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Updated October 2026

SOPs, manuals and training binders

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Procedures are among the first things buyers name. micro1 lists SOPs and playbooks, knowledge bases and templates. Supersoniq's ads say "AI labs are buying company SOPs" and "Your old binders: up to $2M", its own ceiling. A binder that teaches a new hire your job is the kind of record a model learns from.1,2

Match my companyWhat is it worth?

Why procedures

Why buyers want your binders

An SOP is a workflow written down on purpose. micro1 says it looks for well defined workflows that employees execute repeatedly; a procedure manual is that workflow in its cleanest form. AI Input's ads say "Dispatch playbooks count" and "Your wiki might be worth something".3,4

Procedures also carry less personal data than email. A how-to for closing out a job rarely names a customer. That makes them cheaper to clean, which matters because buyers say they remove personal details before anything moves on, as micro1 and Polyshares both describe.5,6

Better together

SOPs plus the records that follow them

A procedure on its own says how work should go. The tickets, job notes and emails show how it actually went. Our reading, not a buyer's quote: the pair is worth more than either alone, because a model can compare the rule with practice. Nyne lists Asana and Jira alongside QuickBooks and HubSpot, the systems where that practice shows up.7

Formats

Paper binders, Word files and wikis

Wikis and shared drives are easiest: micro1 lists knowledge bases and internal docs, and Mercor names Confluence, Drive and Notion. Word files and PDFs export easily. Paper binders need scanning first, and Supersoniq's ads are the clearest sign a buyer wants them. Ask before you scan anything.1,8,2

Keep back

What to keep out of the package

Your pricing method, if it is your edge. Anything written for a specific client under a confidentiality agreement. Safety or compliance manuals copied from a licensor or franchisor, which raise a rights question listed below. Nyne's ads say any folder can be excluded and that data is never sold to competitors; get both in writing.9,10

Size floors still apply. Supersoniq asks for 50+ employees and 5+ years; micro1 for 30+ employees. A great binder from a 9-person shop may not get a call.11,12

FAQ

Questions, answered with sources

  • Buyers name them. micro1 lists SOPs and playbooks among the data it wants, and Supersoniq's ads say "AI labs are buying company SOPs".1,2

  • No buyer prices SOPs alone. Supersoniq's ad says "up to $2M" for old binders, its own ceiling; micro1 quotes $100K-$2M+ per package.2,13

  • Once scanned. Supersoniq names old binders, manuals and training guides in its ads.2

  • Yes. micro1 lists knowledge bases and AI Input's ads say "Your wiki might be worth something".1,4

  • Nyne's ads say any folder can be excluded. Leave the pricing out and list it as an exclusion in the agreement.9

  • 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

  • Do any of our manuals include material we licensed from someone else?
  • 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?

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 (13)

  1. 1.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  2. 2.Meta Ad Library, Supersoniq, published 14 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  3. 3.micro1 Enterprise Data Partnership page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  4. 4.Meta Ad Library, AI Input, published 12 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  5. 5.beri.net, published 10 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.
  6. 6.Polyshares website. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  7. 7.Nyne sell-company-data page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  8. 8.Mercor Data page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  9. 9.Meta Ad Library, Nyne.ai. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  10. 10.Meta Ad Library, Nyne.ai. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  11. 11.Meta Ad Library, Supersoniq, published 14 Oct 2026. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  12. 12.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.
  13. 13.micro1 company referral page. Accessed 14 Oct 2026. Company's own claim.