Become a Partner

KnowledgeTree opens up many opportunities for systems integrators, infrastructure and consulting services companies.

We encourage partners to not only derive revenue from the sale of KnowledgeTree Commercial licenses but also to follow KnowledgeTree-related professional services opportunities.

  These professional services opportunities may include, amongst others:
  • product installation and configuration;
  • customization and extension;
  • bulk document imports;
  • configuration of document taxonomies;
  • consulting around document management processes;
  • training.

What are the KnowledgeTree Partner Programme Tiers and Benefits?

The KnowledgeTree Partner Programme is comprised of three partnership levels: Market Place, Small Business and Premium Partners. Amongst other benefits, Small Business and Premium Partners have the opportunity to earn a reseller margin on the sale of KnowledgeTree products to their customers.


KnowledgeTree Partners will receive the following benefits:

Market Place Small Business Partners Premium Partners
Go To Market material Yes Yes Yes
Listing on our Partner page Listing in Market Place directory Listing in Small Business Partner directory Premium Listing at top of partner directory
Sales Referral Payments No 10-15% on retail price, reseller margin dependent on sales volume 20-30% on retail price, reseller margin dependent on sales volume
KnowledgeTree Commercial license for internal operational and sales demonstration use No KnowledgeTree SMB KnowledgeTree Enterprise
Annual Support Incidents No 12 22
Rotating front-page ktdms.com website placement No No Yes
Joint Press Releases No No Yes
Cobranded Sales Collatoral No No Yes
Comarketed case studies No No Yes
Annual Announcement mailer cobranding opportunity No No 2
Training and Implementation Material No No Yes
Annual Membership Fee None US$1,000 US$2,500

The Market Place partner tier provides smaller companies and individuals who are unlikely to sell commercial versions of KnowledgeTree but do wish to sell KnowledgeTree-related services with the ability to make their presence known to the world through free listing on our online Market Place directory.

What are Reseller Margins are applicable to Premium and SMB Partnerships?

The Small Business and Premium tiers cater for companies that intend on actively engaging in the sale of KnowledgeTree SMB and KnowledgeTree Enterprise by providing a reseller margin, access to software and numerous marketing opportunities.

The reseller margins for the Small Business and Premium tiers are described below:

  • Margins increase with a partner’s annual turn-over, with any revenues falling into a band attracting the band’s margin;
  • A partner makes a reseller margin on all sales, including re-subscriptions;
  • At the start of a new calendar year partners will only drop one band from the maximum achieved in the previous year.

Small Business Partners
Margin Revenues Min
Band 1 10% US$0
Band 2 12.5% US$10,000
Band 3 15% US$17,500


Premium Partners
Margin Revenues Min
Band 1 20% US$0
Band 2 25% US$15,000
Band 3 30% US$28,000

How do I apply for KnowledgeTree Partnership?

If you would like to become a partner, please complete the online KnowledgeTree Partner Application process.