ShareThis generates the majority of its revenue through data licensing
Kurt Abrahamson · 873 How ShareThis Is Pivoting To A B2B SaaS Data Play · Dec 14, 2017 · at 3:26
ShareThis CEO Kurt Abrahamson describes the company's core monetization model during an interview with Nathan Latka.
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“Right now we make money mostly through licensing the data.”
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