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title: "Placement & Marketplace Enablement"
description: "Turning a validated solution into a commercial offer: the vendor documentation, the Product Delivery Sheet, SKU creation, and how deeply to integrate."
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source_url: "https://framework.stackit.cloud/isv/placement-and-marketplace-enablement/"
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The Placement phase transitions your validated software solution into a commercially available
product on the STACKIT Marketplace. In this phase, commercial structures are established, product
SKUs are generated, and your storefront presence is created.

## Discovering the STACKIT Marketplace

To get a clear overview of how software solutions are featured and delivered to enterprise
customers, watch the official STACKIT Marketplace introduction:

- **STACKIT Marketplace Overview**: <LinkChip href="https://youtu.be/9FK_SIQAgwM">youtu.be/9FK_SIQAgwM</LinkChip>

## Marketplace Vendor Documentation & Onboarding

All technical, operational, and commercial guidelines for listing and integrating your product are
maintained in our central vendor documentation.

- **STACKIT Documentation for Marketplace Vendors**: <LinkChip href="https://docs.stackit.cloud/marketplace/for-marketplace-vendors/">docs.stackit.cloud — for marketplace vendors</LinkChip>

Please review this documentation to guide you through the following steps:

- **Commercial & Operational Onboarding**: Requirements for setting up your vendor profile and
  commercial structures.
- **Product Submission**: Completing the required product details, pricing models, and marketing
  assets.
- **Listing & Integration Options**: Guidance on standard storefront listings as well as automated
  provisioning and metering via Marketplace APIs.

## Commercial Onboarding & SKU Creation

Before a listing can go live, the commercial parameters agreed upon during
[KickOff](/isv/kickoff-and-strategy-alignment/) and
[Signing](/isv/signing-and-legal-alignment/) must be operationalized:

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1. **Product Delivery Sheet**: The ISV provides final product details, marketing assets, pricing tiers, and descriptions via the standardized Product Delivery Sheet.
2. **SKU Generation**: STACKIT creates the official Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) in the billing engine to enable transaction processing, invoicing, or referral tracking.
</Steps>

## Marketplace Listing vs. Integration

Commercial placement is divided into two distinct levels depending on your chosen integration depth:

| Level                                        | Scope & execution                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Stage 1: Marketplace Listing** (standard)  | **Listing Creation**: STACKIT Partner Managers (PDMs, ISV Sales, and ISV GTM teams) use the Marketplace Listing Wizard to build your storefront entry using your Product Delivery Sheet. **Lead / Inquiry Handling**: Customers can discover your product, request quotes, or trigger manual fulfillment. |
| **Stage 2: Marketplace Integration** (optional) | **Automated Provisioning & Metering**: Deep API integration between your software and STACKIT Marketplace APIs. **Usage-Based Billing**: Automated meter tracking and single-click customer provisioning.                                                                                     |

## Phase Completion Criteria

- [ ] Vendor documentation reviewed by your commercial and technical teams.
- [ ] Product details and commercial structures submitted according to vendor guidelines.
- [ ] Product Delivery Sheet completed and submitted by the ISV.
- [ ] Billing SKUs created in the STACKIT system.
- [ ] Storefront draft generated via the Marketplace Listing Wizard and approved by both teams.
- [ ] **Milestone achieved**: Commercial listing approved — ready to proceed to
      [Ready for Production](/isv/ready-for-production/).

## Support & Contact

For questions on vendor documentation, SKU creation, or the Marketplace Listing Wizard, contact
your STACKIT Partner Manager or the ISV Factory team at `isv-sales@digits.schwarz`.