In the Partner Sales Console, you can manage private offer plans from build partners of Google Cloud Marketplace apps. With a private offer plan, a build partner offers a discount as an incentive to partners who resell their products. You can then create a private offer for your customer to give discounts on the build partner's products.
Review & accept private offer plan from build partner
When a build partner creates a private offer plan, you are notified in the Partner Sales Console.
Requires having the Google Cloud Reseller Administrator role.
- Sign in to the Partner Sales Console.
- Click Private offer plans.
Tip: To view pending offers, you can also click Alert .
- For Pending acceptance, click a private offer plan to review the details.
For details, go to Information in private offer plan (later on this page).
- Choose an option:
- To accept the plan, at the top, click AcceptConfirm acceptance.
- To reject the plan, at the top, click Reject, select a reason for the rejection, and then click Confirm rejection.
Information in private offer plan
Private offer plan | Description |
---|---|
Build partner | Name of build partner |
Build partner contact name Build partner contact email |
Build partner contact name and email address |
Plan name | Name of build partner's plan |
Plan ID | Unique ID of plan |
Status | Status of plan:
|
Acceptance due date | Date plan must be accepted |
Scope and duration | Description |
Scope | Use with one or multiple customers |
Start date End date |
Plan start and end date |
Billing account Subaccount |
Billing account (for multi-use plans) or subaccount (for single-use plans) |
Customer | Name of customer |
Notes to the reseller | Notes from build partner about plan |
Product and pricing | Description |
Product | Name of product |
Product plan | Information about product |
Features list | List of product features |
Payment amount | Details of payment amount and duration |
Offer duration | How long plan is available |
Create private offer for customer
After you review the private offer plan from the build partner, you can create a private offer for your customer.
Requires having the Google Cloud Reseller Administrator role.
- In the Partner Sales Console, click Customers.
- Click the customer that you want to create the offer for.
- Click New serviceCreate a private offer.
- Next to the product that you want to choose, click View options or Select.
- Next to the plan that you want to use, click Use this plan.
Tip: To get more information on a plan, click View plan.
- Complete the following information:
- Customer
- Seller
- Product configuration and pricing
- Click Continue.
- Review the offer and click Create private offer.
- Copy the offer URL, email it to the customer, and then click View offer.
The status of the private offer in the Partner Sales Console changes to Pending acceptance. Your customer can review the offer using the URL.
Review status of private offer
You are notified in the Partner Sales Console when a customer accepts a private offer. To review, click Alert .
To review the status of a private offer:
- In the Partner Sales Console, click CustomersPrivate offers.
- Review the status. Offers can be:
- Published—You published the offer but the customer has not accepted.
- Accepted—The offer has been accepted but hasn’t started.
- Active—Offer has started.
- Expired—The specified due date for acceptance has passed without the customer accepting the offer.
- Ended—Offer was accepted, became active, and passed its end date.