All the shares on the ask could be for himr to pay the mm for the uplisting to the otcbb....": Actually SEC rules prohibit the Market Maker from taking compensation for either Making a Market or any related activity including filing a Form 211 to get a company’s stock listed. What the market maker hopes to gain is trading activity in the stock and is granted 30 day exclusivity for trading when the stock is listed. The challenge for the company or its shareholders desiring the listing is to convince the Market Maker that there is going to be sufficient trading in the companies stock to make the listing process worth the effort. Many times the issuer’s shareholders will open accounts with the market maker as well, which provides revenue to the market maker in the form of commissions". http://www.spartansecurities.com/forms/otcbb.pdf