Pillar 01 · AWS Partner & Channel

AWS ACE co-sell support.

Opportunity registration, attribution tracking, and alliance-manager engagement that turn co-sell from a portal into a producing pipeline.

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The Problem

Co-sell is a portal until someone runs it.

AWS ACE is where co-sell revenue is supposed to happen. A registered opportunity that's mis-tagged, stale, or never followed up is worth nothing. Leads slip through unattributed, alliance managers move on, and the pipeline everyone counted on quietly evaporates.

We treat co-sell as the producing channel it should be: every valid opportunity captured, tagged, and credited correctly, with proactive alliance-manager engagement that keeps your deals moving instead of sitting in a queue.

What we execute

Every valid lead captured and credited correctly.

Opportunity registration

Clean, complete ACE registrations with the right solution mapping and stage data, so opportunities are accepted and attributed, not bounced.

Attribution tracking

We track each opportunity through the funnel and reconcile attribution, so co-sell revenue shows up against your account where it belongs.

Alliance-manager engagement

Recurring, substantive engagement with your AWS partner team, not a cold portal, so your deals get attention when they move.

Pipeline hygiene

A weekly discipline that keeps the co-sell pipeline current, with dated evidence and named owners on every active opportunity.

The motion

Every opportunity registered, tracked, and credited.

How a typical engagement runs

01

Pipeline audit

We review your active and historical deals for unregistered or mis-tagged opportunities in AWS ACE, and establish a clean baseline for the co-sell motion going forward.

02

Clean registration

We submit complete ACE registrations with correct solution mapping and stage data so each opportunity is accepted and attributed, not bounced back for corrections.

03

Alliance engagement

We establish and maintain a recurring touchpoint cadence with your AWS partner team so your deals stay visible and get attention when stages move.

04

Weekly hygiene

We keep the co-sell pipeline current with dated evidence and named owners on every active opportunity so attribution is clean at close.

Our operating model

We advise. Then we execute and carry it to completion.

A consistent operating model on every engagement: scoped to outcomes, built with dated evidence and named owners, and handed off as something you can run.

Step 01

Discover & scope

We start with the real situation: your goals, constraints, and what's actually in place. We scope the engagement to outcomes, not hours.

Step 02

Build & execute

We do the work: build the system, run the process, produce the artifacts. Dated evidence and named owners at every step.

Step 03

Operate & prove

We operate what we build and measure it against the outcome you hired us for. Progress reported in evidence, not adjectives.

Step 04

Hand off & sustain

We leave you with a motion you can run: documentation, cadence, and clarity, so the results hold after the engagement ends.

Where this leads next

Co-sell execution feeds and is fed by the rest of your partner motion. It connects directly to AWS Partner Tier Execution, Channel & Program Execution, and Revenue & Pipeline Operations.

FAQ

Co-sell questions

What is AWS ACE and why does it matter?

ACE (AWS Customer Engagements) is the platform AWS uses to manage co-sell between AWS and its partners. When an opportunity is properly registered and tagged, it can receive AWS field team support, accelerate sales cycles, and qualify for attribution that feeds your partner tier metrics.

When it is not managed well, opportunities go stale, attribution is lost, and the co-sell engine produces nothing despite being technically available to you.

What do you do in ACE on our behalf?

We register opportunities with correct tagging, follow up before they age out, manage the back-and-forth with AWS alliance managers, and keep the pipeline clean so the attribution stacks correctly. We run ACE as an operating cadence, not a quarterly cleanup.

Our alliance manager keeps changing. How do we maintain continuity?

Alliance manager churn is one of the most common reasons co-sell pipelines collapse. We maintain the institutional relationship at the program level so a rep change does not reset the relationship to zero. That means briefing the incoming manager, reestablishing deal context, and keeping activity visible in ACE regardless of who is on the other side of the relationship.

How do we know what co-sell opportunities are worth pursuing?

We assess each opportunity against your current tier, the size of the deal, the AWS services involved, and whether the opportunity qualifies for referral credit or funding. Not every deal is worth the co-sell motion, and we help you focus the effort where the return is real.

Do we need to be at a specific AWS tier before co-sell makes sense?

You need to be an active APN member, but meaningful co-sell activity can begin at the Select tier. The quality of alliance-manager engagement and deal support typically increases as you advance, which is one reason tier advancement and co-sell execution are often run in parallel.

Make co-sell produce.

Book a discovery call and we'll scope a co-sell motion that captures and credits every valid opportunity.

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