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Get paid to find the data AI needs.

You know who owns private code, company archives and unused footage. Introduce them to Rightmark and earn a share of our income.

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Draft for counsel review The Scout terms on this page are a draft: rates and windows may change before counsel approves them.

Rightmark pays referrers, called Scouts, for introducing owners of private code and data. On code you earn the higher of 15% of the owner’s license payouts or 20% of our income from that owner; on every other data deal, 20% of our income. You are paid quarterly from our income, and owners never pay for it.

  • The same rates from your first owner: no tiers, and nothing paid on Scouts you recruit. Rightmark,
  • The first valid touch wins, and an introduction is protected for 12 months. Rightmark,
  • Paid quarterly, within 15 days of quarter end, from cleared funds, with a statement. Rightmark,

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Scouts and ownersAI-generated image

Your quarter, estimated

Change the numbers to match the owners you know. The statement shows a range for one quarter once their deals are earning.

CodePaid for as long as the deal earns

License payout per repo

$150 to $1,500 per repo per sale

The typical range per sale from the Price Index.

Company dataPaid for as long as the deal earns

Deals on company archives and other non-code data.

What we might earn on each deal, not its price. Enter a low and a high figure.

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Quarterly statement

Q4 2026, 1 Oct 2026 to 31 Dec 2026

Starting numbers

Draft for counsel review Estimated under the draft Scout terms, which may change before counsel approves them.

Estimated share for one quarter, by deal type
Deal typeYour share
Code licenses15% of the owner’s license payoutsOr 20% of our code income, if that is higher$810 to $8,100
Company dataAdd a deal and our income per deal to include company data.None yet
Your share$810 to $8,100

Medium confidence The code range is the Price Index typical range per repo.

A statement for this quarter is paid by 15 Jan 2027, from our income, once a deal has earned

Owner’s license payouts$5,400 to $54,000Unchanged by your share. We pay you from our income, never from theirs.

Indicative estimate, not an offer. Final offers depend on the systems you connect, data size and quality, access terms and due diligence. Scouts are paid on closed, paid deals only, from cleared funds: your share follows on the quarterly statement after the owner is paid.

What a Rightmark Scout earns

One set of rates for every Scout, from the first owner you introduce. Owners never pay for it.

Draft for counsel review The Scout terms on this page are a draft: rates and windows may change before counsel approves them.

Scout terms by deal type
Deal typeYour shareHow longPaid
Code: licenses, premium sales and training tasksThe higher of 20% of what Rightmark earns from the owner’s code, or 15% of the owner’s license payoutsFor as long as the deal earnsQuarterly
Company data and every other data deal20% of what Rightmark earns on each dealFor as long as the deal earnsQuarterly

Seven rules

Register first
Share your Scout link, or register each owner in your Scout portal, before you pitch: company, website and contact. The first valid touch wins, and an introduction is protected for 12 months.
Owners never pay
Rightmark pays Scouts from its own income. Nothing is deducted from owners, so their payouts do not change.
Quarterly statements
Paid quarterly, within 15 days of quarter end, from cleared funds only, with a statement.
No tiers
The same rates from your first owner. No tiers, and nothing paid on Scouts you recruit.
Be open with owners
Tell every owner you introduce that we pay you. Never send owners to buyers or bounty programs yourself, and never promise an owner a price.
Conflicts need approval
If you work for or advise the owner, as an employee, officer, director, bankruptcy trustee, receiver, lawyer, accountant or other advisor, we pay you only with the owner’s written approval, or the approval of the court or creditors where they decide, and you must disclose the payment to them.
No inducements
Never offer or pass on any payment or benefit to anyone at the owner, or acting for it, to win an introduction.
Think of it this way

It works like a record label with scouts. The artist keeps the masters, the label places each track where it fits best, and the scout who found the artist is paid from the label’s income, never the artist’s.

Read the full Scout termsHow we protect owners

Who makes a great Rightmark Scout

You already know the owners. The best Scouts sit where data changes hands: shutdowns, sales, agencies, studios and health data. Prices come from the Rightmark Price Index, Q3 2026. Your share comes from our income on these deals.

Who makes a great Scout, the data they come across and what the Price Index reports for it
WhoWhat they come acrossIndicative priceSource
Venture investors and accelerators with portfolio shutdownsIf you sit on the owner’s board or advise it, the conflict rule applies.Shut-down startupsCode and workspaces left behind when a portfolio company closes$10,000 to $100,000 per companyShut-down startup, code and workspaceReportedMedium confidenceGizmodo, Apr 2026 (opens in a new tab)
M&A advisors, liquidators and receiversWhen you act for the owner, the conflict rule applies: approval from the owner, or the court or creditors, and the payment disclosed.Company archivesCode, email and chat from companies that are closing or in bankruptcy$185,000 to $1M+ per companyOperating company, 30+ staff, English recordsEstimatedMedium confidenceRightmark summary of public company data programs, 2026
Founders of software agencies and fractional CTOsAgency project archivesYears of delivered code, with its git history and the client’s written consent$150 to $1,500 per repo per salePrivate repo, standing-rate licenseEstimatedMedium confidenceRightmark summary of public code licensing programs, Q3 2026
Lawyers and accountants who serve startupsWhen the owner is your client, the conflict rule applies: its written approval and the payment disclosed.Operational dataClients’ email, chat, docs and tickets, from teams of 30 or more$185,000 to $1M+ per companyOperating company, 30+ staff, English recordsEstimatedMedium confidenceRightmark summary of public company data programs, 2026
Creator managers and production housesUnused footage and B-rollTakes that never made the edit$1 to $4 per minuteUnused creator footageReportedMedium confidenceThe Decoder, Jan 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Health data consultants and intermediariesClinical notes and EHR dataDe-identified records, imaging and pathologyRevenue shareDe-identified EHR, imaging, pathologyPrice not publishedLow confidenceSTAT, Jan 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Indicative estimate, not an offer. Final offers depend on the systems you connect, data size and quality, access terms and due diligence.

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From introduction to payment

  1. Apply

    Apply as a Scout. Staff review every application, then you get your Scout link to share, or you register each owner in your portal before you pitch.

    Free

  2. Owner appraises

    The owner runs the free appraisal, or Repo Check for code, then talks to us. It costs them nothing. If their systems are about to be switched off, send them our export guides first.

    Free for the owner

  3. Deal closes

    We check title and match the data to the buyer that fits it best. Personal data and secrets are masked before anything reaches an AI lab, and nothing is licensed until the owner signs. Owners are usually first paid from about 2 to 4 weeks after signing at the fastest, to about 10 weeks on company data, and about 4 to 10 months from submission to first payment on code; your share follows on the next quarterly statement.

    Timings from Rightmark research,

    Weeks to months, indicative

  4. Get paid

    Within 15 days of the end of each quarter in which a deal you introduced has earned, you receive your share and a statement, from cleared funds, under the draft Scout terms.

    Draft for counsel review

    Quarterly, once a deal has earned

Register as a Rightmark Scout

It costs nothing. Staff review every application before your Scout link works.

Become a Scout

Rightmark Scout questions

The rates, rules and conduct standards are set out in full in the Scout terms.

Read the full Scout terms
What is a Rightmark Scout?

Anyone who introduces owners of private code or data to Rightmark and is paid when those owners earn: investors, M&A advisors, liquidators, agency founders, lawyers, accountants, creator managers, and health data consultants and intermediaries. Scouts tell every owner they introduce that Rightmark pays them.

How much do Scouts earn? Draft for counsel review

Draft for counsel review Counsel has not approved this text yet, so it may change before it is final.

On code, the higher of 15% of the owner’s license payouts or 20% of what we earn from that owner. On every other data deal, 20% of what we earn. These are draft terms until counsel approves them.

When are Scouts paid? Draft for counsel review

Draft for counsel review Counsel has not approved this text yet, so it may change before it is final.

Quarterly, within 15 days of quarter end, from cleared funds only, with a statement.

How long do I earn? Draft for counsel review

Draft for counsel review Counsel has not approved this text yet, so it may change before it is final.

On code deals you are paid for as long as the deal earns. On every other data deal you are paid for as long as the deal earns.

How is this different from a one-off introduction payment? Draft for counsel review

Draft for counsel review Counsel has not approved this text yet, so it may change before it is final.

A one-off introduction payment is paid once. A Scout share recurs: under the draft Scout terms you are paid in each quarter a deal you introduced has earned, for as long as the deal earns on code and for as long as the deal earns on every other data deal, and each introduction is protected for 12 months.