Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets

The Company has a patent for the real-time calculation of shipping costs for items purchased through online auctions using a zip code as a destination location indicator. It includes shipping charge calculations across multiple carriers and accounts for additional characteristics of the item being shipped, such as weight, special packaging or handling, and insurance costs.

On January 29, 2008, the Company was granted a patent for a technique for facilitating advanced, rapid, accurate estimation of shipping costs across multiple shipping carriers and shipping options between buyer and seller in an online auction.  Since that time the Company has received four additional patents.  These patents help facilitate rapid and accurate estimation of shipping costs across multiple shipping carriers and also include real-time calculation of shipping. Further continuations include the addition of shipping calculation with taxes and enhanced shipping promotions.

On October 7, 2015, the Company, through a newly formed limited liability company named PAID Run, LLC, entered into an asset purchase agreement to purchase assets related to BeerRun Software and SpiritRun Software and related intellectual property. The purchase price and additional development for these assets was $297,500, which include all of the client lists, along with all rights, benefits and privileges associated with the software and intellectual property, associated contracts, and books and records.

At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, intangible assets consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
Patents	$	16,000			16,000
Software		83,750			83,750
Client list		213,750			213,750
Accumulated amortization		(61,649	)		(36,622	)
	$	251,851			276,878

Amortization expenses of intangible assets for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were $25,027. Estimated future annual amortization expense is approximately $100,000 for each year through 2018 and $900 for 2019.