Sales, Pipeline & Deal Economics
What Is Profitability by Deal?
Profitability by deal is the practice of measuring and ranking each opportunity by the profit it actually returns rather than its revenue. For a partner, that profit includes the back-end rebate the deal earns, so two deals of equal size can rank very differently once each vendor's incentives are applied to them.
Why it matters to IT channel partners. Sorting a pipeline by deal amount rewards the biggest deals; sorting by profitability rewards the best ones. A mid-size deal on a vendor with a strong rebate program can out-earn a larger deal on a thin one. Ranking by rebate-inclusive profitability is how a partner directs effort, pricing and steering toward the opportunities that genuinely pay.
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Because the biggest deal is not always the most profitable. Once each vendor's rebate is counted, a smaller deal can return more profit - so ranking by profitability directs effort better.
See your pipeline ranked by rebate-inclusive profitability → Explore the pipeline module