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Should we be turning down software resellers?

We get emailed nearly daily from various software reselling companies around the world. They generally enquire as to the cost of 1 - 5 units of our software, and we generally turn down these requests ...
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Where to find whole seller for main component of product?

I'm still at the idea stage. The product's main component is a towel. I imagine buying a bunch of towels at walmart or some other retail is not the way to go. Too expensive and probably will ...
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How can I find a company to promote and sell my web-app for a percentage?

Let's say I have a startup web-app (e.g. ticketing system) ready to go live. I am planning to sell a monthly membership. I don't want to market/promote it, so I'd like to find a company to do that for ...
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Incorporate C corp in US for a purpose of distribution / reseller

My company in Hong Kong is selling handphone accessories. We also have an online store. Because we have increasing customers in US, we are thinking to incorporate a company in US. This is to minimized ...
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Reselling software products

I have a fairly new startup in the UK and have identified a need to resell certain commercial software products to my customers as part of bespoke solutions. Does anybody know if there's anything ...
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What would be the drawbacks of this OEM model?

It is time for you to play the devils advocate. We have created some software, which is conceptually similar to Excel, in that it is multipurpose and useful in a multitude of domains. Let's say that ...
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How should I price our SaaS for resellers?

Our product is a platform for organizing health related games. Our customers are corporate wellness coordinators, and the games are played in the context of their company. One of our strategies is to ...
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Typical margin for reseller of a software product

We are a small startup with a specialist IT software product. A well known company in our niche area has expressed an interest in working with us and to resell our products - possibly branded to them. ...
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What is the best way to approach a potential reseller?

I have a list of companies I want to approach, but I'm not sure what to say when I call them, or who I should be contacting within the company. Any ideas? I am in the software business.
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Where/How do I find resellers for my content writing services?

Amongst my many ventures I run a new, small and unregistered content writing company. I have developed a decent working model with 15 employees. I am inexperienced in "for-profit" field. I am willing ...
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Should startups have a channel?

I am running sales/marketing for a small software company (6 employees) and we are selling direct, for the most part. We now have been contacted by a few companies who want to distribute our software. ...
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Where does Woot source their products?

Woot.com sells one product each day. Does anyone know where they source their products? If it's overstock stuff or items that manufacturers want to get rid of, how would I get in touch with these ...
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How can I make sure that my resellers don't chase after the same prospect

How can I ensure that my reseller and I are not talking or going after the same customer. This has already happened on a few occasions where we get to a meeting and they tell us that they are already ...
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Scaling sales in a SaaS software company

We are a small software company in the Virtual Data sharing and management space. We are looking to scale our buisness quickly and believe our next step would be into the software reseller channel. ...
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How do I structure a reseller program for my webapp?

I have been recently approached by someone, who wants to be a reseller for my webapp, blogVault. One of the things he mentioned was that, he wanted to co-brand it, so that he can mark up and charge ...
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Are affiliate programs worth it?

I've heard both sides to this argument. Joel Spolsky said in another question that it was a complete waste of their time at FogCreek, but I've heard success stories as well. For example the Thesis ...