Note 1 - Description of Business	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]	1. Description of Business Overview Bridgeline Digital, The Digital Engagement Company™ (the “Company”), helps customers with their digital experience from websites and intranets to online stores and campaigns and integrates Web Content Management, eCommerce, Marketing Automation, Site Search, Authenticated Portals, Social Media Management, Translation and Web Analytics to help organizations deliver digital experiences. The Bridgeline Unbound platform is delivered through a cloud-based SaaS (“Software as a Service”) multi-tenant business model, providing maintenance, daily technical operation and support; or via a traditional perpetual licensing business model, in which the software resides on a dedicated server in either the customer’s facility or hosted by Bridgeline via a cloud-based hosted services model. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on August 28, 2000. Locations The Company’s corporate office is located in Burlington, Massachusetts. The Company has three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Bridgeline Digital Pvt. Ltd. located in Bangalore, India, Bridgeline Digital Canada, Inc. located in Ontario, Canada, and Stantive Technologies Pty. Ltd. located in Australia. Increase in Authorized Shares and Reverse Stock Split On April 26, 2019, the Company’s Shareholders and the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), authorized for issuance thereunder from 50 million shares to 2.5 billion shares (the “ Increase in Authorized ”). On the same date the Company’s Shareholders and the Board of Directors also approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of both its issued and outstanding and authorized shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of one ( 1 ) share of Common Stock for every fifty ( 50 ) shares of Common Stock at any time prior to December 31, 2019 ( the “Reverse Split”) pursuant to which all classes of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at the close of business on such date were combined and reconstituted into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock in a ratio of one ( 1 ) share of Common Stock for every fifty ( 50 ) shares of Common Stock ( “1 -for- 50 reverse stock split”). The 1 -for- 50 reverse stock split was effective as of close of business on May 1, 2019 ( the “Effective Date”) and the Company’s stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on May 2, 2019. The reverse stock split reduced the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock authorized from 2.5 billion shares to 50 million shares. Proportional adjustments have been made to the conversion and exercise prices of the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock, warrants, restricted stock awards, and stock options, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plans. The Company did not issue any fractional shares in connection with the reverse stock split. Instead, any stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the reverse stock split is entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof based on the average of the closing sales prices of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market during regular trading hours for the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Effective Date. The reverse stock split does not modify the rights or preferences of the Common Stock. The number of authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock is 50 million shares and the par value remains $0.001. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 and for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and footnotes have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects of the 1 -for- 50 reverse stock split. Liquidity and Management’s Plans The Company has incurred operating losses and used cash in its operating activities for the past several years. Cash was used to fund operations, develop new products, and build infrastructure. During the past two fiscal years and continuing into the current fiscal year, the Company has executed on a restructuring plan that included a reduction of workforce and office space, which significantly reduced operating expenses. The Company is continuing to maintain tight control over discretionary spending in the current fiscal year. In the second quarter of this current fiscal year, the Company concluded a private offering that raised a net $9.2 million in cash. Proceeds were used to pay down the Heritage Bank of Commerce line of credit to zero and pay the Company’s outstanding loan to Montage Capital II, L.P in full. The Company has zero debt at June 30, 2019. Also, in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, the Company used cash to purchase the assets of Seevolution, Inc. and Stantive Technologies Group Inc., which assets included technology and customers. The Company believes the future revenues and cash flows from these newly acquired customers will supplement the working capital to sustain operations for the next twelve months. While there can be no assurances that the anticipated sales will be achieved for future periods to provide positive cash flows, the Company’s management believes it will have an appropriate cost structure to support the revenues that will be achieved. As such, management believes that it is probable that we will meet our working capital, capital expenditure and debt repayment needs, if any, for the next twelve months from the issuance date of this Form 10 -Q.

Description of Business

Overview

Bridgeline Digital, The Digital Engagement Company™ (the “Company”), helps customers with their digital experience from websites and intranets to online stores and campaigns and integrates Web Content Management, eCommerce, Marketing Automation, Site Search, Authenticated Portals, Social Media Management, Translation and Web Analytics to help organizations deliver digital experiences. The Bridgeline Unbound platform is delivered through a cloud-based SaaS (“Software as a Service”) multi-tenant business model, providing maintenance, daily technical operation and support; or via a traditional perpetual licensing business model, in which the software resides on a dedicated server in either the customer’s facility or hosted by Bridgeline via a cloud-based hosted services model.

The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on

August 28, 2000.

Locations

The Company’s corporate office is located in Burlington, Massachusetts. The Company has

three

wholly-owned subsidiaries: Bridgeline Digital Pvt. Ltd. located in Bangalore, India, Bridgeline Digital Canada, Inc. located in Ontario, Canada, and Stantive Technologies Pty. Ltd. located in Australia.

Increase in Authorized Shares and Reverse Stock Split

April 26, 2019,

the Company’s Shareholders and the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock, par value

$0.001

per share (“

Common Stock

”), authorized for issuance thereunder from

million shares to

2.5

billion shares (the “

Increase in Authorized

”). On the same date the Company’s Shareholders and the Board of Directors also approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of both its issued and outstanding and authorized shares of Common Stock, par value

$0.001

per share, at a ratio of

one

(

) share of Common Stock for every

fifty

(

) shares of Common Stock at any time prior to

December 31, 2019 (

the “Reverse Split”) pursuant to which all classes of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock at the close of business on such date were combined and reconstituted into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock in a ratio of

one

(

) share of Common Stock for every

fifty

(

) shares of Common Stock (

“1

-for-

reverse stock split”). The

-for-

reverse stock split was effective as of close of business on

May 1, 2019 (

the “Effective Date”) and the Company’s stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on

May 2, 2019.

The reverse stock split reduced the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock authorized from

2.5

billion shares to

million shares. Proportional adjustments have been made to the conversion and exercise prices of the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock, warrants, restricted stock awards, and stock options, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plans. The Company did

not

issue any fractional shares in connection with the reverse stock split. Instead, any stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fractional share of Common Stock as a result of the reverse stock split is entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof based on the average of the closing sales prices of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market during regular trading hours for the

five

consecutive trading days immediately preceding the Effective Date. The reverse stock split does

not

modify the rights or preferences of the Common Stock. The number of authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock is

million shares and the par value remains

$0.001.

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of

June 30, 2019

and

September 30, 2018

and for the

three

and

nine

months ended

June 30, 2019

and

2018

and footnotes have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects of the

-for-

reverse stock split.

Liquidity

and Management’s Plans

The Company has incurred operating losses and used cash in its operating activities for the past several years. Cash was used to fund operations, develop new products, and build infrastructure. During the past

two

fiscal years and continuing into the current fiscal year, the Company has executed on a restructuring plan that included a reduction of workforce and office space, which significantly reduced operating expenses. The Company is continuing to maintain tight control over discretionary spending in the current fiscal year.

In the

second

quarter of this current fiscal year, the Company concluded a private offering that raised a net

$9.2

million in cash. Proceeds were used to pay down the Heritage Bank of Commerce line of credit to

zero

and pay the Company’s outstanding loan to Montage Capital II, L.P in full. The Company has

zero

debt at

June 30, 2019.

Also, in the

second

quarter of the current fiscal year, the Company used cash to purchase the assets of Seevolution, Inc. and Stantive Technologies Group Inc., which assets included technology and customers. The Company believes the future revenues and cash flows from these newly acquired customers will supplement the working capital to sustain operations for the next

twelve

months. While there can be

assurances that the anticipated sales will be achieved for future periods to provide positive cash flows, the Company’s management believes it will have an appropriate cost structure to support the revenues that will be achieved. As such, management believes that it is probable that we will meet our working capital, capital expenditure and debt repayment needs, if any, for the next

twelve

months from the issuance date of this Form

-Q.