Selling applications in the CPF marketplace enables ISV's to generate additional revenue by reaching out to a global audience with no marketing or advertising costs. All you need to do is develop an application using our Platform as a Service (Paas), place a request to publish the application in the marketplace, let the application undergo testing and verification, determine pricing, and if all goes well, the application becomes available in the marketplace.
Build a CPF Application
If you have a business idea that you want to transform into an application, buy a CPF Account online instantly, and start building your application with our Platform as a Service (PaaS) to sell it in the CPF marketplace.
The following CPF Accounts are available:
- Composer Account: Build, Modify, Deploy & Use MashApps. This include 120 MB File Storage, 50 MB Data Storage, 1 GB Data transfer, 5000 Process Steps. $95,- per user per year.
- Business User Account: Use of 1 CPF Marketplace MashApp and unlimited number of self developed tenant MashApps. This include 120 MB File Storage, 50 MB Data Storage, 1 GB Data transfer, 5000 Process Steps. $75,- per user per year.
- Occasional User Account: Use of 1 CPF Marketplace MashApp and unlimited number of self developed tenant MashApps. Use Storage and Transactions from your Composer Account, Business User Account or Tenant Storage & Transactions bundle. %19,- per user per year.
- Tenant Storage & Transaction bundle: 120 MB File Storage, 50 MB Data Storage, 1 GB Data transfer, 5000 Process Steps. $75,- per year.
- A free Composer Account is available for registered ISVs (max. 3 free Composer Accounts per registered ISV). Please contact us to request your free Composer Account.
A collection of basic and advanced tutorials on building CPF applications is available here
Note: Only applications that are built using the CPF Platform as a Service can be sold in the CPF marketplace.
Request to Place the Application in the Marketplace
You have built your CPF application with our Platform as a Service and are ready to make it available in the marketplace for other organizations to buy it. The first step in doing so is to request for your application to be placed in the marketplace. Ensure that you already packed your application using the CPF platform as a pervice. Then, place your marketplace request by doing the following:
- Go to the Account Administration application, which is availalile to you through your CPF Enterprise Account and click Register Application in Marketplace.
- Select Add Marketplace Application as the Request Type.
- Provide the required details such as Application Name, Display Title, Description, Price, and Developed By.
- You can also provide an Overview and a Category to which the application belongs, such as Human Resources, Finance, etc.
- Click Send Request.
On receipt of your request, the Marketplace Administrator acknowledges it and starts the process of publishing your application to the marketplace.
Application Verification
Before your application is placed in the marketplace, Cordys tests and verifies your application to ensure it meets certain standards.
Also, you will be contacted for additional application details such as short and long descriptions, images, and user manuals, which will be placed along with your application in the marketplace.
Application Availability in the Marketplace
After the application verification and submission of the required details, the application is added to the marketplace and you are informed of its availability.
Pricing Details
The following revenue-sharing guidelines apply to your applications in the CPF Marketplace:
- Cordys is entitled to 30% revenue share for Composer Account sold via the CPF Marketplace. Minimum end-user price for a Composer Account is $95,- per user per MashApp.
- Cordys is entitled to 30% revenue share for Business User Account sold via the CPF Marketplace. Minimum end-user price for a Business User Account is $75,- per user per MashApp.
- Cordys is entitled to 30% revenue share for Occasional User Account sold via the CPF Marketplace. Minimum end-user price for a Occasional User Account is $19,- per user per MashApp.
- Cordys is entitled to 30% revenue share for Tenant Storage & Transactions Bundle.
Application Verification Costs:
- Verification Cost = 0$. Cordys is running a special discount program, in which you can get your MashApps verified for free.
With the CPF Platform as a Service, Application Development never has been so easy!
