Co-Selling
Co-selling is a collaborative sales motion where a vendor's sales team works alongside a partner's sales team to jointly pursue and close a deal. Both parties contribute resources, expertise, and relationships to improve win rates.
Co-selling is a joint selling motion where two organizations, typically a vendor and a partner, align their sales teams to pursue a shared opportunity. Rather than the partner simply passing a lead over the fence, co-selling involves active collaboration: joint discovery calls, coordinated proposals, shared demo environments, and mutual accountability for the deal outcome.
Co-selling differs from traditional channel sales in the depth of engagement. In a standard channel model, the partner may handle the entire sales process independently. In a co-sell motion, both parties contribute expertise, the vendor brings product depth and technical resources, while the partner brings the customer relationship and contextual knowledge.
The benefits of co-selling include higher win rates (because the combined team covers more buyer concerns), larger deal sizes (through bundled offerings), and stronger partner loyalty (partners who co-sell successfully become long-term advocates).
PartnerPulse enables co-selling by providing shared deal workspaces, real-time pipeline visibility for both the vendor and partner, and communication tools that keep joint teams aligned throughout the sales cycle.
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Account Mapping
Account mapping is the process of comparing your customer and prospect lists with those of a partner to identify mutual opportunities. It reveals overlaps and whitespace so both parties can prioritize joint selling motions.
Joint Go-To-Market
A joint go-to-market (joint GTM) is a coordinated strategy where two or more companies collaborate on marketing, sales, and distribution efforts to reach a shared target audience with a combined value proposition.
Channel Partner
A channel partner is a company or individual that sells, implements, or promotes another company's products as part of an indirect sales strategy. Channel partners include resellers, distributors, managed service providers, and system integrators.
Deal Registration
Deal registration is a process where channel partners formally register prospective deals with a vendor to claim priority and protect their commission. It reduces channel conflict by providing deal-level visibility to the vendor.