The SoftLayer Reseller Program provides qualified hosting resellers with exceptional benefits as well as confidence that they are delivering their end customers a service with the highest performance and reliability. With SoftLayer, “value-adding” hosting resellers can better fulfill their end customer’s needs and grow their own services on demand.
The program gives resellers non-exclusive rights to offer standard SoftLayer services as well as products not sold directly under the SoftLayer name brand. Resellers receive generous volume discounts on dedicated server and upgrade purchases, setup fees and more. Resellers also receive preferred services, including a customized customer portal and auto-provisioned server delivery within 2 to 4 hours on components in stock.
Reseller Level
Server Volume
Setup Fee Discount
Monthly Fee Discount
Tier 1
5-10
25%
5%
Tier 2
11-20
50%
8%
Tier 3
21-40
75%
10%
Tier 4
40+
100%
15%
Resellers must price servers at or above SoftLayer’s current online pricing. Reseller discounts do not apply to SoftLayer weekly specials or sales pricing. We reserve the right to reject non-qualified reseller applications.
Discounts from normal pricing and setup fees
SoftLayer Open API and out-of-band private network
White label for services
RescueLayer® for clean reboots
Preferential pricing on Windows Server Licensing
Preferential delivery on limited inventory and promotional products
Preferential pricing on overstock inventory
Preferential cancellation policy—cancel any time up to billing day
Preferential server delivery—1 to 4 hours
Published Reseller information for all IP’s with RWhois/SWIP/Reverse DNS
ACH payments for accounts greater than $5,000/month (coming soon)
License manager for Helm, Plesk, and cPanel
Customized portal permissions for customers (coming soon)
Potential resellers need to:
Have a verifiable Web site, company name, and address
Provide first level technical support to your clients
Provide billing and accounting support to your clients
Receive and resolve SPAM, DMCA and Abuse reports of your clients
Resell SoftLayer servers above the pricing listed on the SoftLayer website
Provide an "added-value" layer of service to the basic SoftLayer service offering
Be a SoftLayer customer for 30 days with 5 or more servers at regular price
If you meet the requirements above, please complete the Reseller Application Form and a sales representative will contact you with more information.
If you have specific questions about the reseller program, send an email to resellers@softlayer.com or contact sales at 1-866-398-7638.
SoftLayer has developed the CloudLayer Storage FastStart Program to help resellers easily create and offer a fully-branded CloudLayer Storage solution. The program covers all technical aspects and offers many branding options as well.
