Become a Channel Partner
What is the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Channel Partner Program?
Linux Professional Institute’s Channel Partner Program was created for organizations with their own communities and partner groups. A channel partner is a company or incorporated organization which helps LPI to find and, optionally, maintain other partners for the AAP/ATP/Hiring/Sponsor/etc programs as part of their regular business activities.
In a sense, the Channel Partner Program borrows its concept from the IT market traditional distribution channel business, with value added distributors and resellers, where the Channel Partner can be compared to a Value Added Distributor, which can sign up many resellers to a technology vendor (normally a software or solution provider). The main difference here is that instead of signing up resellers, LPI Channel Partners simply sign up — and, optionally, service — other partner types on behalf of LPI.
Major Channel Partner Program Benefits
- Opportunity/deal registration
- Registered opportunity means a Named Account which a Channel Partner identifies and creates an opportunity for.
- Access to LPI partnership development staff to support development of your channel.
- Use of the LPI logo, LPI certification and other program brands
- Discount on direct exam sales (retail price)
- Override discount (read: commission) on partners' exam sales (10%) signed up through the Channel Partner
- Access to a joint marketing fund
- Opportunity for cooperative participation and promotions at LPI events
Ideal Partners
- Organization with their own communities, educational networks and partner groups
- Head offices of organizations with multiple independent or semi-independent subsidiaries
- Companies willing to find and maintain other LPI partners (from all other LPI Partner Programs but the Channel Partner Program itself — we can’t have nested or stacked Channel Partners)