Vendor & ISV Partners · On the roadmap
Turn Your Vendors & ISVs Into a Referral Channel
The vendors and software makers in your stack have leads they can’t serve directly — and you have clients who need their tools. Register those referrals, track co-sold deals, and value them in recurring contract terms. This referral source is on the Elinkages roadmap.
Who It's For
Built for MSPs who want their vendor and ISV relationships to send real referral business.
Stack-Centric MSPs
Turn the vendors and software makers in your stack into a referral source — capturing the leads they can't serve directly and sending them yours.
Vendor Relationship Owners
Run joint work with your key vendors — referrals, co-selling, joint events — and actually measure what each one produced in recurring revenue.
vCIO & Solutions Leads
Own which vendors and ISVs you recommend to clients, with the data to prioritize the relationships and the tooling to track referrals both ways.
Everything You Need to Run Vendor Referrals
From the vendor directory to revenue share, every part of the relationship in one place.
Vendor & ISV Directory
A directory of the vendors and ISVs you partner with — what they cover, who your contact is, and which referrals flow each way.
Referral & Co-Sell Attribution
Track which deals a vendor sourced, influenced, or co-sold. Credit recurring revenue to the right side of the relationship so "who brought this in?" stops being an argument.
Joint Pipeline Sharing
A shared pipeline view your vendor's team can actually use — without giving them access to your PSA or CRM. Two-way deal updates, no spreadsheets.
Referral Fees & Revenue Share
Calculate referral fees and recurring revenue share automatically. Pay vendors — or get paid — on a schedule, with audit-grade reporting on both sides.
Vendor Tiers
Rank your vendor and ISV relationships by how much referral business actually flows, and focus your time on the ones that send real recurring revenue.
Partner Onboarding
Standardize how you bring a new vendor or ISV into your referral program — terms, contacts, and how referrals get logged — so a new relationship is productive in days, not quarters.
How It Works
From a handshake to a tracked vendor referral network, in three steps.
Define the Relationships
Set which vendors and ISVs you partner with, referral terms, and the fee or revenue-share structure for each side.
Onboard Vendors & ISVs
Bring partners into the program — agree terms, set the right contacts, and decide how referrals get logged. No Slack-DM coordination required.
Run the Network
Track referrals both ways, co-sourced pipeline, and recurring revenue share. Surface your best vendor partners and put your time where the referrals actually come from.
Vendor Referrals in the Wild
Vendor-Sourced Leads
Your vendors and ISVs regularly get leads they can't serve directly — too small, wrong region, or needing hands-on support. Capture those referrals and turn them into managed-services contracts.
Co-Sell Motions
Joint selling with key vendors — shared pipeline, attribution credit on both sides, and recurring revenue when a co-sold deal lands and renews.
Recommend & Refer
You recommend a vendor's product to a client and implement it; they send clients who need managed IT back to you. Track the referrals and recurring revenue flowing both ways.
Grow Your Vendor Network
Turn your vendor and ISV relationships into a steady referral source, run co-sell motions that actually close, and settle revenue share without monthly spreadsheet reconciliation. This referral source is on the roadmap — book a strategy call to shape it.
Explore More
Explore related content to learn more
What is an ISV Partner?
Independent software vendors — definition and how MSPs partner with them
Technology Alliances
Vendor partnerships and joint go-to-market between providers
Co-Selling
Joint sales motions — how MSPs and vendors sell together
Client & Partner Referrals
The live referral source — log introductions and tie them to recurring revenue
Partner Ecosystem
How provider ecosystems compound and why MSPs invest in them
Partner Attribution
Sourced vs influenced revenue — how to credit the right side of a co-sell