Configure a reseller private offer plan

You can set up reseller private offer plans to allow resellers to independently create private offers and transact with their customers.

Note: Reseller private offer plans allow resellers to offer your product to their customers at specific plans or tiers, but they don't include a reseller discount. For resellers to get discounts on your products, you must also configure discounts for resellers.

Scope

You can configure a reseller private offer plan to be one of the following:

• Single use for a customer. The plan applies to a resold customer's Cloud Billing subaccount linked to a reseller's Cloud Billing account. It allows the linked reseller to create offers reselling your products to that specific customer.

• Multiple use for a reseller. The plan applies to a reseller's Cloud Billing account. It allows the reseller to create offers reselling your products to any of their resold customers.

Before you begin

• Verify that you've turned on reselling for your published products. If you don't turn on reselling, resellers can't use Cloud Billing accounts linked to their reseller Google Cloud account to purchase your Cloud Marketplace products.

• Verify that you've configured access control for viewing, creating, and managing reseller discounts in Producer Portal.

• Verify with the reseller the Cloud Billing account or subaccount that you want to configure the reseller private offer plan to apply to.

• Configure any discounts that you want to apply to the reseller or customer that you're configuring the plan for.

Configure a reseller private offer plan

The process for configuring a reseller private offer plan involves the following steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to Producer Portal's Reseller private offer plan page.

2. Click Create plan.

3. Under Plan details, under Plan name, enter a name for the reseller private offer plan.

4. Under Scope, select whether you want to create a single use plan for a customer, or a multiple use plan for a reseller. For details, see Scope, earlier on this page.

5. Under Duration, enter a start and end date for the plan.

6. Under Billing account information, enter the information for the Cloud Billing account or subaccount that you want to configure the plan to apply to.

7. Optionally, enter your contact information to share it with the reseller. The customer doesn't see contact information that you provide.

8. Under Authorization acceptance due date, enter the due date for the reseller to authorize their acceptance of the plan.

9. Under Product and pricing, specify the product that you want the reseller private offer plan to apply to, and also the pricing plan for the product.

10. Under Update features list, you can choose to keep the same features as your regular pricing plan has, or update them for this reseller private offer plan. To update the features, click Update features. To remove a feature, enter N/A for its value.

11. Under Pricing and discount, click Configure and enter the details for how you want the reseller to be charged under this plan. This includes:

    • The payment frequency for offers created according to this plan.

    • The details of any fees or commitments for offers created according to this plan.

    • The offer duration for offers created according to this plan.

12. Optionally, under Offer settings (optional), you can specify the following:

    • Whether resellers can specify scheduled start dates for offers that they create with this plan.

    • Whether you want to allow auto-renew for offers that resellers create with this plan, and, if so, how many renewals you want to allow. For details, see Automatic renewals for private offers.

13. Click Save.

14. Under Legal terms, select which end user license agreement (EULA) you want to apply to offers created under this plan.

15. Review the details of the reseller private offer plan, and then click Create.

16. Review the information in the menu that appears, and then click Confirm to confirm your acceptance.

17. After the reseller confirms their acceptance of the reseller private offer plan, Google provisions the plan, and then sends you an email confirming that the plan has been accepted.

Cancel an existing reseller private offer plan

To cancel an existing reseller private offer plan:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to Producer Portal's Reseller private offer plan page.

2. Find the reseller private offer plan that you want to cancel, and click to cancel it.

3. In the window that appears, enter your reason for cancellation, and then click Cancel plan.