Selling Insights
Spartera lets you turn your database into a revenue stream. If you have data and analytical expertise, you can package it as an asset, publish it to the marketplace, and earn 80% of every execution — without moving your raw data anywhere.
The Seller Proposition
- 80% revenue share — you keep $0.80 of every $1.00 executed
- Your data never moves — SQL runs inside your database; only results are shared
- One toggle to publish — no marketplace approval process, no waiting
- Monthly automated payouts — earnings deposited directly to your bank account
Getting Started
1. Connect Your Database
Set up a read-only Spartera connection to your data source.
→ Creating Data Connections
2. Create an Asset
Write the SQL logic that powers your insight. Choose Calculation (returns values) or Visualization (returns chart-ready data).
→ Creating Assets
3. Test It
Run a preview execution to validate your SQL and output format before anyone sees it.
→ Testing and Validation
4. Set Your Price
pricing_api.companies_company_id_assets_asset_id_prices_post(
company_id, asset_id, {"price_usd": 5.00}
)
# You earn $4.00 per execution (80%)5. Publish
# One toggle
{"sell_in_marketplace": True, "visibility": "PUBLIC"}Your asset is live immediately.
Building Assets That Sell
Pricing by Asset Type
| Asset Type | Suggested Price | Your Earnings (80%) |
|---|---|---|
| Simple aggregate | $0.50 – $2.00 | $0.40 – $1.60 |
| Multi-row calculation | $1.00 – $5.00 | $0.80 – $4.00 |
| Visualization / chart | $2.00 – $8.00 | $1.60 – $6.40 |
| ML model output | $5.00 – $25.00 | $4.00 – $20.00 |
| Regulated/proprietary data | $10.00 – $50.00+ | $8.00 – $40.00+ |
Use the Trends product to see what similar assets are priced at and which categories have highest demand.
Listing Optimization
The highest-performing marketplace assets share these traits:
Specific names — "30-Day Customer Churn Rate" converts 3x better than "Churn Metric"
Detailed descriptions — explain what it returns, what data it uses, how fresh the data is, and what business decision it enables
Accurate tags — buyers discover assets through search; use vertical tags (fintech, retail, healthcare), function tags (churn, forecasting, risk), and frequency tags (daily, real-time)
Sub-500ms execution — slow assets get poor ratings; optimize your SQL
What Sells Well
Based on marketplace demand signals:
- Metrics with clear business decision value (churn risk, revenue forecast, lead score)
- Assets with fresh, proprietary data not available elsewhere
- Industry-specific calculations that require domain expertise to build
- Assets that return a single, actionable number (easiest for buyers to consume)
Growing Your Revenue
Monitor Performance
Dashboard → Assets → Analytics
Key metrics: views, executions, conversion rate (target >5%), repeat buyers.
Low views → improve name, tags, and category placement
Low conversion → improve description or reduce price
Low repeat buyers → improve data freshness or add output fields
Build a Portfolio
Top sellers offer multiple complementary assets — a buyer who purchases your churn rate asset may also want your revenue forecast and customer segmentation assets.
Use AutoInsights
Let AI analyze your schema and generate additional assets automatically.
→ AutoInsights
Seller Policies
- You are responsible for the accuracy of your asset's output
- Breaking changes to output schema require a major version bump with advance notice to buyers
- Assets that consistently error or underperform may be removed from the marketplace
- Spartera retains 20% of each transaction as the platform fee
→ Revenue Sharing — Full payout details
→ Quality Guidelines — Marketplace standards
