the e-commerce system, which checks the
order and creates the tickets for the resellers
in CodeMeter License Central.
A customized license portal gives the resellers
an overview over all of their tickets, while the
end users can see their tickets in WebDepot.
Value Added Reseller (VAR)
There are resellers that specialize in selling
products in a bundle with their own software,
called Value Added Resellers (VARs). CodeMeter
License Central can accommodate them just
as effectively, with the following options:
Creating an OEM software version
Coupling two CodeMeter License Centrals
Using the original makers’ feature flags.
module.): Upon receiving an order from one of
our resellers, a ticket is created in CodeMeter
License Central and sent back to the ERP
system, where it is printed on the delivery
note. The end user then uses this ticket in the
WebDepot of Wibu-Systems.
Licenses sold by unit are not tied to a named
user. This allows resellers to store licenses
in the form of tickets, ready for delivery. A
ticket could, for instance, hold 1000 licenses.
A custom portal created for the resellers can
be used to withdraw the required number of
licenses from the ticket and repackage them
on a new ticket for the end user. This enables
our resellers to supply their users at top speed,
while keeping us in control over the entire
process, as the number of licenses available
for the resellers can be limited on their tickets.
The same transparency is guaranteed for the
reseller, as the portal shows them exactly
which tickets have already been activated by
their users.
One particular highlight of this type of inte-
gration is its territorial protection: Resellers
get the exclusive right to sell licenses in a
defined region. To do so, a special flag is set in
the licenses when they are first created, which
is then checked when they are activated. No
other reseller is then able to sell licenses to
this customer.
By being integrated in this way, our resellers
can deliver Wibu-Systems licenses virtually
instantaneously. They can create new tickets
and load any number of licenses from their
contingent onto them, allowing them to create
individual licenses on demand.
Teachers and professors as
resellers
Another Wibu-System client from the edu-
cational market is using the special EduPortal
in a similar manner: Here, teachers and
professors become the resellers. They have a
certain contingent of licenses, which they can
manage through their portal. They know in
real time which licenses have been activated
and which have not.
Their students are the users in this scenario.
They are given a ticket to activate via Web-
Depot or in the software itself. The software’s
original maker can define whether the end
user has to register and whether any special
criteria need to be fulfilled, such as student
of a school or university or employee of a
company. These can be checked e.g. by looking
for approved email domains.
As with Wibu-Systems’ own resellers, the original
maker keeps full control over the number of
created and activated licenses. At the same
time, the teachers / professors can distribute
their contingents as they wish, without having
to check back with the maker – as long as they
stick to the rules set by the maker in the first
place.
For the OEM version, the resellers operate
their own CodeMeter License Central: They
get a special version of the original software
that works with their Firm Code. They can sell
it through their CodeMeter License Central,
with the sale booked and invoiced through
the CodeMeter License Central reporting
function.
By coupling two CodeMeter License Centrals,
the original maker and the reseller both
operate their specific ends of the system.
WebDepot creates the bridge between them
and activates the licenses for the end user
in both CodeMeter License Centrals: Two
separate systems that keep just “one face to
the customer” for the end user.
For the last option, the original maker allows
the reseller to order additional flags for use
with their licenses. The reseller orders these
flagged licenses directly from there. What is
great about this solution is that the reseller
needs no separate licensing infrastructure at all.
There are many other flexible integration
options for VARs: the Professional Services
Team of Wibu-Systems is always available for
a custom solution.
Flexible license creation by
resellers
CodeMeter License Central is intrinsically
able to create licenses flexibly for resellers,
which would go far beyond assigning
them a certain contingent to distribute to
their customers. In practice, this is usually
done via SAP or another e-commerce
solution: The resellers order their licenses in
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