Data licensing guide
Data licensing guide

How to raise the value of your company data before you apply

By Ade Molajo · Updated · How we check figures

Quick answer

Programmes pay more for longer history, complete work, records that link together, more systems in scope, and clear rights. Before you apply: lead with complete closed work, list every system and its years, check client contracts early so more can go in, keep the links between tickets, documents and code, and ask whether exclusivity changes the price.

5
things that move the price
Complete
closed work beats fragments
Every system
listed in your inventory
Exclusivity
ask if it lifts the price

01The five things that move the price

Five things that move what a company is offered: years of history, completeness of each matter or project, records that link together, how many systems are in scope, and proof of the right to license.01YearsLongerhistory02CompleteWholematters,projects03LinkedrecordsTicket tocode to doc04SystemsMore in scope05Right tolicenseProof you can
From what the programmes say drives price, including Mercor’s per-type listings. None publishes a formula.

02Practical steps

  1. Lead with complete, closed work: finished matters, completed projects, shipped releases.
  2. List every system and how many years each covers, in a data inventory.
  3. Check client contracts early, so more of your records can go in scope.
  4. Keep the links: tickets linked to code, projects to documents.
  5. Ask about exclusivity: Mercor's software listing says exclusive terms can lift the price.

03What drags the value down

Process documents your team wrote are usually licensable; customer records, chat history, NDA material and personal data need care or stay out.Usually straightforwardSOPs, playbooks and checklistsInternal wikis and knowledge basesProject histories and ticket workflowsQA processes and review notesTraining and onboarding materialNeeds care, or stays outCRM and customer recordsEmail, Slack or Teams historyAnything covered by client NDAsPersonal data about staff or customers
The lowest-risk material is documentation you wrote about how you work.

Mercor's listings name what isn't a fit: templates or marketing on their own, active matters, logs without context, open-source copies, AI-written code, and anything client contracts restrict. See what company data is worth.

04Check whether you're likely to match

Our free fit check asks about your size, location, records and tools, then shows which programmes you're likely to match. The programme decides.

05Questions people ask

How can I get more for my company data?

Show more years, complete and linked records, more systems and clear rights. A good data inventory makes all of that visible.

Does cleaning the data help?

Removing personal and client data properly lets more of your records go in scope, which usually helps.

Sources

Check which programmes you’re likely to matchA few short questions, about a minute. Free, no sign-up. The programme decides who qualifies.trackimpact.io/data →