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name: sell-da-checklist
title: Checklist for selling deployable architectures on IBM Cloud
description: Use the following checklist to track all the tasks that are required to successfully onboard and sell your third-party deployable architecture on IBM Cloud®.
last-updated: 2025-12-08
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Checklist for selling deployable architectures on IBM Cloud
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Use the following checklist to track all the tasks that are required to successfully onboard and sell your third-party deployable architecture on IBM Cloud®.
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## Register your product
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The following tasks can be completed by a team member who is familiar with the business case for the product.

| Task | Description | 
|------|-------------|
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Provide your company and product details | Specify the names of your company and product.  | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Create a test environment | The test environment is used to onboard your deployable architecture and validate that it is ready for use. | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Assign team access | With the correct IBM Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) access, members of your team can help onboard your deployable architecture. | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Invite team members to your account | Members of your account are assigned the IAM access that you set up in the previous task.  | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Confirm your legal agreement with IBM | Review and accept the IBM Digital Reseller Agreement, or upload your custom digital provider agreement to be reviewed and approved by IBM. | 
{: caption="Getting started tasks for selling deployable architectures" caption-side="top"}

For more information, see [Getting set up to sell deployable architectures](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-da-getting-started&format=markdown).

## Tell us about your product
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The following tasks can be completed by a team member who is familiar with the business case, marketing details, and customer support experience for the product.

| Task | Description | 
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| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Review display name | Review the display name of the product that was generated for you and make any updates to it if needed. | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Verify your partner details | Review your company and team details and make sure that everything is correct.	| 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Define your product details | Add details, such as your product logo, keywords, description, features, and documentation URL, for your product's entry and details page in the IBM Cloud catalog. | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Define your support details | Provide your support site URL, contacts, escalation process, and the locations where your support teams are based. | 
{: caption="Tasks for defining deployable architecture details" caption-side="top"}

For more information, see the following documentation:

* [Defining your catalog entry and product page for your deployable architecture](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-da-catalog-details&format=markdown)
* [Defining your support experience](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-da-support-details&interface=ui&format=markdown)

## Onboard your product
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The following tasks can be completed by a technical team member.

| Task | Description |
|------|-------------|
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Add deployable architecture variations | Add variations of your architecture to provide options within your catalog tile that addresses the common business problem that your deployable architecture solves.|
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Configure deployable architecture version | Confirm your version details and add deployment values for your version. |
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Add deployable architecture details | Add architecture diagrams and highlights for your deployable architecture. |
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Review your readme file | Review how the information in the readme file displays for your users. |
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Validate deployable architecture version| Validate that the deployable architecture version can be deployed to the intended target.  |
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Review your estimated resource costs| Review the estimated starting cost of the resources that your deployable architecture creates.|
{: caption="Tasks for onboarding deployable architectures" caption-side="top"}

For more information, see the following documentation:

* [Adding deployable architecture variations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-da-variation&interface=ui&format=markdown)
* [Reviewing pricing details](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-da-pricing&format=markdown)

## Publish your product
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The following tasks can be completed by any member of your team.

| Task | Description |
|------|-------------|
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Verify that all tasks are completed | Confirm that you completed the getting started tasks, defined your deployable architecture details, and onboarded your deployable architecture. | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Request to publish your deployable architecture | Submit a request for IBM Cloud to review your product details and approve that it is ready for publishing. | 
| ![Checkbox icon](../icons/checkbox-icon.svg "Checkbox") Publish your deployable architecture | After your publishing request is approved, publish your deployable architecture to the IBM Cloud catalog. | 
{: caption="Tasks for publishing your deployable architecture" caption-side="top"}

For more information, see [Publishing your deployable architecture](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/sell?topic=sell-da-publish&interface=ui&format=markdown).

As a third-party provider, you're responsible for maintaining all assets of published deployable architecture in the IBM Cloud catalog and deprecating outdated versions.
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