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Partner Sales Assets

Practical guidance on partner sales assets for Shopify app founders.

Partner Onboarding · ~5 min read

Partner sales assets are the materials that let a partner promote your app without having to create anything themselves. The mistake most founders make is building a huge asset library that no one opens; the partners who actually refer want a few ready-to-use pieces they can drop into what they already do. The test for every asset is simple: can a partner use it in under a minute without editing? If not, it won't get used.

The assets that actually matter

  • A one-line and a short-paragraph description of your app they can paste into a message, proposal, or post.
  • A clear demo link (a live demo or a short walkthrough) so they can show, not just tell.
  • A few screenshots or a short screen recording of the app in action.
  • A plain statement of what the partner earns and what the merchant gets — the offer, in one line.
  • Their referral link, obviously, and where to find it again.

Ready-to-use beats comprehensive

A partner isn't a marketer and won't turn raw material into a pitch, so hand them finished pieces, not ingredients. A pasteable paragraph beats a brand guidelines PDF; a ready email they can forward beats a folder of logos. Every step of editing you leave to the partner is a step where most of them stop. Comprehensive libraries feel thorough to you and are useless to them — optimise for 'copy, paste, done.'

Match assets to how each partner promotes

An agency puts your app in a client proposal; a creator drops it in a video description or newsletter; a consultant slots it into a stack recommendation. The same app needs slightly different framing for each, so give your main partner types a version that fits their context. A creator won't rewrite your agency one-pager into a caption — but they'll happily paste a ready-made line written for their audience.

Keep them current and findable

Assets rot — screenshots go stale when your UI changes, and an out-of-date demo makes a partner look bad in front of a client. Keep a single, current set in one place the partner can always find (their portal, a shared link), and refresh it when the product changes. One reliable, up-to-date set beats a sprawling library where partners can't tell what's current.

Practical checklist

  • A pasteable one-line and short-paragraph app description
  • A clear demo link plus a few current screenshots or a short recording
  • The offer (partner earns X, merchant gets Y) stated in one line
  • Context-matched versions for your main partner types (agency, creator, consultant)
  • One current set in a place partners can always find, refreshed when the product changes

Common mistakes

  • Building a big asset library nobody opens instead of a few ready-to-use pieces
  • Handing partners raw ingredients (logos, guidelines) instead of finished, pasteable assets
  • Letting screenshots and demos go stale so partners look bad using them

FAQ

What sales assets do partners actually need?+

A small set they can use in under a minute without editing: a pasteable description, a demo link, a couple of current screenshots, the offer in one line, and their referral link. A few ready-to-use pieces beat a comprehensive library partners never open.

Should I give every partner the same assets?+

Give them the same core set but match the framing to how they promote — a proposal line for agencies, a caption for creators, a stack recommendation for consultants. Partners rarely rewrite assets to fit their context, so a ready-made version for their format gets used far more.

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