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MDF

Also known as Market Development Funds · Co-op Funds

Market Development Funds, co-op marketing dollars vendors give partners to drive joint pipeline.

In depth

MDF funds partner-run events, joint webinars, co-branded content and demand-gen campaigns. Effectiveness depends on tight tracking: pipeline sourced, revenue closed, ROI per dollar. Poorly-managed MDF is one of the biggest sources of marketing waste in enterprise SaaS.

Related terms

Channel Sales
Selling through third parties (resellers, VARs, MSPs, SIs) instead of, or alongside, direct sales.
Reseller
A partner that resells the vendor's product to end customers, taking a margin on each transaction.
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