Tony F.
Insane sign-up process
It was not enough to provide legal documents such as passports and drivers licenses (with photo ID), Empire Flippers needed me to upload a selfie holding up a piece of paper with a special hand written note. It's like an April Fools gag or something - how many stupid things can we get customers to do to sign up? Needless to say I didnt go through with the process. Who knows when the next request will be - perhaps stand on one leg and wave?
Response from Empire FlippersOct 8, 2026
Hey Tony, appreciate your feedback here! I think there is likely a miscommunication here between us over what happened. The ID you attempted to use was 5 years past its expiration date, so we could not accept it as valid. This is a normal process for us to help protect our sellers and really everyone on our platform. We require all potential buyers to verify with a legal current, active ID as part of our KYC process. We're happy to verify you, even hop on a call to talk about our process in more detail so there are no surprises, as long as you have a valid ID you can share with us.




