3. CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

In 2020, the Company began developing MARKET, the next generation of interactive livestream ecommerce, and has capitalized $6,207 and $4,348 of internal and external development costs as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. In October 2021, the Company entered into a 10-year License and Services Agreement with a third party (the “Primary Contractor”) engaged to develop certain components of MARKET. The Primary Contractor’s fees for developing such components, including the 10-year license fee for such components, is $5,750. At March 31, 2022, the Company’s remaining software development obligation to the Primary Contractor was $1,150, which was subsequently paid in April 2022. The Primary Contractor was also paid an additional $500 bonus in April 2022. In addition, as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had paid or accrued $380 and $248, respectively, of other capitalized software development costs.

There has been no depreciation expense related to capitalized software development costs for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Option to Acquire Primary Contractor

In August 2021, the Company entered into an agreement providing the Company the option to purchase the Primary Contractor. In November 2021, the Company exercised this option. During 2021, the Company and the Primary Contractor reached an agreement on the terms for the Company’s acquisition of the Primary Contractor, which is subject to the execution of a share purchase agreement (the “SPA”) and the completion of an audit of the Primary Contractor (the “Primary Contractor Audit”). The agreement stipulates that if the Company enters into the SPA and successfully completes the Primary Contractor Audit before May 15, 2022 or such other mutually agreed date and thereafter determines not to consummate the acquisition of the Primary Contractor, the Company may be liable for a $1,000 break-up fee payable to the Primary Contractor. As of the date of the issuance of these financial statements, the Primary Contractor Audit is ongoing, the SPA has not been executed, and the parties are determining a mutually agreeable date to consummate the transaction. The purchase price for the Primary Contractor is $12,000, which can be paid in cash and/or stock, subject to the parties’ mutual agreement.