About Us
Founded in Sydney, Australia to help property owners stop paying excessive agent fees.
As property prices have tripled in the past 20 years, so too have the fees that real-estate agents have been collecting, it's just not right.
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Why did we start?
Real estate agents have spent decades convincing sellers that their high fees are just the price of doing business. It isn't.
When Ripper's founder, Max, watched his family hand $80,000 to an agent for a few weeks of work, money that would have covered nearly two decade of household bills, he stopped accepting that this should be the norm. Ripper was founded in 2026 to put that money back where it belongs, in the seller's pocket.
Max spent his early career at Ernst & Young and Strategy& which provided him a sharp understanding of how to design processes that deliver the best outcomes. So Ripper has been built to deliver better outcomes to property sellers, by helping them understand which agent is the most likely to sell their property for the highest price with the least fees.
What is our Approach?
Maximise competition to drive down commission - Several local agents are invited to appraise your property, then enter a negotiation round where they submit their target sale price alongside their best commission offer, either flat or on a sliding scale. Agents bidding against each other for your listing is the fastest way to bring fees down.
Identify who is statistically most likely to maximise your profit - The highest sale price doesn't always mean the highest take home profit for the seller. An agent targeting a sale price of $810k with a high fee structure can leave you with less in your pocket than an agent who sells for $790k on a leaner fee structure. Ripper models every bid against the agent's track record and fee structure together, so you can see what each offer actually means for your final number. That is the figure that matters, and the one we put in front of you.