Sell through other people
Partners, resellers and marketplaces: reach you don't have to build rep by rep.
What founders use for sell through other people, ranked by how many answers lean on it.
- The benchmark dataset for marketplace and co-sell: multi cloud sellers at 29% of revenue through marketplaces versus 3% for... Tackle Report · 25 min read The 2025 State of Cloud GTM Report Tackle In 8 answers
- The clearest single explanation of the five partner types and what each is worth, including real margin bands (20 to 30% for... Bessemer Venture Partners (Atlas) Article · 20 min read The GTM guide to building SaaS channel partnerships MP Eisen In 7 answers
- First hand from the person who ran HubSpot's channel for a decade, with the four maturity stages and the argument that support,... SaaStr Article · 10 min read HubSpot's ex-VP of Channel Sales: How to Build The World's Best Channel Sales Program David Shepherd In 6 answers
- The closest thing partnerships has to a trade publication: account mapping tactics, co-sell plays and partner ops case studies,... Crossbeam Newsletter · weekly ELG Insider Crossbeam In 6 answers
- Makes the point most first timers miss: channel accelerates growth that already exists, it does not create it, and you should... GTMnow Article · 10 min read How to Get Started With Channel Partnerships for SaaS Businesses Shubham Sood In 5 answers
- A small company showing its own numbers: their partner manager took the program from under 4% to 10% of revenue in a year on... Close Article · 14 min read Building a B2B SaaS Partner Program: Our 8-Step Process Amy Copadis In 5 answers
- AWS explaining its own co-sell machinery: business planning in Partner Central, partner matching, multi partner deals that... AWS Partner Network Blog Article · 9 min read Unlocking Synergies: Maximizing Co-Sell Opportunities with AWS Priya Bains In 5 answers
- Published margin bands from an Indian origin company: 10 to 15% referral, 20 to 30% solution provider with deal registration... DQ Channels Article · 9 min read Freshworks partner program: insights into the evolving channel ecosystem Bharti Trehan In 5 answers
- An investor's readiness test rather than a how to, built around three blunt questions: are you ready, which partner type, and... OpenView Article · 8 min read Why (and When) Strategic Partnerships Make Sense for SaaS Startups Scott Maxwell In 4 answers
- The best plain English glossary of the nine partner types plus 20 metrics to track, which is exactly what you need when you are... HubSpot Blog Article · 15 min read Channel Sales: What It Is and How to Create Your Program Aja Frost In 4 answers
- The only guide we found with concrete hiring triggers (15 to 25 active partners, 5 to 10% of new ARR partner sourced) and a... Forecastable Article · 18 min read Head of Partnerships: The 2026 Role and Hiring Guide Alex Buckles In 4 answers
- Named teardowns instead of theory: Shopify, Microsoft, AvePoint, Nintex and Lookout, with what each does differently on... Impartner Article · 12 min read How to Build the Best SaaS Partner Program (with Examples) Impartner In 4 answers
- A side by side of three real programs as Indian partners experience them, with tiers, certification requirements and margins,... DQ Channels Article · 12 min read Decoding the Salesforce vs Zoho vs Freshworks channel strategies Bharti Trehan In 4 answers
- Freshworks' SVP of global channels on why the mid market is only reachable through partners, with a live example: one... SiliconANGLE Article · 8 min read Freshworks leans on partner flywheel to unlock mid-market opportunity at scale Kelly Knight In 4 answers
- Survey data from 950 B2B SaaS companies on who actually runs channel and how much revenue it carries, which is the fastest way... SaaS Capital Report · 9 min read Should Your SaaS Company Have a Channel Sales Strategy? Rob Belcher In 3 answers
- Written by the industry body for partnership professionals, so it describes the job as practitioners actually experience it,... Partnership Leaders Article · 7 min read Dissecting the Role of Partner Manager Partnership Leaders In 3 answers
- The book that named the shift from 'what should I buy' to 'who do I trust', and the best argument for pushing partner signals... Goodreads Book · 225 pages Nearbound and the Rise of the Who Economy Jared Fuller and Jill Rowley In 3 answers
- Primary source rather than a vendor blog, and the entry point to the delivery method, entitlement and private offer docs you... AWS Documentation Article · 12 min read What is AWS Marketplace? (Seller Guide) AWS Documentation In 3 answers
- The third cloud's own partner documentation, covering SaaS, VM and now AI agent listings, plus the billing integration work... Google Cloud Documentation Article · 10 min read Google Cloud Marketplace: offering your products Google Cloud Documentation In 3 answers
- An interview with Zoho's global partner program director covering 3,000 plus partners, zero entry fees, three tiers, and the... DQ Channels Article · 10 min read Zoho partner program: how Zoho is driving partner-led growth in the AI era Bharti Trehan In 3 answers
- Maps the Indian Azure ecosystem by name: distributors like Redington and Ingram Micro, cloud native firms like Minfy and... DQ Channels Article · 11 min read Microsoft Azure partner program in India: a 2025 overview Bharti Trehan In 3 answers
- A concrete look at what an app directory listing demands (demo video, eight screenshots, scope groups, testing instructions),... HubSpot Developers Article · 12 min read List your app on the HubSpot App Marketplace HubSpot Developers In 2 answers
- Specifically about SIs rather than partners in general, including the split where the SI carries early stage sales and adoption... Relevize Article · 8 min read Pros and Cons of System Integrator Partnerships: Six Tips for Success Relevize
- Explains the two things that make Azure worth the effort: customers can buy against an existing Microsoft agreement or cloud... Microsoft Learn Article · 8 min read Overview of Microsoft Marketplace for publishers Microsoft Learn
The questions
Partnerships and alliances 16
Tech and integration partners, co-selling, co-marketing, when a partnership is real, and your first partnerships hire.
What does a partnerships person actually do all day?
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Referral, tech partner, reseller, SI: someone offered us a partnership, which one is it?
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A much bigger company wants to partner with us. Should we say yes?
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I have just been handed partnerships as my job. What do I do in the first 90 days?
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How do I get a partner's reps to actually mention us in their deals?
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Channel, resellers and marketplaces 16
Resellers, system integrators, distributors, cloud marketplaces like AWS and Azure, app stores and app directories.
What is a channel partner, and why would a software company hand over 30% of the price?
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Is our product even ready for resellers?
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What is a cloud marketplace and why does everyone tell us to list on AWS?
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App store, app directory, cloud marketplace: which of these actually matters for us?
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How do we actually list on AWS Marketplace, and what changes in our sales process?
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