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Reseller Agreements for Tech and Software Companies

Building a reseller channel is one of the most effective ways to scale your product’s market reach without proportionally scaling your sales team. But reseller relationships introduce legal complexity around pricing, territory, brand representation, and customer ownership. Foundry Law Group drafts reseller agreements that give you the distribution power you need while maintaining control over your product, pricing, and brand.

What a Reseller Agreement Should Cover

A well-drafted reseller agreement addresses the scope of products or services included, territory and exclusivity arrangements, pricing and discount structures, minimum sales commitments and performance benchmarks, customer ownership and data sharing, marketing approval and brand usage rights, order processing and fulfillment procedures, and termination rights and transition obligations.

Foundry Law Group works with you to define each of these elements in a way that aligns with your channel strategy and protects your business interests.

Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Arrangements

Deciding whether to offer exclusive or non-exclusive reseller rights involves strategic trade-offs. Exclusive arrangements can motivate a partner to invest heavily in selling your product but limit your flexibility. Non-exclusive arrangements preserve optionality but may not incentivize individual partners as strongly.

Our attorneys help you evaluate the right approach for your market and draft provisions that balance partner incentives with your ability to expand your channel program over time. We often recommend performance-based exclusivity that ties territorial or market exclusivity to measurable sales targets.

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Managing a Multi-Partner Channel

As your reseller program grows, managing multiple partners requires clear rules around deal registration, lead routing, territory boundaries, and conflict resolution. Without these frameworks, channel conflict can undermine partner relationships and create confusion in the market.

Foundry Law Group helps you develop channel policies and agreement structures that scale. We draft agreements with consistent terms that can be adapted for different partner tiers and include provisions for managing partner overlap and competitive situations.

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