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CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Research and Development [Abstract]  
CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

4. CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

 

In 2020, the Company began developing MARKET.live, a livestream ecommerce platform, and has capitalized $7,231 and $7,131 of internal and external development costs as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. In October 2021, the Company entered into a 10-year license and services agreement with a third party (the “Primary Contractor”) to develop on a work-for-hire basis certain components of MARKET.live. The Primary Contractor’s fees for developing such components, including the license fee, is $5,750. The Primary Contractor was paid an additional $500 bonus in April 2022 for services rendered pursuant to the license and service agreement.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company amortized $258 and $250, respectively and $507 and $499, respectively.

 

Capitalized software development costs, net consisted of the following:

 

  

June 30, 2025

  

December 31, 2024

 
         
Beginning balance  $2,992   $3,990 
           
Additions   100    - 
Amortization   (507)   (998)
Ending balance  $2,585   $2,992 

 

The expected future amortization expense for capitalized software development costs as of June 30, 2025, is as follows:

 

Year ending  Amortization 
2025 remaining  $517 
2026   1,030 
2027   1,030 
2028   8 
2029 and thereafter   - 
Total amortization  $2,585