Partner discovery tool

Who is this for? You are a company looking to recruit high-performing partners to your program

PartnerStack's partner discovery tool empowers you to discover and recruit qualified partners from the PartnerStack Network to join your program. 

Discovery & Recruitment overview

The Discovery & Recruitment tab allows you to search, filter, qualify, and recruit PartnerStack Network partners into your program. You can discover thousands of partners actively using PartnerStack to market and sell software, send them emails to share your program's value, track your recruitment efforts, save email templates, and track activity with partners in the discovery tool.

What are Network partners?

Network partners are partners that have applied to PartnerStack Network, and have been reviewed and approved by our Network team. For more information on the  PartnerStack Network application see the partner-facing Joining the PartnerStack Network support guide.

The PartnerStack partner discovery tool elevates the prospective partner pool while streamlining the otherwise painful process of recruiting partners across tools. There is no more efficient recruitment lever on the market to have in your toolkit.

Using the partner discovery tool

For a video walkthrough of using the Discovery & Recruitment tool see the Company dashboard: Video walkthroughs.

From the Discovery & Recruitment tab, you can:

• Browse thousands of partners identified by PartnerStack as being top performers or high-potential partners
• Filter: Use filters to find the perfect partners, including audience size, main industry, and more
• Review: View a partner's profile to see all of their information, including how many other programs they are active in on PartnerStack and their preferred commission structure
• Flag: Flag partner profiles as a good fit to revisit later, or a bad fit to prevent sending future communications
• Contact: Send an email to any partners you discover from inside of PartnerStack

Browse & view partners

To browse potential Network partners:

1. Navigate to your Discovery & recruitment tab in your left-hand menu
2. Select either the Recommended tab, or All Network Partners tab
3. Click on a Network partner to open their profile

Network partner profile data

On a Network partner's profile, you can see their details including their name, website(s), audience size, main industry, sales channels, active programs, preferred commission structures, status, and social media channels.

Discovery & Recruitment filters

Network partners in your Discovery & Recruitment tool can be searched by name or website and can be filtered by audience size, main industry selling method, location, and status (new or emailed).

Multiple filters can be applied at a time to help you locate specific types of new partners, i.e. applying an industry (Marketing) and location filter (Canada) to help you locate partners specializing in a specific vertical, in a specific country. 

Discovery & Recruitment filters:

• Audience size: SMB (small-to-medium business), mid-market, and enterprise 
• Main industry: Industry verticals like marketing, sales, HR software, and more
• Selling method: The channels each partner uses, like blogs, newsletters, events, paid search, and more
• Location: The countries filtered partners reside in
• Website: Whether or not the partner has provided a link to their website
• Status: Filter partners you've viewed, contacted, and marked as a good or bad fit

To apply a Discovery & Recruitment filter:

1. Log into the PartnerStack portal

2. Select Discovery & Recruitment from the menu on the far left

3. Select “Add filter” and select your desired filters from the drop-down list

4. To remove a filter, click the “X” next to the filter

Marking a Network partner as a good or bad fit

Within the partner discovery tool, you can mark Network partner profiles as a good fit to revisit later, or a bad fit to prevent sending future communications.

To mark a Network partner as a good fit:

1. Log into the PartnerStack portal
2. Select Discovery & recruitment from the menu on the far left
3. Click on a partner to open their profile
4. Select whether or not this partner is a good fit based on your criteria for your program
   1. This status can be changed as needed

To recruit a Network partner

Once you have marked a Network partner as a good fit you can send them an email from your PartnerStack dashboard to kick off the relationship and invite them to join your program. You can reach out to a maximum of 100 new partners per week. This email count doesn’t include follow-up emails sent to partners you have already reached out to — only your first email to a new partner counts toward this limit.

To recruit a Network partner:

1. Log into the PartnerStack portal
2. Select Discovery & recruitment from the menu on the far left
3. Click on a partner to open their profile
4. Select “Next step: Send email”. in the top right of the partner profile
5. Use the what-you-see-is-what-you-get-email builder to create your email. Learn more about how to use our WYSIWYG email builder here.

You will be unable to send an email without entering the subject line and some content.

To get the best engagement, we recommend you include:

• A 2-3 sentence introduction that explains how your product helps customers
• The value of the partnership and why this recipient is a good fit
• Clear next steps on how to learn more. If you would like to extend an invitation, include a link to your program

The initial email is sent from hello@partnerstackmail.com, but when a partner replies it will be directed to your email address.

Discovery and Recruitment FAQs

Is there a limit to how many Network partners I can reach out to?

• You can reach out to a maximum of 100 new partners per week. This doesn’t include follow-up emails sent to partners you have already reached out to — only your first email to a new partner counts towards this limit.

Will all partners show up in this tool?

• The partner discovery tool will feature partners that have applied to and been approved to the  PartnerStack Network. Network partners that have been identified by PartnerStack as top partners, premium partners, or high-potential partners will also be highlighted with a badge. Click here to learn what each of these designations means.
• Partners also need to have opted into being reached out to from within their profile page.

Is this a premium feature? Do I have to pay to access it?

• There is no cost associated at this time. 

What happens when a partner replies to an outreach email?

• When an outreach email is sent through PartnerStack, it is sent directly to the partner. When partners reply to an email sent through PartnerStack's discovery tool, it will go directly to the email inbox of the person who sent the outreach to the partner. No portion of the email thread is visible inside of PartnerStack.