Questions and answers
Start with the question behind your next decision.
Can any company monetize its existing records?
No. Useful content, sufficient authority, practical preparation and a buyer need must all be established. Some archives should remain internal.
Do I need to clean everything before approaching a buyer?
Start with a high-level inventory and scoped brief. Confirm a real evaluation requirement before committing to broad preparation work.
Does the checklist give legal clearance?
No. It produces an action list based on your answers, not an eligibility certificate or professional opinion.
Read the supporting guides
Explore the libraryHow to sell company data: a seller’s practical playbook
Work through asset scope, permission review, buyer research, evaluation and licensing without starting with a bulk export or an invented valuation.
Prepare company data for evaluation without oversharing
Create an inventory, data dictionary, quality notes and staged release checklist before allowing a potential licensee to inspect records.
Selling versus licensing company data: terms to negotiate
Understand the decisions behind ownership, permitted uses, exclusivity, onward sharing, duration and retained rights before agreeing to a dataset license.