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Comment by Cd00d

I'm curious if anyone has insight into the value of this kind of data.

I work with alternative data for investors, mostly consumer spend behavior - things like point of sale transactions and online cart contents. These have value in that you can correlate panel behaviors with a company's revenue or identify trends in the market.

But, for data like ovulation schedules or events like pregnancy, it seems that it's a lot of work (and based on the FTC ethically questionable) to see one-off events or target specific consumers a small set of products.

I must be looking at the available opportunities with some kind of blind spot, because I don't get why companies would pay for this sort of data.

parent Cd00d 5 years ago

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