Become a 1C Bitrix partner. Who can participate in the program

11.09.2011

The main thesis for this article will also be “the one who walks can master the road.” This, in principle, is all you need to know to become a 1C-Bitrix Gold Certified Partner, as we did. But if you want to hear a few more practical tips, we will provide them.

Also, we would like to remind you that this article echoes the first part, where we described our own experience, how we became a Gold Certified 1C-Bitrix partner.

1) The most important thing is the formulation of the problem. Set yourself a goal. Not very big, not complicated and quite doable, but bringing you closer to your global goal. Try not to think about Gold. It's not that important to you at this stage. I can suggest the following intermediate goals:

Become a 1C-Bitrix Business Partner and enter into an agreement;
Get 100 points and become a Certified 1C-Bitrix Partner;
Get any 1C-Bitrix competency. It is most realistic to get “1C integration”, but if you get “Corporate Portal”, this will seriously help you in the future.
Get 500 points and become a Gold Certified Partner

2) Carefully study the partnership agreement and the partner section of the 1C-Bitrix website - this is a storehouse of information for you. Rules tend to change and the rules described in this article may lose a significant part of their relevance in just a year or a year and a half.

3) If your goal is precisely to obtain one or another status, do not neglect any way of obtaining points.

In fact, this is a rather strange goal of “becoming a Golden Partner.” If you're a business owner or studio director, you probably have goals like "become profitable" or "earn X." But if you are a middle manager or head of a department, then this goal will suit you.

Let's now take a closer look at what and how you can do at each stage:

Conclusion of an agreement with 1C-Bitrix

In my opinion, this is a truly important milestone in the life of many companies (and private developers). It is very important that, unlike many other affiliate programs (the same Microsoft or 1C), when collaborating with Bitrix you do not need to fulfill a sales plan. In order to be a Business Partner you do not need to sell anything to anyone. But you will have the right to a discount.

It’s also nice that the 1C-Bitrix company takes a much calmer view of partnership issues, so earlier even an individual could become a partner! And it was not necessary to create an LLC or an individual entrepreneur. I don’t know how things are now, but you can always find out about it in the affiliate department.

What is needed for this? At least 1 certified specialist with practical experience with 1C-Bitrix. Preferably work in a portfolio. But the most important thing is desire and initiative on your part. Call or write to the affiliate department!

Transition to the status of a Certified Partner

In my opinion, the most difficult stage is if you do not have your own clients to whom you can offer 1C-Bitrix. If there is a pool of clients, then there will be no problems. 100 points is 1 sale and implementation of 1C-Bitrix for the Business edition + 2 more points. And it’s not difficult to score 2 points.

I have already said that you should not neglect any way of obtaining points if they are important to you.

Once every six months, a 1C-Bitrix partner conference is held before which partners are surveyed. Don't miss the opportunity to get 10 points without much effort.
Do your job well, and the client will give you written confirmation of the quality of the work in addition to money. A review or written thank you is worth 5 points.
If you have developed an interesting project (even in the “Start” or “First Site” editorial offices this is more than possible) - take at least 4 spectacular screenshots of the project and prepare an interesting marketing description for the 1C-Bitrix website of at least 2000 characters - an application for a well-executed case implementation brings 20 points.
Are you sure that you will sell X number of licenses of the same type in the next six months? Be careful with your ratings! However, if you are confident, then you can buy several licenses at once “in reserve”, you will save money, and at the same time get points. The main thing is that you need to activate your licenses in the next six months, otherwise their validity period starts automatically!
Are you sure that you will sell 2 licenses of the same type within a year? And will a license of the same type be enough for you to develop your own website? You have the opportunity to obtain an NFR license of the appropriate type “on request”, launch your own website on it and receive points for the launch (as well as for a good case). The main thing here is that you sell 2 licenses for the same or older editions within a year.

Calculations of how many and what licenses need to be sold/implemented are also available on the partner website. We will just remind you that with 1 license you can launch 2 sites within the framework of multi-site and count both of them!

Obtaining 1C-Bitrix competence

In this case, it is simply some kind of intermediate goal. You don't even have to achieve it, but the process of moving towards it will help you achieve your main goal - Gold status.

A description of the requirements for obtaining competencies is on the website and, unfortunately, there are no special ways to simplify the movement towards them. Only projects done for clients will help you gain competence.

However, it is important that you should not rush at this stage, because the points awarded for the project are valid for only a year.

Decide what is more important to you. The competency is valid indefinitely (until 1C-Bitrix changes the rules), but to achieve the status you may not have enough burned points and it will be very disappointing. On the other hand, competence can help you get new projects, and with them money, experience and, of course, points.

Obtaining the status of a 1C-Bitrix Gold Certified Partner

You are at the finish line. If you scored 100 points last year, not all of them will remain active by the time you are ready to upgrade your status. In fact, you may need to score those same 500 points.

I won’t talk about well-known things, like the fact that selling 1 1C-Bitrix “Business Web Cluster” license and implementing a website on it is 498 points. If you have such clients, you hardly need our advice, because you are most likely already on your way to becoming a “sales leader.”

Let me remind you better that a Certified Partner receives 2 NFR licenses for 1C-Bitrix “Business” and 1 license for 1C-Bitrix Corporate Portal “Business Processes”. And these are 4 multi-site sites and 1 corporate portal. It's not just about points - it's a huge experience! And if you implement good projects on them, then this is what you can show to your clients!

Instead of an afterword

The main thing is don’t stop! Never give up! And never forget - the one who walks can master the road!!!

If you are thinking about a partnership with 1C-Bitrix, read this article with instructions on how to obtain it. To cover all steps, all material will be given for a freelance programmer who has little interaction with this company, as this is the most difficult case. If you are officially employed and/or have an individual entrepreneur or LLC, and are registered on the Bitrix website, everything will be even simpler: you just need to go straight to step two.

Preface

You definitely need Legal status. Despite the fact that you can become a partner by simply being an individual. face, it makes almost no sense: everything you get in this case differs little from having a regular account on the site, except that you can upload free solutions to the Marketplace. The easiest way to move forward is to open an individual entrepreneur. Detailed instructions on this matter are given. Remember that you need to have OKVED code 72.20, this is a mandatory requirement for a partner.

If you have an individual entrepreneur or LLC, you should not have problems registering. Just fill out your certificates correctly. It is important to understand that the absence of a current account will not give you the opportunity to earn money from a partnership, although it will be possible to go through moderation, so you already need a PC.

First step: registration on the website 1c-bitrix.ru

There shouldn't be any problems here, just the usual simple registration.

Preparing for the second step

The second step will be filling out the partner’s questionnaire on the same website. There are several points that will not allow you to complete this step from absolute scratch. So that you can skip this point, you need to have: your website, company logo.

Your own website

This is a mandatory point, Bitrix argues that this is how you prove that you are real, so it is not necessary to have your own website entirely, you can just have a page about yourself on some corporate website, although it is difficult to imagine a situation where such a thing exists page about you and you are looking for a partnership. It was precisely because of this requirement that this site appeared, as written on the main page. It is also necessary to take into account that there are requirements for the partner’s website.

Requirements for your site:

Availability of a contact email on the website
Availability of a contact phone number on the website
The presence of an actual address on the site (since I am a freelancer and, by definition, I do not have an office, and the actual address is quite personal information, they agreed to a meeting with me and allowed me not to write the address on the site)
Portfolio as proof that you participated in development using Bitrix products
Can be created on a trial version of Bitrix
Logo

Logo

When moderating a profile, you can simply insert your face into the logo field, but it’s better to have your own right now. I will tell you about its creation in a separate article.

Second step: filling out the partner card on the website

At this stage, you will definitely need your own website (or at least a page about yourself) and a logo, they are written about a little higher. Filling out the form itself should also not be more difficult than registering; details are not needed yet; in theory, moderation can be completed without them at all. But there are a couple of not so obvious points, especially for individual entrepreneurs or individuals. faces, although flexibility is allowed, here is my example of filling.

Third step: signing the contract

In theory, this is not a mandatory step, but in practice I had to sign, especially since this is a mandatory step to access the Marketplace and to obtain an NFR license. Here you will need your individual entrepreneur or LLC details. Enter them correctly and double-check, and double-check again, especially since changing them will be a rather long process. A current account is not required, but the absence of one will not allow you to earn money. The details themselves are entered into the form in the partner’s account, where you can also find the agreement. This agreement will need to be printed in two copies, both copies signed and sent to the Bitrix office.

We all know how Russian post works; my contract lasted for about two months. Since this takes forever, Bitrix agreed to meet me and allowed me to sign the agreement by sending them an electronic scan of the printed and signed agreement. So when the contract finally arrived, I already had an active partner account, but I still needed a paper version.

Web studios

Participation in the affiliate program takes the business of web developers to a new level, allowing you to:

Work with large corporate customers
Increase project complexity
The ready-made functionality of the platform allows you to work on more functional and complex, but also more expensive and interesting projects.

Improve the quality of projects
The platform is thoroughly tested, and technical support is always available. This gives partners the opportunity to achieve high quality of implemented projects.

Attract interested clients
Representation in the list of partners on the website http://1c-bitrix.ru and the application service for website development allow you to subsequently receive a flow of clients interested in creating web projects.

1C-Franchisee

Advantages of 1C franchisees entering the online market:

The implementation of Internet projects is a natural direction of development for 1C franchisees, it is due to growing demand in the market

1C:Enterprise is a natural back office for more or less complex Internet projects

The demand for the “website + backoffice” solution is already great and continues to increase. "1C-Bitrix: Site Management" is an excellent solution for creating a website.

1C-Bitrix and 1C franchisees can satisfy this demand and maintain customer loyalty

To join the affiliate program, you must have a working direction in the development of web projects or the implementation of Corporate portals.

Online market for 1C franchisees:

Development opportunity. Today the Internet is an untapped market that is growing very dynamically.

Opportunity to diversify business. You can open new directions and reduce the risks of the entire business as a whole.

Possibility of increasing profitability. You can earn extra money by offering new services to existing clients.

Opportunity to create competitive advantage. You can make a unique offer to your clients - assistance in organizing the launch of the client’s business on the Internet, creating integrated solutions (website + back office)

Maintaining the specialization of existing specialists. And training them to create new solutions.

Hosting providers

Website ownerswant to get reliable hosting on which the web project will work quickly and without interruptions. To provide our clients with such guarantees, we actively cooperate with hosting service providers who host web projects based on our products on their servers.

We invite all companies providing hosting services, "1C-Bitrix", to go through testing and gain competencies hosting partners, confirming that the hosting is compatible with 1C-Bitrix products and is optimally configured to ensure high performance of the entire system as a whole.

This will allow you to receive a flow of new clients, opportunities for PR and advertising in our channel and take advantage of all the benefits of the 1C-Bitrix affiliate program.

Benefits for partners with the PHP Hosting competency:

directory of partners with competence“PHP Hosting” is presented on the website when purchasing licenses and when downloading demo versions of products"1C-Bitrix: Site Management" and"1C-Bitrix: Corporate portal", which gives direct transitions of potential hosting clients to sites with partner offers;
company 1C-Bitrix is interested in joint marketing activities with partners that ensure the best performance of projects (advertising on websites, reviews in thematic blogs and forums, etc.)