At Cloud Channel Summit†in San Diego,†AppDirect, the cloud service commerce company, unveiled its new†Reseller Management Service†for distributors and resellers. With this extension to its cloud service commerce platform, the company aims to solve much of the operational complexity that exists in channel models to enable successful reseller networks on AppDirect-powered marketplaces. Available now, the cloud-based solution provides advanced tools from a central location that is designed to make onboarding, sales and customer management, and back office automation and reporting for resellers of cloud services simple and straightforward. ††
AppDirect’s platform†offers†unified catalog, billing, identity, data, and infrastructure management†designed to help distributors drive their cloud service sales through greater reach, conversion, and retention.†The platform’s functionality enables distributors and developers to sell cloud services and act as a trusted advisor, while enabling end users to manage their applications in a central location.†The company unites†distributors, developers, and consumers†of cloud services in an ecosystem that offers benefits across the entire network.
Using the AppDirect Reseller Management Service, distributors of cloud services can:
- Invite resellers and migrate and onboard them to†sell applications on AppDirect-powered marketplaces
- Enable resellers to provision, purchase, and manage applications for customers and perform support
- Scale globally with support for 14 languages and 12 currencies
- Use built-in workflows†for deal registration, lead management, subscription billing, and identity and access management
- Execute reseller programs based on compensation models of choice, conduct payouts and reconciliation,†and analyze performance
The Reseller Management Service can be purchased as an add-on to the AppDirect Marketplace and Management Service. Existing customers can visit†www.appdirect.com/reseller. New customers can email†sales@appdirect.com.
