Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q)
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Concepts clarification
What do you mean by SaaS?
SaaS stands for Software as a Services. Typically, it means you, as a publisher, host the software.
Ex: your software is hosted on your Microsoft Azure account and your customer only need an internet connection to access it.
We know there are different SaaS flavors. For instance, some hosts part of their solution & deploy the rest into a customer environment.
As long as some of your software is hosted on Microsoft Azure: WeTransact solution will work.
What is a transactable offer?
A transactable offer means that Microsoft Marketplace acts as a payment platform in-between you and your customer.
Microsoft will invoice your customer. Then, Microsoft will transfer to you the money collected minus a 3% agency fee.
To sum it up — WeTransact helps you publish and sell a SaaS transactable offer on Microsoft Marketplace
Wondering why one should list transactable on Microsoft Marketplace? Please read our article here.
How many Marketplaces Microsoft has?
Microsoft has one marketplace called the Commercial Marketplace.
The Commercial Marketplace acts as the back-end engine to other websites like AppSource and Azure Marketplace , which are tailored for different marketing personas.
These websites use the Commercial Marketplace as the billing engine. Put differently, you integrate your software with the Commercial Marketplace. This integration is then used by the mentioned websites.
According to Microsoft, AppSource is aimed for Business Decision Makers (BDM) and Azure Marketplace for IT/Dev audience.
Your software might be listed on one or more websites, depending on what is most relevant for the users.
We will let you pick.
Our SaaS is not « off-the-shelves ». Configuration differs for each customer.
Can I list a transactable offer on the Marketplace ?
Don’t worry, you’re in luck! Even if your software requires custom configuration for each customer, you can still list it on a marketplace.
We’ve got you covered! All you need to focus on is running your business as usual.
We can’t display public pricing. Each customer offer we extend is confidential.
Is marketplace relevant for my business?
It is relevant! Microsoft Marketplace is tailored for B2B sales. They designed it with this scenario in mind.
For extending offer(s) — the Microsoft Marketplace has the right features to make it private or limit the visibility.
Dealing with it can be complex but WeTransact makes it as effortless as taking a walk in the park
About WeTransact
You mention that your customers earn inbetween 5–20K listing with WeTransact. How is this possible ?
We need to give some context.
Microsoft knows that pulling a transactable offer on the Marketplace often equires months of development.
To support the development effort — they released an incentive called Transact & grow.
The “Transact & Grow” incentive gives a financial reward to companies managing to list transactable offer(s). We’re explaining in this article how it works in detail
WeTransact makes sure its customers benefit from this incentive. The beauty of it ? With WeTransact — there’s no listing effort. Free up your schedule and make some money on the side.
Customers always get WeTransact firs year cost refund by the incentive plus a potential cash bonus varying from 4–50K.
We’re happy to say that WeTransact customers do always cash in regardless on how successful they are on the Marketplace.
It’s a WeTransact guarantee or we refund 100% of our softwares. If you were for X,Y reason not eligible we will make it explicit from our 1st interaction.
You will always know how much you’re eligible to before moving forward with us. If you are wondering to how much you’re eligible to — please take the survey here. We’ll be in touch to explicitely tell you how much you’ll get.
How does WeTransact pricing work ?
WeTransact offers a standard yearly named “Grow” plan that can be paid on a monthly basis or upfront (15% less expensive).
Additionally, WeTransact charges for a one-time €5000 setup fee on 1st year.
For specific scenarios, there are some add-ons you may want to consider
Where does WeTransact expertise comes from ?
Prior to funding WeTransact, its founder spent +5 years at Microsoft helping +200 software companies becoming transactable in 25 countries
How fast can I expect to be live using WeTransact solution ?
From 0 to live on the Marketplace count 5 business days with WeTransact.
What if I choose not to renew my contract with WeTransact? Will my listing on Microsoft Marketplace be removed?
Our priority is your success, and if you don’t achieve a good return on investment on the Microsoft Marketplace, we understand that you may want to move away from WeTransact. However, we are confident that this scenario is unlikely to occur.
In the event that you choose not to renew, we will offer to transfer the integration we have made to your Azure subscription. This means that you will not be delisted, but you will lose access to our user interface. Therefore, managing financials, orders, metering, and go-to-market strategies will become your responsibility.
