Ready to build your on-demand business?
Join hundreds of successful ISV companies who have built their businesses using the Force.com platform and AppExchange distribution channel. Follow the steps below and take advantage of a complete set of tools, resources and services to build your on-demand business today!
STEP 1: PLAN
Signup to become a partner and gain access to the technical tools and business programs that will help you be a successful on-demand company
Register for the Force.com Million Dollar Challenge and learn how you can compete for a $1M+ venture capital investment award and office space in the Salesforce.com Incubator
Watch a video of Silicon Valley startup guru Guy Kawasaki as he presents core principles for building a successful startup to developers and entrepreneurs at a recent salesforce.com conference
Learn how to build an on-demand business from top ISV partners as they explain in a free whitepaper
"The 7 Habits of Highly Successful On-Demand Companies"
Visit the salesforce.com
IdeaExchange to decide what to build based on actual salesforce.com customer ideas and test your own concepts
STEP 2: BUILD
Build your apps using a
free Developer Edition account and join developer.force.com, the world's largest on-demand developer community. Partners also eligible for a
Test Edition account with more users and storage space.
Develop and extend your apps using Force.com
app framework,
API and
Apex Code and Visualforce technologies
Need more info or help getting your app on AppExchange?
Attend an AppExchange Partner Enablement webinar (
upcoming webinars)
Get advice and help from fellow developers on the
Discussion Board
Can't find an answer? Tough question on building/certifying/listing your application? Submit a
support request to the AppExchange Partner team.
Need extra services to accelerate your AppExchange project? Sign up for
FastTrack services!
STEP 3: PUBLISH
Review Security Review information
Package your application components for AppExchange distribution
Create your AppExchange marketplace
listing – your “storefront” on the AppExchange
STEP 4: GO-TO-MARKET
Find your Partner Success Manager who can help you drive go-to-market success!
Our
AppExchange Partner Program matches the right programs with the right stage of a partner's lifecycle on the AppExchange, based purely on the partner's demonstrated success with our customers.
A comprehensive set of
AppExchange Marketing Programs enable our partners to gain better access to our customers and to create demand for their solution.
Partners are eligible for an
ISV Edition account, a free 2-user Salesforce account you can use to retrieve leads from the AppExchange!
AppExchange Partner Best Practices that will help jumpstart your AppExchange channel success.
Visit our
Salesforce.com Partner Calendar for a complete list of partner events.
EXTRA STARTUP HELP
Need startup services to help you grow your company?
Get the On-Demand Startup Kit (details here) and save $1,000+ on mission-critical services that can help your company grow, including:
- Email Marketing
- Business Plan Creation
- Legal Services
- Logo Creation & Branding
- UI Design Consulting
- Customer Financing
