Create, edit, and distribute opportunities
Create, Edit, and Distribute OpportunitiesCreate, Edit, and Distribute Opportunities
Purpose
Opportunities in the Partner Site allow organizations to share sales leads with partners. This helps partners follow up on potential customers, generate new revenue, and match customers with sellers who have the right expertise.
Create an Opportunity
- Go to Sales → Opportunities.
- Select New.
- Enter Topic, Contact Information, and Currency.
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Add details in the following sections:
- Customer Situation
- Customer Need
- Proposed Solution
- Select Save.
Distribute Opportunities
Manual Distribution
Use this option when you know exactly which partner should receive the lead.
- Go to Sales → Opportunities.
- Select the opportunity.
- In Partner Details, enter the Partner Account.
- Change the Status to Delivered.
- Select Save.
Distribute to Multiple Partners
- Open the opportunity.
- Under General → Partner Pipeline, select Partner Collaboration.
- Select Partner Collaboration Accounts (+) and add partners.
- Change the Status to Accepted.
- Select Save.
Partner View & Collaboration
- Partners view opportunities under the Opportunities tab.
- Distributed Opportunities show opportunities awaiting partner acceptance.
- Managed Opportunities show accepted opportunities.
- Collaborating partners cannot close or extend opportunities, but they can add notes.
- Partners cannot assign opportunities to other partners.
Partner Dashboard
- Displays both Distributed and Managed opportunities.
- Managed opportunities include additional details such as collaboration status.
Deal Registration
- Partners can register deals to request exclusivity.
- On the opportunity page, select Register.
- A Deal Registration Request is created and visible on the opportunity.
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To approve the request:
- Go to Sales → Opportunities.
- Select the opportunity record.
- Mark the request as Accepted.