# Revenue share

URL: https://sellmydatatoai.net/glossary/revenue-share

A revenue share pays the data owner an agreed percentage of the income a dataset earns, instead of or alongside a fixed upfront fee.

A revenue share is a payment model in which the data owner receives an agreed percentage of the money a dataset earns, usually each time a licensing agent or platform licenses it to a buyer. It replaces or tops up a fixed upfront fee.

## Who pays data owners through revenue share?

Licensing agents and some licensing platforms pay data owners through revenue share. [Troveo](https://sellmydatatoai.net/data-buyers/troveo), a video licensing agent, charges no fees and is paid from its share of revenue on time-limited licenses. [Labelbox Prism](https://sellmydatatoai.net/data-buyers/labelbox-prism) publishes a model that combines an upfront fee with a revenue share.

## What are the risks of a revenue share?

The main risk of a revenue share is that income depends on the agent finding buyers, so the total can be lower or slower than a single upfront deal. Ask for the agent's percentage in writing, a reporting schedule, audit rights and the right to withdraw unsold data.

Compare this with a [success fee](https://sellmydatatoai.net/glossary/success-fee) broker model and a direct sale in [AI data licensing explained](https://sellmydatatoai.net/guides/ai-data-licensing-explained) and [AI training data pricing models](https://sellmydatatoai.net/guides/ai-training-data-pricing-models).