AWS Marketplace Overview and Insights

These flashcards cover key terminology and concepts related to AWS Marketplace, its functionalities, processes, and related tools.

AWS Marketplace

A digital catalog of software and services provided by AWS Partners, allowing companies to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software and data on the cloud.

Private Offers

A feature that allows customers to negotiate special terms or pricing for their purchases through the AWS Marketplace.

Service Catalog

A tool that allows IT administrators to create, organize, and govern a curated catalog of AWS resources for provisioning without direct access to AWS services.

Incentive Programs

Programs that AWS offers to customers from time to time, such as infrastructure credits, intended to drive first-time engagement with customers and new sellers.

Listing Fee

A fee collected by AWS from sellers to transact on the AWS Marketplace.

IAM Permissions

Identity and Access Management permissions needed for users to transact within the AWS Marketplace.

Channel Partner

A business entity that collaborates with AWS to offer its services, which does not pay a transaction fee to AWS.

CloudFormation Template

A resource that allows AWS Marketplace purchases to be made available to AWS Service Catalog by creating and adding products to portfolios.

Propensity to Buy

Information available in the Partner Discovery Portal indicating how likely customers are to purchase from a given vendor.

ISV Matching Tool

A tool used by Amazonians to verify a customer’s tech stack against available AWS Marketplace products.