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The road to increased revenue with the Purple Partner Program

By Richard Ellor
3 March 2023
4 min read
The road to increased revenue with the Purple Partner Program
Partner margin model

Purple Partner Programme revenue & margin calculator

Model licence margin, onboarding fees and managed service retainers across your client estate.

Partner tier preset
30%

Presets are illustrative. Use the discount in your own partner agreement.

Client estate presets
20 venues
2150 venues
8 APs
2 (café)15 (hotel)50 (campus)
Your services
50%

Share of service revenue left after your engineers' time.

90%
Recurring gross profit
£1,518
per month, licences plus retainers
Annual recurring gross profit
£18,216
80% of year-one profit is recurring
Year 1 gross profit
£22,716
includes £4,500 from onboarding
3-year cumulative gross profit
£53,865
at 90% annual retention
Breakdown
Access points under management160
Client licence bill (list)£2,560/mo
Your licence margin at 30%£768/mo
Retainer revenue£1,500/mo
Retainer gross profit at 50%£750/mo
Onboarding revenue (one-off)£9,000
Assumptions
  • •Licence margin is your discount off the list price you bill clients. Tier presets and prices are illustrative, not Purple's published terms.
  • •Service figures are gross profit after delivery cost, before your overheads.
  • •Years 2 and 3 shrink by the retention rate. New client wins are not included.
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On 02/14/2023, Purple launched its new Purple Partner Program. The rate of growth seen by Purple and the indoor location services market has clearly outlined the need for businesses to collect new insights that can provide actionable data to cut costs and increase revenue.

With its market-leading solutions, Purple makes collecting insights such as first-hand demographic data, and venue-level behavior incredibly simple. We provide venues with highly detailed analytics in the form of a cloud-based platform that can be overlaid to a range of existing hardware types providing speedy onboarding and quick return on investment.

Purple has a large partner base across more than 40 countries and these existing collaborations have enabled Purple to connect more than 1 million users across 60,000 locations in 150 countries every day!

As part of this program, Purple partners will receive access to a wealth of resources and support, allowing them to deliver unparalleled WiFi solutions to their clients. We are excited to collaborate with businesses that share our vision for the future of technology and can't wait to see the amazing results that we can achieve together.

In this blog, you will learn the benefits of joining the Purple Partner Program, and how we work with referral and reseller partners to drive success and revenue growth.

Why you should join our partner program:

  • Win More Often - 12% Increased win rate in collaborative proposals
  • Win Bigger - 18% improvement in average deal size
  • Win Quicker - 20% Reduced time to close opportunities
  • Drive new revenue - $15 pull-through in partner services, for every $1 of Purple sold

What are the benefits of the Purple Partner Program?

  • Enhance your current offering with our innovative solutions
  • Tailored training and certification programs to accelerate your growth
  • Industry experts are at your disposal to support your sales teams and clients.
  • Partner with a market leader in WiFi analytics allowing you to differentiate from competitors and gain access to new revenue streams

We know that partners come in all different shapes and sizes with unique requirements, let's take a look at how Purple can work with your business to meet your needs.

How Purple works with referral partners

This type of partner prefers to work with Purple on the basis of either this one opportunity or on a sporadic basis, through a no-fuss method. 

Instead of reselling Purple's services, in-house teams will manage the project, keep you informed at every step, and manage the legal and contracting setup.

As a Referral Partner, you will provide introductions, we will provide the expertise in our solutions & technology, and drive the sales cycle to conclusion. We handle the sales process, implementation, and ongoing market-leading customer support for your clients. 

What are the benefits of working with Purple as a referral partner?

  • No sign-up fee, commitment, or investment needed
  • Straightforward and easy processes
  • More opportunities to grow your core business
  • Complimentary services that increase retention
  • You earn a commission for every new customer that signs on with Purple
  • Industry experts lead the sales cycle on behalf of the partner
  • Receive commission for making introductions
  • Partner sales teams have more time to work on other deals

How Purple works with reseller partners

Reseller Partners have been central to Purple's success, we work alongside our Reseller Partners to build a strategic relationship with a joint commitment to invest and grow. Purple offers dedicated resources, tailored enablement, and support throughout the Purple Partner Program for collaborative selling.

The Reseller Partner Program offers 3 tiers. A commercial and partnership assessment and level of commitment will define the level at which a partner will enter the program.

In order to move up a tier, you must fulfill specified program requirements and will unlock additional benefits. The program is composed of 3 levels:

Standard - A standard reseller will generate a minimum of $35,000 per fiscal year

Premium - Premium resellers will generate a minimum of $200,000 per fiscal year

Purple - This tier is by invite-only, with requirements calculated based on Annually Recurring Revenue (A.R.R). 

What are the benefits of working with Purple as a reseller partner?

  • Sales & Marketing Enablement: Gain access to a rich set of sales tools and marketing resources. 
  • Discounts & Incentives: Partner discounts and access to qualified leads.
  • Mobilization: Tailored training including certification programs.  
  • Partner Success Managers: Will help to define go-to-market strategies, strategic goals, tactical execution, and relationship progression.
  • Access to innovative professional services helping with deployment and unlocking incremental benefits through value-added services.  

Where do I sign up?

Our Partner Team looks forward to telling you more about our program, benefits, and requirements. Get in touch today!

Frequently asked questions

What margin and revenue models are available in the Purple Partner Programme?

The Purple Partner Programme offers tiered recurring gross margins ranging from 20% for Authorized Resellers up to 40% for Platinum Integrators on all cloud software licenses. Partners also capture 100% of their professional services revenue - including captive portal design, on-site network provisioning, and monthly managed analytics retainers.

How do Managed Service Providers (MSPs) package and bill Purple Guest WiFi?

MSPs typically package Purple as part of a comprehensive Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) bundle or as a value-added software tier on top of enterprise WiFi infrastructure. Billing is structured on an annual or multi-year per-access-point (per-AP) software subscription, bundled with partner-branded monthly visitor analytics reports.

Which enterprise wireless hardware vendors integrate with Purple?

Purple is hardware-agnostic and natively integrates with all leading enterprise wireless vendors, including Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Meraki, Aruba Networks (HPE), Ruckus (CommScope), Extreme Networks, Cambium, Juniper Mist, Fortinet, and UniFi. Integrations use secure cloud APIs and RADIUS / RFC 8908 standards without requiring on-premise hardware controllers.

What sales, marketing, and technical support does Purple provide to partners?

Partners receive access to the Purple Partner Portal with co-brandable marketing assets, pitch decks, ROI calculators, and battlecards. Higher tiers gain access to Market Development Funds (MDF), deal registration margin protection, a dedicated Channel Account Manager (CAM), and named Solutions Architects for technical scoping.

How does adding indoor location analytics increase average revenue per client?

Indoor location analytics transforms standard commodity guest WiFi into an essential marketing and operational intelligence platform. Partners can sell advanced footfall analytics, dwell time tracking, heatmaps, and automated CRM marketing integrations, increasing total contract value (TCV) by 40% to 70% compared to basic guest internet access alone.

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