory is on hand, representing about $1.1 million in retail value.

  • 12-Year-Old Prepper Food Business | $629 AOV | USA Supply Chain | Low Multiple

    Online retailer · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $256,825

    Since 2014, the business has sold freeze-dried meal kits and ingredients for emergency preparedness and long-term storage, with up to 25-year shelf life, a 30% repeat-purchase rate, and $629 AOV. Revenue comes from Shopify (67%) and Amazon FBA (33%); cash buyers only, with warehouse or 3PL capacity required. The business includes 40K+ email subscribers and 12K+ SMS subscribers.

  • SBA PQ | 10 Year Old Content & Software Biz Focused on Magic: The Gathering | Steady Growth

    Content, affiliate & media site · Location undisclosed

    Sale price: $2,325,000

    Launched in 2015; publishes content and software applications for Magic: The Gathering fans. Portfolio includes three other sites and has grown consistently for five years.

Frequently Asked Questions

Brad Wayland completed 26 acquisitions as part of a content rollup strategy. He bootstrapped a custom printing business to millions in sales and over 100 employees. Brad sold that portfolio to private equity in 2015.

Brad Wayland brings experience from four successful exits of his own businesses. He joined Quiet Light in 2017 and has represented more than 80 transactions. Brad started in the online space in 2003 and later focused on content acquisitions.

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