Updated October 2026
FileYield: a data marketplace that leaves the checks to you
FileYield is a marketplace: you list datasets, see buyer requests and start licensing conversations, and your data stays with you. Its agreement rates are 8% for sellers and 6% for buyers. It says plainly that it does not receive or inspect datasets, verify seller rights, certify compliance, process purchases or provide escrow.1,2
Does not inspect data, verify rights, certify compliance or hold funds.2
Its terms describe themselves as a draft not reviewed by legal counsel.3
Key facts
FileYield in its own words and others'
| Fact | Value and source |
|---|---|
| FileYield fees | 8% for sellers and 6% for buyers; it does not process dataset payments |
| What FileYield does not do | Does not receive or inspect datasets, verify seller rights, certify compliance, process purchases or provide escrow; no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 yet |
| FileYield company details | Operated by Dployers LLC, doing business as FileYield, Phoenix, Arizona; its terms call themselves a draft not reviewed by legal counsel |
How it works
A listing service, not a licensor
Unlike licensors, which take the data and pay for it, FileYield introduces sellers and buyers and leaves the deal, the payment and the safeguards to them. It does not process dataset payments or deduct commissions automatically, and its terms bar negotiating off-platform to avoid its fees.1,2,4,5
Other marketplaces charge on a similar model: Datarade takes 30%, 20% or 15% commission depending on the seller's plan.6
Safeguards
What you have to do yourself
Because FileYield inspects nothing and holds no funds, everything a licensor would normally handle falls to the seller: removing personal data, checking your right to license, vetting the buyer, and getting paid. It has no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification yet. Treat any buyer you meet there as unvetted until you have checked them.2
Company details
Who runs FileYield
FileYield is operated by Dployers LLC, doing business as FileYield, with its principal place of business in Phoenix, Arizona. Its terms, updated 2026-10-11, call themselves a draft that has not been reviewed by legal counsel. No people are named.3
If you list
Checks to run on any buyer you meet there
Ask a buyer met on FileYield for its legal name, what it will train or resell, and how it will pay. Use your own written license, not a chat thread, and do not send files until payment terms are agreed, since FileYield holds no escrow.2
Check first
How to check FileYield, or any buyer
The same checks for every company we profile. We state facts; you decide.
- 1.Find the company behind the ad: a legal name, a registered address and named people.
- 2.Ask for a written offer and a sample agreement before you send any data.
- 3.Ask who removes personal data, by what method, and approve it before anything is exported.
- 4.Ask which AI labs will receive the data, and whether you will be told.
- 5.Ask how they are paid: by you, by the buyer, or from a share of your deal.
- 6.Get terms from at least one other buyer before you answer.
FAQ
Questions, answered with sources
8% for sellers and 6% for buyers, under its current agreement rates.1
No. It says it does not inspect datasets, verify seller rights, certify compliance, process purchases or provide escrow.2
Dployers LLC, doing business as FileYield, based in Phoenix, Arizona. No people are named.3
No. It says it has not yet undergone SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification.2
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, 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?