Consulting Partner Program Policies PY19
Consulting Partner Program Policies PY19
These Consulting Partner Program Policies (“Policies”) are current as of the version date set forth above and will remain in effect until
or unless they are superseded at this same (or redirected) URL by a version with a later version date. SFDC may update or modify
these Policies in its sole discretion, with or without notice. These Policies are subject to and made part of the Salesforce Partner
Program Agreement (“SPPA”) at http://p.force.com/SPPA which an entity must accept in order to participate in the Consulting Partner
Program (the “Program”). Capitalized terms not defined in these Policies have the meaning given to them in SPPA.
If the Provisional Partner meets these qualifications within six (6) months of receipt of the applicable email, such Provisional Partner
will be admitted to the Program on a non-provisional basis and will be assigned a partnership tier level (“Tier”) as discussed below. If
a Provisional Partner fails to meet the qualifications within six (6) months of receipt of the email, it will not be admitted to the Program
and will be removed from the Partner Community without any refund of fees, however it may reapply after meeting the qualifications.
If it reapplies within the same Program Year the amount of fees paid previously for such Program Year will count against any additional
fees incurred for such same Program Year application. No such credit will apply to subsequent Program Years. Any exception to the
Program requirements will be subject to approval and management by SFDC’s Senior Vice President of Partner Programs.
Evaluation Type SFDC Fiscal Quarter Ends Review Conducted New Tier Effective Date
FY18 Annual Evaluation (Q4) January 31, 2018 February 2018 March 1, 2018
(based on FY18 program criteria)
FY19 Q1 Evaluation April 30, 2018 May 2018 June 1, 2018
(based on FY19 program criteria)
FY19 Q2 Evaluation July 31, 2018 August 2018 September 1, 2018
(based on FY19 program criteria)
Compliance
At all times during its participation in the Program, Partner must comply with all applicable anti-corruption laws. If SFDC reasonably
suspects Partner has breached such obligation, SFDC may inspect and copy Partner’s books, records, and accounts and interview
relevant Partner personnel. Partner agrees that SFDC may request verification that Partner, Partner’s sales representatives, and
anyone engaged by Partner to perform work in connection with the Partner Program has undertaken compliance training and
compliance certifications that align to Partner’s compliance obligations under the SPPA and these Policies.
Training
Partner agrees that to the extent it is engaged in marketing, submitting referrals to SFDC (as discussed in the appendix hereto), or
otherwise reselling the Services, Partner’s sales representatives and other personnel will use reasonable efforts to participate in the
basic online training offered for free by SFDC to SFDC’s users generally. As SFDC upgrades the Services, SFDC may ask Partner’s sales
representatives and other personnel to undergo further training based on SFDC Services’ new features and functions, and Partner and
Partner’s personnel agree to make reasonable, good faith efforts to participate in such further training. Partner agrees to use
reasonable efforts to advise SFDC of any demonstrations required to market the Services to prospective SFDC customers, especially
those with a sales force or customer service group of greater than twenty (20) people. To the extent Partner is eligible to receive
certain technical support offerings, such programs are provided under SFDC’s technical support policies in effect at the time the
Services are provided. For clarification, technical support does not include support for Non-SFDC Applications or other third party
programs or services. SFDC’s technical support policies are subject to change at SFDC’s discretion.
AppExchange
Subject to its inclusion as a program benefit in Partner’s assigned Tier, and solely for so long as Partner remains a Partner assigned to
such Tier, and subject to the terms of the SPPA (including the AppExchange Addendum thereto) and these Policies, Partner may be
entitled to the AppExchange Listing Program Benefit allowing Partner to market products or services on the AppExchange. If Partner
is not entitled to, or is not utilizing the AppExchange Listing Program Benefit, the AppExchange Addendum will not apply to Partner.
Services Subscriptions
Subject to its inclusion as a program benefit in Partner’s assigned Tier, and solely for so long as Partner remains a Partner assigned to
such Tier, and subject to the terms of the SPPA and these Policies, SFDC may provide Partner with log-in credentials to one or more
Services, and thereby grant Partner a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited right to access and use such Services solely for: (i)
demonstration of the Services to potential SFDC customers solely in connection with Partner’s participation in the Program, or (ii)
training on the use of the Services. Partner’s use of any Services subscriptions is further subject to the restrictions set forth in Section
5 of the SPPA and, to the extent such subscriptions have been ordered by Partner from SFDC pursuant to an order form, any restrictions
set forth in such order form. For clarity, Partner may be, or may become entitled to, receive access to the Services under a separate
agreement with SFDC. The SPPA and these Policies will govern Partner’s access to the Services to the extent subscriptions to Services
are provided as a benefit of the Program.
Referrals
A Partner in the Consulting Partner Program may be eligible to receive a referral fee if it submits a referral to SFDC’s direct sales
organization through the Partner Community, that referral meets the requirements described in this Addendum and is approved by
SFDC, and is converted into a SFDC direct sale opportunity that closes within six (6) months after date the referral is submitted.
Ineligible Products
Certain products will be ineligible for referral fees, and will be marked as such in the Partner Community submission process and/or
will be inaccessible to Partner when submitting a referral.
Maximum Fee
The maximum referral fee SFDC will pay to Partner with respect to an opportunity that results in a closed opportunity is $10,000 per
Mature Market opportunity and $100,000 per Growth Market opportunity (or if the opportunity is not in US dollars, the applicable
currency equivalent of such amounts).
Referral Fees
The following tables set out the applicable referral fee rates for qualifying referrals, and the types of referrals ineligible for fees.
Joint Referral Mature Market* Mature Market opportunities resulting from joint sale efforts by SFDC and Partner
are not eligible for referral fees.
Growth Market** 5% of First Year Net Revenue
Add-On / Upgrade Mature Market* Mature Market add-on / upgrade opportunities are not eligible for referral fees
Growth Market** Sourced or Joint Growth Market** percentage of First Year Net Revenue, as set forth
above, provided referred customer has a valid and existing order form in place with
SFDC at the time the referral is submitted and at the time the add-on / upgrade
opportunity is closed.
Ineligible For Referral Fees Description
Existing Opportunities Referrals that convert into opportunities that are materially the same (i.e. same
customer, same products) as opportunities that are in SFDC’s active sale process at
the time of the referral, or were in process during the sixty (60) days prior to the
referral submission, are not eligible for referral fees.
Payment Processing
SFDC will calculate referral fees on a monthly basis, and payment of a fee will be processed within forty-five (45) days of the end of
the month during which the associated opportunity is closed. Payments made to Partner hereunder will be made by check or wire
transfer, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.
Partner Responsibility
Each Partner is responsible for managing the referrals it submits; should Partner have concerns about the timely review, processing,
approval or rejection of a referral it has submitted, such Partner should submit a case via the Partner Community within (30) days of
the date on which the associated opportunity is closed.
Personal Data
In submitting personal data to the Partner Community in connection with a referral, Partner will comply with all applicable laws
governing Partner’s collection, storage, processing, use and transfer of such information. As the data provider, Partner warrants that
it has provided all appropriate notices to data subjects and obtained all appropriate consents to transfer data to SFDC and allow its
processing according to the terms of the SPPA and these Policies. Partner authorizes SFDC to process such data as reasonably required
to exercise SFDC’s rights and perform SFDC’s obligations under the SPPA and these Policies; Partner acknowledges that SFDC may be
required to provide personally identifiable information to third parties to comply with legally mandated reporting, disclosure, or other
legal process requirements.