During the enterprise cloud migration process, many customers choose services provided by AWS Partners (Partner / Reseller). This not only provides better technical support, consulting, and cost optimization recommendations, but also allows for unified billing settlement through partners via the reseller billing model, simplifying financial processes. This article will introduce the principles of AWS partner reseller billing, how to establish the binding, and the complete billing process.
What is Partner Reseller Billing?
AWS Partner Reseller Billing refers to customers using their own AWS accounts to deploy and manage resources, while the bills are uniformly settled and invoiced by the partner.
- Customers maintain independent control over technical aspects, permissions, and resource usage.
- Partners aggregate usage from multiple customers through a partner billing account and handle unified payment.
- Customers typically receive additional benefits (discounts, credits), cost optimization services, and more localized invoicing.
How to Set Up Reseller Billing (Operational Steps)
1. Customer and Partner Establish Cooperation
- Sign a cooperation agreement (including terms for reseller billing, payment terms, discounts, etc.).
- The partner will initiate a reseller billing binding request in AWS Partner Central or AWS Organizations.
2. Customer Accepts Reseller Billing Invitation
- Customer logs into their AWS account.
- Navigate to Billing Console → Payment Preferences.
- Accept the reseller billing request from the partner (typically an AWS Organizations invitation).
3. Account Binding Successful
- The customer account will be added to the partner’s Management Organization (Management Account).
- Customers continue to independently manage resources, but billing is collected uniformly by the partner’s master account.
4. Billing and Payment
- AWS issues monthly bills → Partner makes unified payment → Partner then invoices/collects payment from customer.
- Customers can view usage details in the Billing Console but will no longer pay AWS directly.
How to Establish Reseller Billing Relationship
- Partner Sends Invitation
- In AWS Organizations, the partner uses the Management Account to send an invitation to the customer account.
- Customer Accepts Invitation
- Log into the customer AWS account and navigate to Organizations → Invitations.
- Click Accept Invitation.
- Confirm Reseller Billing Relationship
- After binding is complete, the customer’s billing portal will display: Reseller Billing by Partner (Consolidated Billing).
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