AWS Partner Framework

Co-sell and funding activation.

AWS built a real co-sell engine: ACE, referrals, alliance support, and funding programs. It only produces revenue when someone runs it on a cadence. That is the work we do.

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The reality

Co-sell is a portal until someone runs it every week.

AWS gives partners the ACE Pipeline Manager, a path to referrals, alliance-team access, and named funding programs. None of it produces on its own. Opportunities go stale, AWS Marketplace listings drift, alliance managers move on, and funding that deals qualified for goes unclaimed because no one owned the weekly motion.

We own it. Opportunities shared on a cadence, attribution kept clean, alliance relationships worked, and funding pursued on purpose.

How AWS structures it

The AWS co-sell motion, as AWS defines it.

This is AWS’s process, start to finish. You register in AWS Partner Central, enroll in a path, link AWS Marketplace, and share opportunities through ACE to become eligible for AWS support and referrals.

The AWS co-sell path (AWS’s structure, shown for reference)

01

Register & enroll

Join the AWS Partner Network in AWS Partner Central and enroll in the Services or Software Path.

02

Link Marketplace

Connect your AWS Marketplace account so the co-sell tools and private offers are available.

03

Share in ACE

Share opportunities through the ACE Pipeline Manager to become ACE eligible for AWS support and referrals.

04

Engage programs

Enter programs like ISV Accelerate or AWS Specializations to unlock co-sell benefits and funding.

05

Accelerate

Use co-sell features and Partner Central APIs to scale the motion and track performance.

ACE Pipeline Manager

APN Customer Engagements (ACE) is where partners manage opportunities with AWS in one place. Sharing opportunities is what makes you ACE eligible to request AWS support and receive referrals.

Becoming ACE eligible

AWS states that sharing opportunities on an ongoing basis boosts your co-sell recommendation score and drives visibility with AWS sellers, which is how referrals begin to flow.

Named funding programs

AWS names funding through programs like the ISV Workload Migration Program, ISV Accelerate, and AWS Marketplace Private Offer Promotions. AWS notes its sellers are compensated more to co-sell with ISV Accelerate partners.

Tools and collaboration

AWS provides Partner Central APIs to manage ACE opportunities inside your own CRM, plus Slack Connect for real-time work with AWS sales teams.

Source, AWS official documentation: Co-sell with AWS. These programs and marks belong to AWS. The Love Group, LLC is an independent AWS Partner Network member, does not own or speak for AWS, and presents this framework for reference only.

Where most teams stall

The engine is AWS’s. The weekly discipline is what most teams are missing.

Opportunities get registered once and never updated. Listings fall out of sync. Alliance managers never hear from you between deals. Funding goes unclaimed because no one mapped which programs the deal qualified for. The AWS engine is sound. The consistency around it is the gap, and consistency is exactly what an operator supplies.

How we operate it

We advise on the motion, then operate it week over week.

Co-sell rewards consistency and punishes neglect. We supply the consistency, with written follow-through on every opportunity.

Step 01

Activate co-sell

We confirm registration, path enrollment, and AWS Marketplace linkage so the co-sell tools are actually live for you.

Step 02

Share and tag

Every valid opportunity is registered in ACE with the right data, so it is accepted, attributed, and credited to your account.

Step 03

Engage and fund

Proactive alliance-manager engagement and a deliberate pursuit of the funding programs each deal qualifies for.

Step 04

Operate weekly

A standing pipeline review that keeps opportunities current and referrals moving, with dated evidence throughout.

What you walk away with

A co-sell pipeline that produces, not a portal that sits.

Clean, credited opportunities

Every valid deal registered and attributed correctly, so co-sell revenue lands against your account.

Working alliance relationships

Real, recurring engagement with your AWS partner team, so your deals get attention when they move.

Funding actually pursued

A deliberate match of each deal to the AWS programs it qualifies for, instead of leaving funding on the table.

Where this connects

Co-sell feeds and is fed by AWS ACE Co-Sell Support, MDF & Funding Mapping, and Revenue & Pipeline Operations.

Make co-sell produce.

Book a discovery call and we will scope a co-sell motion that captures every valid opportunity and pursues the funding it qualifies for.

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