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What the Facebook ads about your company data are actually offering
The Facebook and Instagram ads about your company data make the same seven promises: a big payout range, a license instead of a sale, personal details removed, no upfront fee, old files are valuable, real AI labs as buyers, and a quick check to see if you qualify. At least 18 advertisers run them. Most are brokers.1,2,3,4,5
Who is behind the ads
We counted at least 18 advertisers running company data ads in the public Meta Ad Library, almost all started between September and mid-October 2026. A few are buyers, like micro1 and Nyne. Most are brokers, meaning middlemen paid when they introduce you to a buyer. Several say so plainly: Cognor Labs and VMS each call themselves an independent referral partner paid by the data partner.1,6,7
This guide sorts what the ads promise, not who is right. Every figure below is the advertiser's own claim. For micro1's "up to $2M" ad in particular, see our separate explainer.8
The seven promises, and who makes them
Put the ads side by side and the same seven lines keep coming back. Here they are, with the advertisers' own wording.1
- A payout range. "$100K-$5M for your shop's data" (the AI Data page). "AI labs pay $100K-$4M" (Goldmined). "$50K-$1M+ for your company's data" (monsterdata.ai). "Deals have closed from $200K to $2M" (VMS).9,10,11,12
- A license, not a sale. "It's a license, not a sale" and "You keep your company" (Ventra). "License Your Data, Keep Your Company" (BDLG). "Sell a copy. Keep your data." (Your Data Value).2,13,14
- Personal details removed. "Personal details removed" (Goldmined). "De-identified first. Licensed second." (Shfa.ai). "100% de-identified" (Clova Data). Client names "swapped for codes" (Nyne).15,16,17,18
- No upfront cost. "We don't get paid until you do" (Jottings). "No upfront fees" (Your Data Value). "No equity, no loans" (Supersoniq).3,14,19
- Old files are worth money. "Older dispatch data is worth more" (the AI Data page). "Don't shred those files yet" (Supersoniq). "Get a quote before anything gets wiped" (the Nyne AI page).4,20,21
- Big-name buyers. The AI Data page and VMS name Anthropic, OpenAI and Google in their ads. VMS's own data pages name no AI lab, and Clova Data lists the labs without stating any relationship with them.22,23,24
- A quick check. "See if your old files qualify" (Ventra), "Answer 3 questions" (BDLG), five questions for an estimate (micro1). Most of these open an Instant Form inside Facebook, not a website.25,13,26,5
What the ads leave out
Who the real buyer is. Brokers rarely name the company that would license your data. Pewter, for example, works with an unnamed licensing partner.27
Who is running the ad. Some advertisers' websites give no legal company, address or terms; Clova Data's legal pages are unfilled templates. Many domains are weeks old: Supersoniq's was registered on 2026-10-11 and Clova Data's on 2026-10-13.28,29,30,31
The fine print. How long the license lasts, whether it is exclusive, and what any middleman takes. Jottings, for one, says its success fee is typically 20-30% of the payout.32
Where the copy differs from the site. Return My Time's ads name construction, distribution and engineering firms that its own pages do not mention. Clova Data's ads use wording that does not appear on its site.33,34
Pros and cons
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Cons
What it means for a business like yours
If you run a 25-person trucking or HVAC company, you are exactly who these ads are aimed at: several name dispatch data and "your shop's data" by name. That is a good sign the demand is real. It is not a sign that any one ad's number is.9,38
Treat an ad as an opening line, not an offer. Before you answer the form, look up the advertiser: a company name, an address, terms, and who actually buys the data. The firms we profile are listed by name, with what each one says about itself.28,39
Should your business get in now?
Businesses are already licensing their records: micro1 has committed $1B over 12 months to buying company data, and at least 18 firms started advertising for it between September and mid-October 2026.35,1 Our view, not a promise: the money will not be around forever, because prices tend to come down as more businesses sell.35,40 Take the quiz to see which firms fit your business.
Plus a free Seller's Guide when you finish.
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Questions, answered with sources
Usually a sales call. Most of these ads open an Instant Form inside Facebook, so your details go to the advertiser before you visit a website.5
Every business is different, so this one is best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over it with you before anything is signed.
Before you sign
Questions to talk through with your buyer
Every business is different, so these are best talked through with the buyer you're working with. Their team goes over them with you before anything is signed.
Questions for this kind of business
- How do CCPA, GDPR, UK GDPR and state privacy laws apply, and is de-identified data still personal information?
- Do customer, supplier or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?
Questions for any buyer
- Is the license exclusive, and for how long?
- Can you sublicense the data, and to whom?
- Which AI labs will receive it, and will you tell us?
- How long do you keep it, and how is it deleted?
- What is your liability cap, and who indemnifies whom?
- Will the contract ban re-identification of people in the data?
- Who removes personal data, by what method, and do we approve it first?