AWS marketplace documentation change
Summary
Expanded documentation to include public offers in amendment processes, added clarification about auto-renewal impacts when amending public offers, restructured amendment workflow details, and updated reporting information
Security assessment
Changes focus on expanding scope to include public offers and clarifying operational processes. No security vulnerabilities or security feature enhancements are mentioned. The note about amended public offers becoming private offers relates to functionality rather than security.
Diff
diff --git a/marketplace/latest/userguide/private-offers-upgrades-and-renewals.md index b749a08ed..dc93e617d 100644 --- a/marketplace/latest/userguide/private-offers-upgrades-and-renewals.md +++ b/marketplace/latest/userguide/private-offers-upgrades-and-renewals.md @@ -5 +5 @@ -Supported product types for private offer amendmentsCreating private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendmentsReporting for upgrades, renewals, and amendments +Supported product types for public and private offer amendmentsCreating public and private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendmentsReporting for upgrades, renewals, and amendments @@ -9 +9 @@ Supported product types for private offer amendmentsCreating private offer upgra -As an AWS Marketplace seller, you can offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments to replace active agreements that you originally created when the buyer accepted your public offer or private offer. For example, can you grant new entitlements, offer pricing discounts, adjust payment schedules, or change the end user license agreement (EULA) to use [standardized license terms](./standardized-license-terms.html). You can also change the number of units and payment schedule and add a custom end date. Software as service (SaaS) contract and SaaS contract with consumption products support private offer amendments. All AWS Marketplace sellers can upgrade, renew, or amend private offers for these product types, including independent software vendors (ISVs) and channel partners. The following sections provide information about the process for amending, renewing, and upgrading private offers for SaaS products. +As an AWS Marketplace seller, you can offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments to replace active agreements that you originally created when the buyer accepted your public offer or private offer. For example, you can grant new entitlements, offer pricing discounts, adjust payment schedules, or change the end user license agreement (EULA) to use [standardized license terms](./standardized-license-terms.html). You can also change the number of units and payment schedule and add a custom end date. Software as service (SaaS) contract and SaaS contract with consumption products support public and private offer amendments. All AWS Marketplace sellers can upgrade, renew, or amend private offers for these product types, including independent software vendors (ISVs) and channel partners. The following sections provide information about the process. @@ -24 +24 @@ You can't amend an agreement to specify a seller of record that's different from - * Supported product types for private offer amendments + * Supported product types for public and private offer amendments @@ -26 +26 @@ You can't amend an agreement to specify a seller of record that's different from - * Creating private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments + * Creating public and private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments @@ -33 +33 @@ You can't amend an agreement to specify a seller of record that's different from -## Supported product types for private offer amendments +## Supported product types for public and private offer amendments @@ -35 +35 @@ You can't amend an agreement to specify a seller of record that's different from -Only the following product types support private offer amendments: +Only the following product types support offer amendments: @@ -59 +59 @@ You can see the following additional product types on the **Agreements** tab in -## Creating private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments +## Creating public and private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments @@ -61 +61 @@ You can see the following additional product types on the **Agreements** tab in -You can create private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments from the AWS Marketplace Management Portal by using the following procedure. For Channel Partner private offers (CPPO), the Channel Partner can only create agreement-based offers using the currency defined in the resale authorization. +You can create offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments from the AWS Marketplace Management Portal using the following procedure. For Channel Partner private offers (CPPO), the Channel Partner can only create amendments using the currency defined in the selling authorization. @@ -63 +63,5 @@ You can create private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments from the AWS Mar -###### To create private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments +###### Note + +If you amend an accepted public offer, it will become a private offer and will no longer auto-renew. To maintain automatic renewal, a buyer must subscribe to a public offer. For more information, see [How private offers work](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/private-offers-overview.html#how-private-offers-work). + +###### To create offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments @@ -71,5 +75 @@ You can create private offer upgrades, renewals, and amendments from the AWS Mar - 4. On the **Amend agreement details** page, sellers must indicate whether a private offer is for a renewal. Select **Yes** or **No** when asked if the private offer is for a renewal. - -###### Note - -You can also make changes to service dates, product dimensions, offer currency, payment schedule, renewal status, and the offer expiration date on the **Amend agreement details** page. + 4. On the **Amend agreement details** page, you can also make changes to service dates, product dimensions, offer currency (for AWS MP direct PO), payment schedule, usage dimensions, renewal status, EULA, and the offer expiration date. @@ -77 +77 @@ You can also make changes to service dates, product dimensions, offer currency, - 5. When you're finished, choose **Create offer** and then **Submit**. + 5. Review the offer and choose **Create offer**. @@ -85,8 +84,0 @@ AWS recommends that you specify a custom offer name that includes any additional -Edit the information for any dates, dimensions, payment schedules, and EULAs that you want to change, and then choose **Next**. On the **Review and create** page, review the information. When you're ready, choose **Create agreement-based offer**. - - - - -The new private offer appears on the **Manage Private Offer** page in approximately 45 minutes. To view the offer, sign in to the AWS Marketplace Management Portal and choose **Offers** to open the **Manage Private Offer** page. - -From there, the buyer has the option to accept it or to continue to operate under the original agreement: @@ -94 +85,0 @@ From there, the buyer has the option to accept it or to continue to operate unde - * If the buyer accepts the private offer upgrade or renewal, the new agreement takes effect immediately and the agreement is listed on the **Agreements** page in the AWS Marketplace Management Portal. Any remaining scheduled payments from previous agreements are cancelled. @@ -96 +86,0 @@ From there, the buyer has the option to accept it or to continue to operate unde -Buyers accept agreement-based private offers the same way they accept private offers. For more information about the buyer experience for private offers, see [Private offers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html) in the _AWS Marketplace Buyer Guide_. @@ -98 +88 @@ Buyers accept agreement-based private offers the same way they accept private of - * If the buyer doesn't accept the private offer upgrade or renewal before it expires, the original agreement remains in effect with no changes. +### Amended offers @@ -99,0 +90 @@ Buyers accept agreement-based private offers the same way they accept private of +An amended offer will appear on the **Private Offer** page within approximately 45 minutes. To view the offer, sign in to the AWS Marketplace Management Portal and choose **Offers**. On the **Private Offer** page, the buyer has the option to accept the offer or to continue the original agreement. @@ -100,0 +92 @@ Buyers accept agreement-based private offers the same way they accept private of +If the buyer accepts the public or private offer upgrade or renewal, the new agreement takes effect immediately and the agreement is listed on the **Agreements** page in the AWS Marketplace Management Portal. Any remaining scheduled payments from previous agreements are cancelled. Buyers accept amendments the same way they accept private offers. For more information about the buyer experience for private offers, see [Private offers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers.html) in the _AWS Marketplace Buyer Guide_. @@ -101,0 +94 @@ Buyers accept agreement-based private offers the same way they accept private of +If the buyer doesn't accept the public or private offer upgrade or renewal before it expires, the original agreement will continue unchanged. @@ -105 +98 @@ Buyers accept agreement-based private offers the same way they accept private of -For the [Amazon SNS notifications for SaaS products](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-notification.html#saas-sns-subscription-message-body), a `subscribe-success` message is sent with the new `offer-identifier` when the buyer accepts the agreement-based offer. +For the [Amazon SNS notifications for SaaS products](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/userguide/saas-notification.html#saas-sns-subscription-message-body), a `subscribe-success` message is sent with the new `offer-identifier` when the buyer accepts the amendment. @@ -109 +102 @@ For the [Amazon SNS notifications for SaaS products](https://docs.aws.amazon.com -Upgrade and renewal private offers appear on the existing seller reports and in the reports relevant to the offer. The [Daily customer subscriber report](./daily-customer-subscriber-report.html) report and [Daily business report](./daily-business-report.html) report are generated daily. The [Monthly billed revenue report](./monthly-billed-revenue-report.html) report is generated monthly. +Public and private offer upgrades and renewals appear on the existing seller reports and in the reports relevant to the offer. The [Daily customer subscriber report](./daily-customer-subscriber-report.html) and [Daily business report](./daily-business-report.html) are generated daily. The [Monthly billed revenue report](./monthly-billed-revenue-report.html) is generated monthly. @@ -111 +104 @@ Upgrade and renewal private offers appear on the existing seller reports and in -In the Daily customer subscriber report, the **Subscription intent** field indicates whether the report entry is a new private offer. The **Previous offer ID** field indicates the ID of the offer that preceded the new offer, if one exists. For all private offers, the entry is marked **private**. +In the Daily customer subscriber report, the **Subscription intent** field indicates whether the report entry is a new private offer. The **Previous offer ID** field displays the ID of any preceding offer. All private offers are labeled as "private" in the report. @@ -115 +108 @@ In the Daily customer subscriber report, the **Subscription intent** field indic -An agreement-based offer replaces a buyer's current subscription. Existing invoices remain unchanged. However, the payment schedule in the agreement-based offer replaces pending invoices from the previous subscription. +An amendment replaces a buyer's current subscription. Existing invoices remain unchanged. However, the payment schedule in the amendment replaces pending invoices from the previous subscription.