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Partner onboarding

Partner programs lose more value to the silent gap between contract and first deal than to anything else. Unifyr replaces it with a journey partners self-serve and channel managers can monitor.

From signed agreement to first deal, without the drop-off

A partner signs, a kickoff happens, training is sent, and the relationship goes quiet. By the time anyone follows up, the partner has lost context. Unifyr replaces that ad-hoc handoff with a structured journey per partner type, where stalls surface in time to fix them.

Partner working through their onboarding journey in the Unifyr portal
Structured journey

Define the stages a partner clears before they're ready to sell: profile, training, first campaign, first deal.

Role-based learning paths

A sales rep, a pre-sales engineer, and a marketing lead shouldn't run the same onboarding. Assign paths by role.

Actionable signals

A dashboard shows who's on track, who's stalled, and who's missing in action. Manager time goes where it matters.

Recruitment

Application, approval, and contract in one workflow

Most partner intake is a form, an email thread, and an unknown delay. Unifyr replaces it with a branded application per program type, routed to the right approver and turned into a partner record on approval.

  • Branded application per partner type
  • Intake tailored to each program
  • Auto-routed to the right approver
  • Contract and record created in-flow
Branded partner application and approval workflow
Onboarding journey

Stage-based journey from approval to first deal

Once approved, the partner lands in a journey with a clear sequence: profile, training, first campaign, first registered deal. Partners know what's next; managers know where every partner is.

  • Stage-by-stage tasks with progress
  • Embedded courses, docs, and tasks
  • Reminders when a partner stalls
  • Dashboard of every partner's status
Creating a stage-based onboarding plan in Unifyr
Certifications

Certifications that gate lead and deal eligibility

Onboarding isn't done when the contract is signed; it's done when the partner is qualified to sell. Unifyr ties certifications to what the partner can do downstream: which leads they get, which deals they can register, which tier they hit.

  • Gate lead eligibility on certs
  • Restrict deal reg to certified lines
  • Tier placement reflects cert status
  • Recertification tracked automatically
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Partner certification tracking and readiness gating
Onboarding IQ

Stall detection with Onboarding IQ

Most onboarding drop-off is quiet. A partner stops logging in, skips a course, or never finishes their profile. Onboarding IQ watches those signals and follows up on the manager's behalf; non-responders land in an exception queue.

  • Detects stalls in logins and tasks
  • Sends contextual nudges for you
  • Escalates non-responders
  • Frees managers from follow-up
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Onboarding IQ following up with stalled partners on the channel manager's behalf

It depends on the program. Most customers target a time-to-first-deal of thirty to ninety days. Unifyr doesn't enforce a fixed timeline; it enforces a sequence. A partner can't be marked ready-to-sell until the certifications and tasks you've defined are complete. Programs that hold to that sequence typically see consistent ramp times across new partner cohorts.

Yes. Onboarding journeys are configured per partner type, with distinct application forms, required courses, and stage definitions. An MSP sees a different journey than a referral partner or a global SI; each is calibrated to what that partner type actually needs to do before they sell.

The journey defines explicit readiness criteria: usually a combination of completed certifications, a finished profile, and one product training. Until those are met, the partner sits in onboarding rather than active. Lead distribution, deal registration, and tier placement can all be gated on that state, so partners who haven't completed onboarding aren't treated as if they had.

Stalls surface in two places. The dashboard shows every partner sitting on a stage past its expected duration. Onboarding IQ also runs in the background, sending the partner contextual reminders (an unfinished course, an unfilled profile field) and escalating to the channel manager when there's no response. Human time stays focused on accounts that need a real conversation.

Yes. Application pages, journey stages, and onboarding content all support the same theming and overrides as the rest of the portal, so a distributor's partners can see distributor branding alongside the vendor's. Stages and required tasks can also vary by tier or geography, which matters when local regulation or language requirements differ from the global program.

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