Who they accept
- Self-serve signup
- YesAccount and intake are self-serve; pricing is not.Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Minimum headcount
- Not publishedIntake accepts 0 employees (polyshares.com "The length and texture of the record matter more than headcount or revenue." Source: polyshares.com
- Maximum headcount
- Not published
- Industries
- Any sector with real operating history; venture backed, middle market or founder owned“Any company with real operating history, in any sector”Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Countries
- Not publishedIntake asks headcount by country and share of data in English. Source: polyshares.com
- Company status
- Not publishedAn article says a sale "can make sense" for a wound-down business; a license is the structure for a going concern. Source: polyshares.com
- Minimum years of history
- Not publishedShort operating history is listed as something that caps value: polyshares.com
Data and transfer
- Data they want
- Slack and Teams, Drive and SharePoint, email, CRM history, support tickets, design files, call recordings, accounting and ERP exportsData a company holds for its own clients is out of scope (polyshares.comSource: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Tools
- About 100 per-tool guides across chat, email, files, CRM, field ops, phone, support, project management, wiki, code, design, ERP, ecommerce, HR, databases and analyticsSource: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- How data moves
- Admin exports, eDiscovery, APIs and mirror clones, per tool guide; access scoped to what the license covers. Nothing leaves until an offer is accepted.“Nothing leaves your systems until Polyshares has made an offer”Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Privacy claims
- An unnamed specialist PII partner strips names, emails, phone numbers, account numbers and addresses before Polyshares or any buyer sees the recordSame page also says two named people see a company identity alongside its data.Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
Payment to the company
- Published range
- $100K to $2M and above“Typical deals run $100K to $2M and above.”Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Structure
- One-time: a single agreed amount“pay the company a single agreed amount”Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Timing
- Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved, anonymized and delivered“Net 30 to 60 once the data is approved”Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Method
- Not published
Key terms
- Exclusivity
- Exclusive by default unless agreed otherwise“exclusive by default unless we agree otherwise”Published case studies describe a "Perpetual exclusive license" (polyshares.com another page praises "a bounded, non-exclusive license" (polyshares.com Ask for the term in writing.Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Deletion and retention
- Not published
- Fees to the seller
- No fee, no commission“No fee, no commission.”Source: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
Referral program
What Polyshares pays people who introduce companies, including us. Disclosure
- Program exists
- Yes“Refer companies to Polyshares and earn commission.”A "Broker" role on the sign-up page (polyshares.comSource: polyshares.com · checked Nov 7, 2026
- Amount
- Not publishedMay be shown only inside a broker account.
- Trigger
- Not published
- Attribution
- Not published
- Payout
- Not published
- Disclosure rules
- Not published
- Restrictions
- Not published