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Registration converts an opportunity you found into 90-180 days of vendor-enforced protection — if your paperwork survives an audit.
Deal registration is a formal claim on a named opportunity. Once the vendor approves it, the account and project are protected for 90-180 days: no other partner can register the same deal, and you earn the registration uplift when it books. That uplift is typically 20-40% of first-year net revenue — the largest single margin lever most resellers have.
File early, because the system is first-past-the-post. When two partners claim the same opportunity, the dispute is settled on the CRM opportunity-creation date, and the partner's own record is the only evidence that counts. A registration submitted before the first customer meeting beats a flawless submission filed after a competitor's.
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Expect scrutiny. Vendors typically audit 5-15 registered opportunities per partner per quarter, checking that the CRM record, the registration form and the real project match. The common rejections have names: 'duplicate registration' when another partner filed first, 'insufficient information' when account detail is thin, and 'expired registration' when the 90-180-day window closed before the deal booked.
Renewals are a separate motion. They typically earn 5-10% of the prior-year value and must be registered in their own right; assuming the original registration covers renewals leaves that money unclaimed. Diarise renewal registrations alongside the contract anniversary.
Registration discipline feeds directly back into tier status, because the revenue that requalifies you for gold is the revenue you registered and booked. The thresholds themselves are laid out in What Each Channel Partner Tier Requires, and the certification bench that keeps your deal credit alive is covered in Certification Exams and Marketplace Fund Spend.
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