Navigating Billing & Payouts in Azure Marketplace: Insights from Mastering the Marketplace
In the ever-evolving landscape of digital commerce, understanding the intricacies of billing and payouts is paramount for vendors looking to thrive in platforms like the Azure Marketplace. In this Mastering the Marketplace session, our subject matter experts delve deep into the nuances of setting up Billing and Payouts, offering invaluable guidance for those venturing into the realm of transactable offers. Led by the Marketplace FastTrack team, this webinar not only provides a comprehensive overview of how payouts operate within the Azure Marketplace but also sheds light the intricate monthly payout processes. Join us as we unravel the complexities of billing and payouts, empowering vendors with the knowledge needed to navigate the Azure Marketplace with confidence and success.
Key areas covered:
Billing and Payouts
Learn how to set up your tax and payout profile for the Azure Marketplace
Setting up your Partner Center account and information on setting up taxes
Setting up users (add, create, remove) and roles & permissions
How to validate Partner Center account information
Create a tax and payout profile with guides and scenarios, for both US and foreign publishers, to help determine the best tax profile for your business scenario.
Create a payout profile in the currency to be paid.
Create a profile where the payout should be routed to.
Understand billing and payout process cycle
Currency– covers pricing of transactable offers and currency exchange impacts from the customer purchase to the publisher payout
Payout Schedule– based on the type of purchase made in the Azure Marketplace such as usage/consumption
Payout Requirements– provides information on when a publisher is eligible for payout
Payout Timeline– payouts typically dispersed on or before the 15th of each month in the currency selected when setting up the payment profile. Payment can take up to 10 business days to receive based on the payment method used
Explore the Partner Center Revenue dashboard and Earnings report
Walk through demo of the Revenue Dashboard and Earnings Report features, use cases, and details on best practices
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There are many resources provided in the session that will help you navigate the Billing and Payment set up process. We have listed them below for your convenience.
Create a Partner Center account and enable commercial marketplace
Set up users and roles
Check account validation
Create a tax and payout profile
Microsoft Publisher Agreement
Add and Manage Users for the Commercial Marketplace
Assign User Roles and Permissions
Manage a commercial marketplace account in Partner Center
Set up commercial marketplace payout and tax profiles
Tax details for commercial marketplace publishers
Geographic availability and currency support for the commercial marketplace
Payout schedules and processes
Getting Paid in Partner Center
Payment thresholds, methods, and timeframes
Revenue dashboard in commercial marketplace analytics
Earnings pages in Partner Center
Earnings – Reports overview in Partner Center
Additional Mastering the Marketplace sessions are available Live and OnDemand to provide publishers with resources to successfully publish your solution to the Commercial Marketplace.
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Additional Resources:
Billing and Payouts
Govern and control using private Azure Marketplace – Microsoft marketplace
Azure Consumption Commitment enrollment – Marketplace publisher
Your commercial marketplace benefits – Marketplace publisher
Introduction to listing options – Microsoft commercial marketplace
Get support for the commercial marketplace program in Partner Center – Marketplace publisher
Payouts and tax profile FAQ – Marketplace publisher
Customer Billing and Invoice
Overview of billing and invoicing for marketplace customers – Microsoft marketplace
Review your individual Azure subscription bill – Microsoft Cost Management
Review your Azure Enterprise Agreement bill – Microsoft Cost Management
Review your Microsoft Customer Agreement bill – Azure – Microsoft Cost Management
Commercial Marketplace
Microsoft commercial marketplace publisher FAQ
Cloud Partner Portal migration FAQ
Get help and contact support in Partner Center
Partner Center announcements
Microsoft Partner Community – Microsoft Community Hub
Marketplace Community – Microsoft Community Hub
Publish an integrated solution
Configure your SaaS offer properties in Azure Marketplace
Standard Contract for Microsoft commercial marketplace
Cloud Solution Provider – Microsoft commercial marketplace – Azure – Marketplace publisher
Configure ISV to CSP partner private offers in Microsoft Partner Center – Marketplace publisher
Microsoft Tech Community – Latest Blogs –Read More