commercialize

verb3

1. •
   To bring into commerce from an earlier condition (such as idea alone, experimental prototypes alone, or one-off custom builds only).

   • the work required not only to invent a device but also to commercialize it
2. •
   To apply business methodology to something in order to profit (such as introducing salability to a resource that comes from, or rightfully belongs to, the commons).

   • finding the right balance in paying for water infrastructure (treatment plants and pipe networks) but not commercializing water to the point of excluding low-income people from adequate access to a basic necessity
3. •
   To exploit something for maximum financial gain, sometimes by sacrificing quality.