3. Agenda
I. Understanding Kentico Licensing
II. Partner Program and its benefits
III. How to approach small & large deals
IV. Key selling points and possible weaknesses
V. Frequently asked questions you hear from clients
4. I. Kentico licensing
• How does it work?
- per website
- per server
• General rules and policies
- Definition of a website
- Maintenance & Support
- Source Code
- Upgrades
- Rebranding
6. I. Kentico licensing
Ok, I have a project, which license do I need?
• Example 1
1 Web – 1 main domain, 3 aliases, 3 language cultures
1 Web Site License only
7. I. Kentico licensing
• Example 2
1 Web, 1 sub domain pointing to campaign subsite, main
site loadbalanced across 2 servers
2 Web Site Licenses and 1 Additional license for a
webfarm
• Example 3
3 sites for a single client, all on same server
1 Server License for 10 Sites
8. II. Partner Program
• Benefits
- Promotion for your work
- Sales kits, beta versions, webinars, etc.
• Partners and Licensing
- Partners – not listed, 10% discount for all
- Certified Partners – listed, 20% for web, 30 for server lic.
- Gold Partners – toplisted, 30% for web, 40% for server lic.
9. II. Partner Program
• Multi-Client Licenses
- for partners only
- allow running multiple websites for different client under single
license
1 Server Small Business License for 50 Sites $5999
1 Server Base License for 10 Sites for Multiple Clients
$9995
1 Server Ultimate License for 10 Sites for Mutliple Clients
$22495
10. III. Approach for small & large deals
• What is a typical total budget size for project?
• How much of that do license costs cover?
11. III. Approach for small & large deals
• Smaller projects
Definition:
- Deals below $30K
- Rather simple sites
- Cost sensitive client
- Low awareness of CMS value
12. III. Approach for small & large deals
• Smaller projects
What to focus on:
Rapid development
Ease of use
Very extensible
One off payment
Professional support and strong company background
13. III. Approach for small & large deals
• Larger projects
Definition:
- Deals above $50K
- Large scale projects
- Heavily focused on marketing features
- Deep integrations
14. III. Approach for small & large deals
• Larger projects
What to focus on:
Pure ASP.NET
Proved, stable solution with great support
ROI
Scalability and Performance
World wide references
Performance
User friendly
15. IV. Key selling points
Pure ASP.NET
Out of the box rich feature set
Top class support
Extremely flexible
Scalability and performance
References
Affordability
17. IV. Possible weaknesses
• i.e. Which areas could be issue
• General:
- Awareness of the product
- Open source
• Features:
- Ecommerce – 6.0
- Online marketing – 6.0
- Cloud support -6.0
18. V. FAQ’s you hear from clients
• Why is it so expensive?
• Why is it so cheap?
• Do I need to pay for license every year?
• Why should I use paid software instead of Open source?
• Is there a money back guarantee?
• Does it support accessibility standards?
• Can we add our existing content/modules into Kentico?
• Are there any training materials?
19. Summary
• Licensing per web or per server
• Multi client options for partners
• Solution for any size of projects
• Big brands use Kentico
• Sell:
Ease of use
ROI
Rapid development – save time and money
Reasonable price