The brief, the draft, the feedback, the final
Agency work leaves a trail that models rarely see: the brief, the three rounds of client feedback, the revised scope, the final deliverable and the retro. Professional services is on the buyers’ lists.
Why labs want it
Finished campaigns and reports are public. The process that produced them isn’t. How a 12-person studio turns a vague brief into a scope, handles a client who changes their mind, and delivers anyway is what labs are short on.
Mercor lists professional services among its target industries with client decks, SOWs and project files as examples. Handshake AI lists project history, presentations and process documentation.
Where this is reported, as of October 2026. None of these companies is a SellMyData customer; they are the public record of what buyers are asking for.
- MercorLists professional services among its target industries: client decks, SOWs and project files. Mercor Data, target industries.
- Handshake AILists professional services among its industries: project history, presentations and process documentation. Handshake AI data partnerships.
- MIT Technology ReviewReports that demand for companies’ operational data took off as labs hit the limits of public and synthetic data. AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models.
What sells in agencies and professional services
The five data types →Messages
Client threads, internal project channels, feedback rounds and the scope conversations in between.
Slack · Teams · Gmail
Code
If you build for clients, repositories with their reviews and issues. Client code only where the contract allows.
GitHub · GitLab
Documents
Briefs, proposals, SOWs, decks, reports, creative drafts and the templates you start from.
Drive · Notion · SharePoint
Records
Pipelines, time tracking, invoices and project budgets, with client identities removed.
HubSpot · Harvest · Toggl Track
Tasks
Project boards from kickoff to delivery, with assignments, revisions and approvals.
Asana · ClickUp · Teamwork
Tool names are the ones we see most in this industry. If yours isn’t listed, it almost certainly still counts: take inventory and we’ll tell you.
What stays out
- Client-owned workDeliverables your contract assigns to the client, and anything under a confidentiality clause that doesn’t allow this, stay out. The rights check goes through your MSAs with you.
- Client identitiesClient names, brands and the people you work with are replaced with consistent placeholders.
- Consumer dataWe don’t buy consumer personal data, health records tied to people, or payment card data, and we check that none is mixed into what’s in scope.
- HR and personal channelsDirect messages, HR channels, payroll files and anything about an individual employee stay out.
Full detail: what we remove and how rights are checked. We don’t buy consumer personal data, health records tied to people, or payment card data.
How it works
- STEP 01
Value it
Answer a few questions and get an estimated range. Nothing is shared yet.
- STEP 02
Share your exports
We walk you through exporting from each tool you choose, for the date range you choose. We never write to your systems.
- STEP 03
Approve the listing
We strip names, contacts and identifiers. You review the redacted preview and the price before any lab sees it.
- STEP 04
Get paid
When a lab buys a license, you get paid. We aim to pay within 7 days of the sale closing.
Today this is done by hand, with you. You export, we clean and prepare, you approve. How you stay in control.
Questions from agencies and professional services
Our contracts give clients ownership of the work. What can we license?
Your process. Proposals, internal threads, templates, project boards, time records and the way you run a project are yours even when the deliverable isn’t. The rights check sorts one from the other.
Can we mask client brand names?
Yes. Brand and product names are replaced along with people’s names, and you see the result in the preview before you approve it.
We’re a freelancer collective, not a company. Does that work?
If one entity owns the systems and can approve the license, yes. There is no minimum headcount.
Something else? Email micki@sellmydata.com.