Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Our Business

 

References in this document to the “Company,” “Verb,” “we,” “us,” or “our” are intended to mean Verb Technology Company, Inc., individually, or as the context requires, collectively with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

Our business is currently comprised of three distinct, yet complimentary business units, all three of which are currently operating and generating revenue. The first business unit is MARKET.live focused on interactive video-based social commerce. Our MARKET.live platform is a multi-vendor, livestream social shopping destination leveraging the convergence of ecommerce and entertainment. Brands, retailers and creators that join MARKET.live have the ability to broadcast livestream shopping events simultaneously on numerous social media channels, including TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, as well as on MARKET.live, reaching exponentially larger audiences.

 

The Company has developed and deployed technology integrations with META, TikTok, and Pinterest, among many others. For example, the Meta integration created a seamless, native, friction-free checkout process for Facebook and Instagram users to purchase MARKET.live vendors’ products within each of those popular apps. This integration allows Facebook and Instagram users to browse products featured in MARKET.live shoppable videos, place products in a native shopping cart and checkout – all without leaving Facebook or Instagram. Our TikTok technology integration allows shoppers watching a MARKET.live stream on TikTok to stay on TikTok and check out through TikTok, eliminating the friction or reluctance of TikTok users to leave their TikTok feed in order to complete their purchase. Our technology integration allows the purchase data to flow back through MARKET.live and to the individual vendors and stores on MARKET.live seamlessly for fulfillment of the orders.

 

Last year we announced an expanded strategic relationship with TikTok evidenced by a formal partnership with TikTok Shop pursuant to which MARKET.live became a service provider for TikTok Shop and officially designated as a TikTok Shop Partner (TSP). Under the terms of the partnership, TikTok Shop refers consumer brands, retailers, influencers and affiliates leads to MARKET.live for a menu of MARKET.live contract-based recurring fee revenue services that include, among other things, assistance in onboarding to TikTok Shop and establishing a TikTok store, hosting training sessions and webinars for prospective TikTok Shop sellers, full creative services including content creation and full remote and in-studio production services, host/influencer casting and management, TikTok Shop maintenance and enhancements for existing TikTok clients’ stores. The same services are currently provided to consumer brands that contact us directly or through several brand agencies with which we maintain affiliate relationships.

 

On March 4, 2025, we announced the execution of a binding term sheet to acquire LyveCom, an artificial intelligence (“AI”) driven video commerce platform. The transaction is subject to certain terms and conditions, including completion of an audit of Lyvecom’s financial statements, which terms and conditions are set forth in detail in the Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2025. See Note 18 – Subsequent Events.

 

 

The second business unit is GO FUND YOURSELF!, an interactive social crowd funding platform for public and private companies seeking broad-based exposure across numerous social media channels for their crowd-funded Regulation CF and Regulation A offerings. The platform combines an interactive reality TV show that has been described as a combination of Shark Tank and Kickstarter with MARKET.live’s back-end capabilities allowing viewers to tap or scan onscreen icons and QR codes to facilitate an investment, in near real time, as they watch companies presenting before the Show’s panel of “Titans”. Presenting companies that sell consumer products are able to offer their products directly to viewers during the show in near real time through the same onscreen technology.

 

The Show airs weekly on CheddarTV, available on most cable operators, prime time at 7pm EST. The Go Fund Yourself business unit generates revenue from cash fees we charge to issuers to appear on the show and for marketing, ad, and content creation and distribution services. For those issuers that sell products during each airing of the show through our platform, we charge a fee up to 25% of the gross sales revenue for all products sold. The Show’s expert panel of “Titans” include rotating celebrity guest Titans from the worlds of business, sports, and entertainment, such as NFL Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk, among many others, as well as the recurring panel of Titans that include David Meltzer – Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute and Former CEO of the Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency; Jayson Waller – thought leader, CEO of multiple multi-million-dollar companies, and host of the popular ‘Jayson Waller Unleashed’ Podcast; and Rory J. Cutaia – the Show’s creator and the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Verb, each of whom are executive producers and minority owners of the Show

 

The third business unit is Vanity Prescribed, a new telehealth initiative not unlike such companies as “HIMS” and “HERS” that are currently exploiting the rapid growth associated with the resale of the new weight-loss drugs. Vanity Prescribed leverages MARKET.live’s social commerce technology which the Company intends to employ to disrupt the traditional healthcare model by utilizing social commerce capabilities to provide tailored healthcare solutions at affordable, fixed prices, without hidden fees, membership costs, or inflated pharmaceutical markups.

 

On March 11, 2025, the Company announced the launch of GoodGirlRx.com, a partnership under Vanity Prescribed with Savannah Chrisley, a well-known lifestyle personality with millions of social media followers and an advocate for health and wellness. Through GoodGirlRx.com, customers will have access to convenient, no-hassle telehealth services and pharmaceuticals, including the new weight-loss drugs, that offer fixed pricing regardless of dosage, breaking away from the industry’s traditional model of excessive pricing and pharmaceutical gatekeeping. Through GoodGirlRx.com customers will be able to obtain virtual doctor visits with licensed physicians who can prescribe the weight loss drugs and other pharmaceuticals available to purchase on the site for those that qualify. Subscription pricing is also available through the site.

 

 

Historically, and continuing up through June 13, 2023, the Company was a Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) applications platform developer that offered a SaaS platform for the direct sales industry comprised of a suite of interactive video-based sales enablement business software products marketed on a subscription basis, (the “SaaS Assets”).

 

On April 12, 2019, the Company acquired Sound Concepts Inc. (“Sound Concepts”). The acquisition was intended to augment and diversify the Company’s internet and Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) business. Sound Concepts is now known as Verb Direct, LLC.

 

On September 4, 2020, Verb Acquisition Co., LLC (“Verb Acquisition”), a subsidiary of the Company, acquired Ascend Certification, LLC, dba SoloFire (“SoloFire”). The acquisition was intended to augment and diversify the Company’s internet and SaaS business.

 

On October 18, 2021, the Company established verbMarketplace, LLC (“Market LLC”), a Nevada limited liability company. Market LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company established for the MARKET.live platform.

 

On June 13, 2023, the Company disposed of all of its operating SaaS assets of Verb Direct and Verb Acquisition, (referred to collectively as the “SaaS Assets”) pursuant to an asset purchase agreement in consideration of the sum of $6,500, $4,750 of which was paid in cash by the buyer at the closing of the transaction. An additional payment in the aggregate of $750 will be paid by the buyer if certain profitability and revenue targets are met during the second year following the closing date as set forth more particularly in the asset purchase agreement. A similar payment would have been due and payable to the Company after the first year following the closing if the buyer had met certain profitability and revenue targets specified in the asset purchase agreement, which it failed to meet. The sale of the SaaS Assets was undertaken to allow the Company to focus its resources on its burgeoning MARKET.live business unit which it expects over time will create greater shareholder value.

 

On November 15, 2024, the Company formed Go Fund Yourself Show LLC (“Go Fund Yourself”), a Nevada limited liability company. Go Fund Yourself is a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company established for the Go Fund Yourself show.

 

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash and restricted cash of $8,495 and short-term investments of $4,913. Subsequent to year end, the Company received $1,724 related to its ERC short-term receivable.

 

Economic Disruption

 

Our business is dependent in part on general economic conditions. Many jurisdictions in which our customers are located and our products are sold have experienced and could continue to experience unfavorable general economic conditions, such as inflation, increased interest rates and recessionary concerns, which could negatively affect demand for our products. Under difficult economic conditions, customers may seek to cease spending on our current products or fail to adopt our new products, which could negatively affect our financial performance. We cannot predict the timing or magnitude of an economic slowdown or the timing or strength of any economic recovery. These and other economic factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.