Updated October 2026
Return My Time: what its 'Sell My Data' service actually does
Return My Time's ads say "Sell your company's data to AI" and "Get paid for data you already have". Its site is more cautious: it reviews fit and prepares an introduction to a data buyer, which decides acceptance, valuation and payment. It says there is no fixed payout, and it may receive a referral fee.1,2,3
Key facts
Return My Time in its own words and others'
| Fact | Value and source |
|---|---|
| What Return My Time does | Reviews fit and prepares an introduction to a vendor, which sets acceptance, valuation and payment; it may receive a referral fee |
| Return My Time: who fits | 30 or more full-time employees and three or more years of internal records, described as review preferences, not minimums |
| Return My Time: excluded data | Customer records, client-identifying information, customer support data and privileged legal material are outside its initial scope |
| Return My Time: people | Names co-founders Corey Ganim and Nick Spisak; its terms name no legal entity or address |
What is in scope
What it will and will not take
It wants internal operating history: procedures, planning, project decisions and similar records. Customer records, client-identifying information, customer support data and privileged legal material are outside its initial scope. That is a narrower list than most brokers, several of which put support tickets and call recordings first.5,6
Its starting profile is a company three or more years old with at least 30 people working at a computer every day, which it calls review preferences rather than minimums. It warns that delivered outputs may be licensed permanently and may not be retractable.7,8
Ads vs site
Where the ads and the site part ways
Company details
Who runs Return My Time
It names its co-founders, Corey Ganim and Nick Spisak, and its domain dates from 2025-08-14, older than most of this wave. Its main business is AI consulting, including a $999 AI Opportunity Assessment. Its terms name no legal entity or address, and it does not name the data buyer it introduces companies to.4,10,2
Check first
How to check Return My Time, 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
No. It reviews fit and introduces you to a data buyer, which sets acceptance, valuation and payment.2
It says there is no fixed payout or price per gigabyte; the buyer sets the value.3
No. Customer records, client-identifying information, support data and privileged legal material are outside its initial scope.5
Co-founders Corey Ganim and Nick Spisak. Its terms name no legal entity or address.4
Return My Time warns that delivered outputs may be licensed permanently and may not be retractable.8
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
- Which buyer will we contract with, and is the license permanent?
- Do customer, vendor or platform contracts, NDAs or API terms restrict this?
- Could the data include privileged material or trade secrets?
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?