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Updated October 2026

Data Specialists: who is behind the company data ads

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Data Specialists is not a data buyer. By its own description it passes owners on to micro1's company application through a referral link, and micro1 decides eligibility and pay. Its site went live on a domain registered on 2026-10-05 and names no company, address or people.1,2,3

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brokerNot in our seller rankingWebsite

Names no legal entity, address or people, and has no terms page.3

Shows micro1's partner figures without saying they are micro1's.4

Key facts

Data Specialists in its own words and others'

Key facts about Data Specialists
FactValue and source
Data Specialists and micro1

Says companies continue to micro1's company application through its referral link, and that micro1 reviews eligibility, the data and compensation

Its privacy notice says the confirmation page links to a separate application on micro1. We found no micro1 page naming Data Specialists.

[1] Data Specialists apply page · company's own claim ·

Data Specialists: closed companies

Closed companies with 50+ employees before closure; potential compensation $100K-$2M+ for selected companies, not guaranteed

Lists ten countries: the US, UK, Canada, India, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and France.

[6] Data Specialists closed-company page · company's own claim ·

Data Specialists: operating companies

"30-200 employees is our core focus"; no dollar figure on the operating-company page

The site says it accepts no file uploads and its questionnaire gives no automatic dollar value.

[7] Data Specialists apply page · company's own claim ·

Data Specialists domain

dataspecialists.si was registered on 2026-10-05

.si is Slovenia's country domain. Registrar: Dynadot.

[2] RDAP domain record ·

The ads

What the Data Specialists ads say

Its Meta ads started on 2026-10-09 with lines like "See What Your Company Data Is Worth" and "Closed Your Business? Its Data Could Pay". They quote "Payout: $100K-$2M+", name companies with 30+ employees or closed companies that had 50+, and link to a micro1 job-post address rather than to a Data Specialists page.5

The site itself is more careful than the ads. The $100K-$2M+ figure appears only on its closed-company page, where it is marked as not guaranteed and limited to selected companies. The operating-company page gives no dollar figure and says 30-200 employees is its core focus.6,7

The micro1 link

How Data Specialists relates to micro1

Data Specialists says that after its own form you continue to micro1's application through its referral link, and that submitting its form does not complete that application. micro1 pays referrers: its terms set a default of 7.5% of the license price, and they bar referrers from presenting themselves as micro1's agent or partner.1,8,9

Its apply page shows 100+ partner companies, $200M+ generated for partners and 100+ countries without saying whose numbers they are. Those are the figures on micro1's own partnership page. We found no micro1 page that names Data Specialists as a partner.4,10

Company details

What the site says about itself, and what it leaves out

The domain is a Slovenian .si address registered on 2026-10-05. The site has a privacy notice but no terms page, and no legal entity, address, phone number or named person. The privacy notice says a hash of your email and mobile number goes to Meta for ad measurement.2,3,11

Before you reply

How to check it, and what to ask

If micro1 is the program you want, you can apply to micro1 directly. Going through a referrer does not change what micro1 says it pays the company, $100K-$2M+ per package; the referral fee is micro1's cost, not yours. If you use Data Specialists, ask who operates the site and in which country, whether it is paid by micro1 and how much, and whether your answers go to anyone besides micro1.12,8

Check first

How to check Data Specialists, or any buyer

The same checks for every company we profile. We state facts; you decide.

  1. 1.Find the company behind the ad: a legal name, a registered address and named people.
  2. 2.Ask for a written offer and a sample agreement before you send any data.
  3. 3.Ask who removes personal data, by what method, and approve it before anything is exported.
  4. 4.Ask which AI labs will receive the data, and whether you will be told.
  5. 5.Ask how they are paid: by you, by the buyer, or from a share of your deal.
  6. 6.Get terms from at least one other buyer before you answer.

FAQ

Questions, answered with sources

  • It says it is not the buyer: it sends companies to micro1's application through its referral link. We found no micro1 page naming it as a partner.1

  • Its ads say $100K-$2M+. On its site that figure applies to selected closed companies with 50+ staff before closure, and it is marked as not guaranteed.5,6

  • The site does not say. It names no legal entity, address or people, and its domain was registered on 2026-10-05.3,2

  • It says it accepts no uploads and its questionnaire gives no automatic dollar value. Any data transfer would be with micro1.7,1

  • Yes. micro1 runs its own partnership page. Referrers are paid by micro1, by default 7.5% of the license price, not by the company.10,8

  • We do not give verdicts. The facts: it describes itself as a micro1 referral route, its domain is days old, and it publishes no company details.1,2,3

  • We do not answer legal questions. Ask the licensing company: their team reviews this with you before anything is signed.

Before you sign

Legal questions go to the licensing company

We do not answer legal questions. Ask the licensing company before you sign: their team reviews these with you.

Questions for this kind of business

  • Is any referrer paid out of our license fee, and will the contract say so?
  • Do customer, vendor 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?

How this page was made

Every figure comes from a published source listed below, each with the date we checked it. Buyer statements are the buyer's own claims and are marked so in the source list. Firm counts come from the US Census Bureau's Statistics of US Businesses. Anything marked as our estimate is ours, not a buyer quote.

Drafted with AI assistance from our research files, then checked against each source. Reviewed 14 Oct 2026. Last updated 14 Oct 2026.

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Sources (12)

  1. 1.Data Specialists apply page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  2. 2.RDAP domain record. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  3. 3.Data Specialists privacy notice. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  4. 4.Data Specialists apply page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  5. 5.Meta Ad Library, Data Specialists page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  6. 6.Data Specialists closed-company page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  7. 7.Data Specialists apply page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  8. 8.micro1 referral terms (updated 2026-10-08), published 8 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  9. 9.micro1 referral terms (updated 2026-10-08), published 8 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  10. 10.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  11. 11.Data Specialists privacy notice, published 11 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  12. 12.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.