[[["容易理解","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["確實解決了我的問題","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["其他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["難以理解","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["資訊或程式碼範例有誤","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["缺少我需要的資訊/範例","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["翻譯問題","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["其他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["上次更新時間：2025-09-04 (世界標準時間)。"],[[["\u003cp\u003eResellers can be either direct (1-tier) or distributors (2-tier), identifiable as \u003ccode\u003eRESELLER\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003eDISTRIBUTOR\u003c/code\u003e respectively in the Partner Sales Console.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAn account, which corresponds to your reseller domain, is the primary entity under which all other resources are organized, and it requires the use of an \u003ccode\u003eaccount_id\u003c/code\u003e for Cloud Channel API calls.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eCustomers are the end-users of Google Cloud products and represent the leaf nodes in an n-tier resale channel.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eEntitlements are services that are billed to the reseller but used by the customers, such as subscriptions or consumption-based billing accounts.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eOffers define the products available for sale and consist of a combination of a SKU and a pricing model, with different pricing or discount levels creating unique offers.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Concepts\n\nTypes of resellers\n------------------\n\nYour [account](#account) has been provisioned either as a direct reseller\n(1-tier) or a distributor (2-tier). You can confirm your account type in the\nSettings page of your Partner Sales Console. Direct resellers show as\n`RESELLER`, while distributors show as `DISTRIBUTOR`.\n\nGeneral Channel Services concepts\n---------------------------------\n\n**Figure 1.** Diagram of the relationship between the Channel Services concepts\npresented in this document.\n\n### Accounts\n\nAn account is the top-level entity and maps to your\n[reseller domain](#reseller-domain). All other resources are rooted under it.\nYou will need your `account_id` --- found in the Settings page of your\nPartner Sales Console --- when making calls to the Cloud Channel API.\n\n### Customers\n\nCustomers, typically a company, are the end-users of Google Cloud products you\nplace orders for. In an n-tier resale channel hierarchy, customers are the leaf\nnodes.\n\n### Entitlements\n\nEntitlements represent services that are billed to you, but used by one of your\nCustomers.\n\nFor a SaaS offering like Google Workspace, an entitlement would be a\nsubscription for one of the services (e.g. Google Workspace Business Starter or\nCloud Identity Premium).\n\nFor an IaaS offering like Google Cloud Platform, an entitlement would be a\nconsumption-based billing account that customers can use for their projects.\n\n### Offers\n\nOffers represent what you are allowed to sell. An Offer and a Customer are the\nmain components of an Entitlement.\n\nOffers are a combination of a SKU and a pricing model. For example, a single\nproduct with various payment plans or discount levels would have as many offers\nas there are permutations of the product and the plans or discounts.\n\nFor Google Workspace, offers don't change price. When prices change, new\n`offerId`s are generated.\n\n### Reseller domain\n\nA reseller domain is a Google Workspace instance where you can manage\naccess privileges to your Partner Sales Console.\n\n### Channel partner links\n\nChannel partner links are only applicable to distributors.\n\nChannel Partner Links represent the connection between a distributor and their\nauthorized indirect resellers. Distributors are required to register their\nchannel partners with Google.\n\nContact your Partner Manager for more details on this process.\n\nAPI-specific concepts\n---------------------\n\n### Cloud identities\n\nA *cloud identity* is the footprint for Google Workspace and\nChrome customers, and the foundational set of customer features,\nincluding access to admin.google.com and user management.\n\nYou must provision a cloud identity with\nGoogle Workspace-specific data before creating an entitlement for a\nGoogle Workspace or Chrome product.\n| **Caution:** Cloud identities are different from the Cloud Identity product offerings.\n\n### Operations\n\nOperations are also called *long-running operations* (LRO). They are\nused throughout the Cloud Channel API, as many actions triggered by API calls are not\ninstantaneous, and can take longer than default client timeouts.\n\nOperations are asynchronous API calls. Endpoints that use operations\nmight return either HTTP 4xx errors (due to synchronous validation) or an\nHTTP 200 code with an `Operation` resource, and the operation's identifier.\nTo get the status of an operation, use the `operations.get` method."]]
