The ComponentSource Corporate Partner Tier introduces enhanced marketing exposure in print and online media, plus all the benefits of the Author tier and Professional Partner tier.
Our premium partner tier for established publishers with a proven track record of producing quality products, strong sales and reliable technical support. The ComponentSource Corporate Partner tier provides a comprehensive global sales and online marketing vehicle for your products. Membership at this tier enables you to take advantage of the ComponentSource sales and technical teams to target all ComponentSource customers, including large account customers and numerous Government Agencies through our GSA Schedule agreement and other organizations.
For a marketing fee of $12,000 a year, or $1,200 per month, and 60% of your SRP (Suggested Retail Price) back to you for every sale, you get access to all the benefits of the Author tier and Professional Partner tier, as well as the following Corporate Partner tier benefits:
ComponentSource sales and technical teams become an extension of your sales force:
You have the opportunity to train the ComponentSource customer sales and technical teams in North America (based in Atlanta, GA), Europe (based in Reading, England - just outside London) and in Asia (based in Tokyo, Japan) so that they can better understand and recommend your products to ComponentSource customers. Your products will be recommended over and above products from the Author or Professional Partner tiers provided they are of equal relevance to the customers needs, as follows:
- The ComponentSource customer sales team follows up all leads that are generated via the ComponentSource Web site. They contact potential customers who have evaluated your products and actively help and encourage them to purchase
- The ComponentSource technical team assist customers in locating products that meet their need. They also assist customers who are unable to locate products through the search mechanism on the ComponentSource Web site, and point them toward the most appropriate product for their needs
- The ComponentSource team work with large account customers to match their current and future development project needs with products available from the ComponentSource catalog. Their role is very much one of matching the supply to the demand rather than building the demand for the supply and recommending the product that is most relevant to the customers needs
- As a global ESD distributor the ComponentSource team work with an extensive network of dealers, local resellers and corporate software suppliers. For example - we have over 500 Dealer & Reseller accounts in EMEA alone and you can benefit from our pro-active sales and marketing to reach even more customers
ComponentSource provides you with a worldwide marketing channel for your products which includes (in addition to the Author tier and Professional Partner tier benefits):
- Your products receive enhanced exposure in the ComponentSource full color paper catalog, which is printed 4 times a year with a 50,000 circulation, aimed at developers in the Americas and Europe, Middle East, Africa. You receive one full page color advert in our paper catalog where you provide the advert artwork. You will also be entitled to a half page product highlight area with a short text description and screen-shots, plus up to 10 price entries in each issue of our paper catalog
- The monthly ComponentSource Customer Email Newsletter will include a "Corporate Partner" section each month highlighting new products or versions from our Corporate Partners. Each month one of our Corporate Partners will be chosen and a product highlighted to our customers. Corporate Partners and their products will also be considered for inclusion in the main body of these emails
- Your products are recommended to ComponentSource partner stores (such as DevPia in South Korea and others as they come online), before Author tier and Professional Partner tiers, for inclusion in their emails to their own developer audiences
- You will receive 3 months of free sponsored links (Web Site adverts) at a store or category level of your choice (subject to availability) on the ComponentSource Web sites
- Your products appear before Professional Partner tier and Author tier products when customers browse business category listings on the ComponentSource Web sites and before Professional Partner and Author tier products in ComponentSource partner stores
- Your products appear before Professional Partner tier and Author tier products when customers browse business category listings on the ComponentSource Web sites and before Professional Partner and Author tier products in ComponentSource partner stores
- Your Corporate Partner status is displayed with your product details and in the Partners area of the ComponentSource Web site
- Your product details can include a 250-word description of your company's credentials so customers know exactly who has developed the product - plus we will publish a reciprocal link to your Web site
- You can purchase additional marketing opportunities at a 30% discount off the normal fees
- You can associate yourself with the ComponentSource global brand by using our "Corporate Partner" logo on your Web site and marketing materials
- ComponentSource will allocate you a Commercial Account Manager in: Atlanta, GA, or Reading, England or Tokyo, Japan, in addition to your Technical Account Manager. Your Commercial Account Manager will provide you with a review meeting upon request, usually every 3 months, to discuss how we can continue to work together to help grow the sales of your products
ComponentSource Corporate Communications support to help profile your company to press and analysts:
- ComponentSource can provide you with supporting quotes for your own press releases
- ComponentSource will provide you with guidelines on the best way to create a case study
Download Corporate Partner Tier Agreement - Zip file (366k)
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