Accept a private offer from a vendor

Google Cloud Marketplace vendors can send you private offers that let you pay a custom or discounted price for the products that they offer through Cloud Marketplace. For an overview of private offers, visit Discover Private Offers.

Note: For virtual machine (VM) and Kubernetes products, infrastructure costs aren't included in the private offer discounts.

You can only accept a private offer once. To update an offer, the vendor must send you a new offer to replace the active one.

Before you begin

• Verify the Cloud Billing account that the Cloud Marketplace vendor used for the private offer.

• For the Cloud Billing account listed in the offer, you must have the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) role(s):

  • Billing Account Administrator (roles/billing.admin) OR

  • Billing Account User (roles/billing.user) AND Consumer Procurement Order Administrator (roles/consumerprocurement.orderAdmin)

  If you don't have the correct role(s), request access from a Billing Administrator or Organization Administrator. For information and steps on granting roles, see Access control.

Accept a private offer

To receive a private offer, the vendor sends you a link. The link opens an offer page in the Google Cloud console, similar to the following example:

To view and accept a private offer, complete the following steps based on the type of product that you're purchasing:

Software as a service (SaaS)

1. Click and open the link that the vendor sent you.

   Note: If you receive an error when opening the offer, you don't have the correct access to the associated Cloud Billing account. To view and purchase the offer, you must have the Billing Administrator (roles/billing.admin) role OR both the Billing User (roles/billing.user) role AND the Consumer Procurement Order Administrator (roles/consumerprocurement.orderAdmin) role.

2. Verify the details of the offer, such as the pricing details and contract duration. If this offer replaces an active offer, or if you're using this offer after purchasing the product at list price, review the new offer and previous purchase details. Click Next.

3. In the Settings section of the offer, confirm the Cloud Billing account that you want to charge for the offer.

4. Optionally, select the checkbox if you want the offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract term. Auto-renew is only available if the vendor configures it. You can also update your auto-renew preferences at any time from the Your orders page.

5. Click Next.

6. In the Review and subscribe section, review the final details, including the plan policy. To acknowledge the additional requirements, select the checkboxes.

7. Click Subscribe. A window appears to confirm your subscription.

8. In the confirmation window, click View orders to see the order status for all of your private offers, or click Go to Marketplace to browse Cloud Marketplace.

9. Depending on the product, you might need to activate your subscription directly with the vendor.

After you subscribe, the vendor is prompted to accept the offer. The offer pricing takes effect on the contract start date, as outlined in the offer.

VM

1. Click and open the link that the vendor sent you.

   Note: If you receive an error when opening the offer, you don't have the correct access to the associated Cloud Billing account. To view and purchase the offer, you must have the Billing Administrator (roles/billing.admin) role OR both the Billing User (roles/billing.user) role AND Consumer Procurement Order Administrator (roles/consumerprocurement.orderAdmin) role.

2. Verify the details of the offer, such as the pricing details and contract duration. If this offer replaces an active offer, or if you're using this offer after purchasing the product at list price, review the new offer and previous purchase details. Click Next.

3. In the Settings section of the offer, confirm the Cloud Billing account that will be charged for the offer.

4. Optionally, select the checkbox if you want the offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract term. Auto-renew is only available if the vendor configures it. You can also update your auto-renew preferences later on the Your orders page.

5. Click Next.

6. In the Review and subscribe section, review the final details, including the plan policy. Select the checkboxes to acknowledge the additional requirements.

7. Click Subscribe. A window appears to confirm your subscription.

8. In the confirmation window, click View orders to see the order status for all of your private offers, or click Go to product page to deploy or configure your product.

Kubernetes

1. Click and open the link that the vendor sent you.

   Note: If you receive an error when opening the offer, you don't have the correct access to the associated Cloud Billing account. To view and purchase the offer, you must have the Billing Administrator (roles/billing.admin) role OR both the Billing User (roles/billing.user) role AND Consumer Procurement Order Administrator (roles/consumerprocurement.orderAdmin) role.

2. Verify the details of the offer, such as the pricing details and contract duration. If this offer replaces an active offer, or if you're using this offer after purchasing the product at list price, review the new offer and previous purchase details.

3. Confirm the Cloud Billing account that will be charged for the offer.

4. Optionally, select the checkbox if you want the offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract term. Auto-renew is only available if the vendor configures it. You can also update your auto-renew preferences later on the Your orders page.

5. Review the final details, including the plan policy. To acknowledge the additional requirements, select the checkboxes.

6. Click Accept. A window appears to confirm your subscription.

7. In the confirmation window, click View orders to see the order status for all of your private offers, or click Go to product page to deploy or configure your product.

It might take a few minutes before your order is active. The offer pricing takes effect on the contract start date, as outlined in the offer.

Accept an offer with auto-renew

If the vendor has configured auto-renew, you can enable the private offer to automatically renew at the end of the contract. If you turn on auto-renew, the renewed offer uses the same contract duration as the current offer. For offers that charge based on your usage, the renewed offer might include changes in usage metric pricing if the vendor has updated their public pricing plan. Otherwise, the renewed offer has the same pricing as the current offer.

To turn on or turn off auto-renew, see Manage your accepted offers.