What is “Concurrent Agreements”?
Concurrent Agreements is a new AWS feature that enables the same buyer account to purchase from the same listing multiple times on AWS. This helps streamline one of the biggest problems with transacting on AWS: managing upsells and expansions through amendments. You no longer have to replace existing agreements whenever you want to do an expansion. Therefore, there is less risk in losing any payments through the operational process required to transact on the marketplace.
Before you get started
For the best experience, you must run the latest AWS CloudFormation Template (CFT) in Tackle to update your connection, if you haven’t already.
Go to your AWS connection page in Tackle to get started.
Need guidance? Check out our Tackle help documentation, including a quick 2-minute video on your connections page that walks you through each step.
Note: If you don’t see an “Action required” banner on your AWS connection page, you’re already on the latest CFT and ready to go!
Steps to opt-in for testing
The first phase is to opt-in with AWS just for testing purposes. Once testing is completed, they can then opt-in for all buyers.
Obtain the buyer AWS account ids that you would like to test with. For help obtaining accounts from Tackle to test with, please contact [email protected].
The ISV must log into their AWS seller account and go to the AMMP Contact Us form
Select Commercial Marketplace
Category: Product Configuration / Integration
Subcategory: Concurrent Agreement Opt-in
In the details, include the following:
Product ID(s) or Product Name(s) of the product(s) that you wish to opt-in.
The following message: “We’d like to request access to Concurrent Agreements for our products. We work with Tackle as our 3PI, Tackle. Please enable us to test with the buyer accounts [insert the test buyer AWS account ids from step 1 here]. We will send follow-up confirmation after testing with LicenseARNs and Agreement IDs when we are ready to fully opt-in for all buyers. ”
Under ‘additional email addresses’, cc: your Tackle point of contact
Updated steps to fully opt-in with AWS
Test
Complete $0 test private offer transactions with the accounts that you provided to AWS in your initial request. Tackle Support can assist if you worked with them to obtain test account IDs. Be sure to capture theAgreement IDandLicenseARNfrom each transaction, either from the emails sent from Tackle or from Tackle Contracts, as you will need them later.
Note: If your listing has metering, please also test submitting metering for one of these contracts, as it will be required by AWS.
Submit Confirmation to AWS
When you are ready to enable concurrent agreements for all buyers, you must submit a support ticket to AWS.Log into your AWS seller account and go to the AMMP Contact Us form
Select Commercial Marketplace
Category: Product Configuration / Integration
Subcategory: Concurrent Agreement Opt-in
In the details, include the following:
Product ID(s) or Product Name(s) of the product(s) that you wish to opt-in.
The
LicenseARNandAgreement IDfrom your test transactions.The following message: “Our 3PI, Tackle, has completed the required integration updates on our behalf. We have tested and verified that we are ready to support concurrent agreements and understand this cannot be rolled back once enabled. Please enable concurrent agreements for our products.”
Under ‘additional email addresses’, cc: your Tackle point of contact