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Plain answers about licensing company records.
What buyers pay, who they are, what never goes in, and what to do if you are shutting down. Written for owners, not for lawyers.
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Longer answers to the questions that come up on the first call.
Can I sell my customer database?Selling a customer list is restricted by privacy law and buyers of AI training data do not want it. What they pay $10K to $1M+ for is how...ReadIs it legal to sell company data?Licensing your own operating records is legal when you own them, your contracts allow it, personal data is removed, and the agreement is a...ReadWhat is data licensing?Data licensing is permission to use a copy of your records under agreed terms, for a fee, while you keep the originals. How it differs from...ReadExclusive or non-exclusive data license: which pays more?Exclusive licenses pay 4 to 5 times more, per one licensing platform and published research, but end the asset. Non-exclusive can be...ReadWhat do AI companies do with business data?AI labs use company records to build practice environments where models learn to do real work: handle a ticket, close a book, review a...ReadHow long does it take to get paid for company data?Seven days after review at the fastest buyer, two to four weeks at the shut-down specialists, about 60 days at the small-operator buyer,...ReadEvery public AI data licensing deal, with the numbersThe public record of what AI companies have paid for data: Google and Spirit Airlines $10M, Reddit $203M, a $173,163 closed deal with a...ReadHow do I sell my startup's data after shutting down?Closed startups sell their repositories, Slack and email archives for $10K to $300K in one to four weeks. Which buyer types, what they...ReadHow do I prepare my company's data for licensing?Eight things to do before a buyer looks: confirm ownership, read three contracts, list systems and years, turn on history tracking, stop...ReadHow do accountants, lawyers and M&A advisors get paid for data licensing introductions?Buyers pay for introductions. Advisors who already know which clients are closing, retiring or selling split the fee with us 50/50. How it...Read
By industry, by system, by buyer
What is your company's data worth?24 industries, each with a typical range, the systems that carry the value, and the buyers that fit.By industry
Which of your systems are worth money?20 systems: what the export contains, why buyers want it, how to export it, what is removed.By system
Who is buying, and what they payEvery buyer type side by side, with what each publishes.By buyer
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