Advice on how to grow an HR Software, HRIS or HRMS Business Partner Channel

As many vendors already know, I workedbenefit to the software vendor of having
directly for a large HR and Payroll softwareVAR’s or having a channel, as it is
provider for five years, while they built one of thesometimes referred to, is the software vendors
largest channels in the HR software industry. Andadd numerous organizations that will sell and
for the past ten years, I have owned an HRsupport their application and they pay the VAR
software value added business partnershipnothing unless they close business. Actually, the
performing work for a number of HRIS softwareVARs often pay the software vendors to
vendors.participate in the service. An additional benefit to
A value added business partner, a.k.a.VAR orthe vendor is if they have a large enough channel
business partner, is an independent business thatthey gain a localized support base nationally, or
sells, implements and supports otherinternationally, for their application. Given the
vendors’ software applications includingbenefits, I am certain just about every HR
HRIS and HRMS applications. The HR softwaresoftware company wants to do a better job
vendor directly pays the VAR, BP or Businesscreating a channel.
Partner a percentage of each deal they sell. The