Alex Buckles
The partner attribution window is the time between a partner’s first deal-cycle action (intro email, joint discovery, executive ping) and when attribution gets locked in the CRM. The defensible default is 14 days from deal creation. For long enterprise cycles (180+ days), you can extend to 30 days, but anything longer turns the attribution system into a backdating game.
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Alex Buckles
Partner attribution in B2B SaaS comes in three flavors: partner-sourced (the partner originated the deal), partner-influenced (the partner participated in the cycle), and direct (no meaningful partner involvement). The defensible default for most teams is to track all three separately in the CRM, apply a 14-day attribution window from deal creation, and only allow one partner to be attributed per deal. Mixing these into a single number is what makes CFOs distrust the partnerships function.
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