After services are published in the Compute Nest console, service providers can publish the services as Alibaba Cloud Marketplace products. This way, customers can purchase the Compute Nest services in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace. If a product is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, the product can be sold by using the pay-as-you-go billing method. This topic describes how to publish a Compute Nest service as a pay-as-you-go Alibaba Cloud Marketplace product.
Process of publishing a service as an Alibaba Cloud Marketplace product
The following figure shows how to publish a service as an Alibaba Cloud Marketplace product.
Procedure
Log on to the Compute Nest console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click My Services.
On the Created Services tab of the My Services page, find the service that you want to publish to Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
Click the name of the service to go to the Service Details page. On the Service Details tab, find the Sales Configuration section and click Associate Marketplace Product.
On the basic information page of the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace console, configure the product sales information.
In the Access Information step, configure the parameters that are described in the following table and click Next.
Parameter
Description
Choose Your Product Type
The access type. In this example, SaaS is used.
Product Name
The name of the product.
SaaS Acceleration Plan
Optional. The ID of the acceleration plan that you want to associate with the product.
Access Method
The access method. In this example, Compute Nest is used.
Service Method
The method that is used to deploy the Compute Nest service. Set this parameter to Private Service or Fully Managed Service.
After you select a service method, the services that are created in the Compute Nest console are displayed. A product corresponds to the ID of a service. If a service is associated with a product, the service cannot be associated again.
Select Service Template
Optional. We recommend that you select a public template. If no public template is available, select a private template.
In the General step, configure the parameters that are described in the following table and click Next.
Parameter
Description
Product Logo
The logo of the product. The image that you upload must be in the PNG format. We recommend that you upload an image of 290 × 290 pixels and up to 7.5 MB in size.
Short Description
The short description of the product. This description is displayed on the product list page in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace. We recommend that you enter no more than 300 characters.
Product Highlights
The key features and available services of the product, which are different from the features of other products. You can enter up to 1,000 characters.
Product Description
The detailed description of the product, such as features, available services, and how to use the product.
Edition Feature and Screenshot
Optional. The descriptions and screenshots of the product of different editions. This information can help customers compare and better understand the features of the product of different editions.
Product Screenshot
Optional. The screenshots of the product.
Live Stream ID
Optional. The ID of the live stream to be associated with the product. After the ID of the live stream is associated with the product, the live stream is played on the details page of the product.
Product Video
Optional. The short video of the product. After the short video is uploaded, it is played on the details page of the product.
Product Certifications
Optional. The certifications of the product. A maximum of six images can be uploaded, and each image can be up to 2 MB in size.
Case
Optional. The success stories of the product.
User Guide
The documentation of the product. The operations staff of Alibaba Cloud Marketplace check the documentation when they review your product. The documentation must be in the PDF format and can be up to 10 MB in size.
Support Offered
The information about the product, such as the service scope, time range, business scope, and billing scope.
In the Category and SEO step, configure the parameters that are described in the following table and click Next.
Parameter
Description
Whether to Support the Service Region
Optional. Specifies whether customers can select a region when they purchase the product.
Product Category
The category of the product.
Custom Tags
Optional. The tags of the product. Customers can quickly find the product by tag.
SEO for Your Product
The search keywords and description of the product. This information increases the visibility of the product in the search results of third-party search engines such as Baidu.
In the Pricing step, configure the parameters that are described in the following table and click Next.
Parameter
Description
Pricing Plan
The billing method of the product. In this example, By Usage is used.
Only Available to Enterprise Users
Specifies whether only enterprise customers can purchase the product.
Billing Period
The billing cycle of the product. Valid values:
Hour: Alibaba Cloud calculates the bill amount in tiered pricing mode per hour based on the cumulative usage in the current hour. Alibaba Cloud generates hourly bills and deducts the bill amount from the accounts of customers.
Day: Alibaba Cloud calculates the bill amount in tiered pricing mode per day based on the cumulative usage on the current day. Alibaba Cloud generates daily bills and deducts the bill amount from the accounts of customers.
Billing Item
The billable items of the product.
In the Product Agreement Information step, configure the parameters that are described in the following table and click Next.
Parameter
Description
Product Agreement
The end-user license agreement (EULA). This is a legal agreement between you and your customers. Customers must agree to this agreement before they purchase the product. You can use the EULA template that is provided by Alibaba Cloud Marketplace and modify it based on your business requirements. You can also import a custom EULA template.
ICP Filing
The compliance information about the product.
In the dialog box that appears, click Confirm submission.
The product review process is automatically triggered after you submit the product sales information.
Wait for the category review results of the product.
If the operations staff of Alibaba Cloud Marketplace reject the product in the category review, you must modify the category and submit the product for category review again.
After the category review is passed, test the product by yourself.
After the category review is passed, you must return to the Service Details page of the service in the Compute Nest console. On the Service Details tab, change the reporting methods of billable items and associate the billable items with a template or plan of the service. Perform the following steps:
Go to the Service Details page of the service that is published to Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
In the Basic Information section, find the Sales Status parameter and click Configure Now.
On the Billable Item Configuration tab of the Sales Settings page, find a billable item and click Change Reporting Method. In the Change Reporting Method dialog box, change the reporting method of the billable item.
Only one reporting method can be selected for a billable item when you change the reporting method of the billable item. For example, you set the Reporting Method parameter to Reported by Compute Nest for a billable item. In this case, you cannot call API operations to report data for the billable item. If you need to use both the Reported by Compute Nest and Reported by Service Provider methods for a billable item such as Unit, we recommend that you define multiple billable items in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
Reported by Service Provider: You can report data by calling API operations. For more information, see PushMeteringData.
Reported by Compute Nest: You can set the Reporting Source parameter to Time, Bill, or Prometheus.
Time: Compute Nest automatically counts the usage duration of service instances and reports the data to Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
Bill: Compute Nest reports bill data to Alibaba Cloud Marketplace to facilitate fee calculation.
Prometheus: Compute Nest collects the specified metering data. This reporting source takes effect when services are deployed in Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) clusters or on Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances.
On the Associate Billable Item tab, associate the billable items that you configure with a template or plan of your service and click OK.
NoteA billable item takes effect only after it is associated with a template or plan of a service. If only one service template is available, the default template is automatically selected.
After the self-test is complete, submit the product for feature review. After the feature review is passed, the service is automatically published to the product list of Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
Verify the results
After the product is published, the details page of the product in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace displays a tag to indicate that a Compute Nest service is published as the product and the service stability is ensured.
When a customer purchases the product, the order confirmation page in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace displays the cloud resource configurations that you specify in the Compute Nest service and corresponding fees. The fees related to the product are settled between you and Alibaba Cloud Marketplace. The usage fees of cloud resources are deducted from the account of the customer when the cloud resources are deployed with a few clicks. The usage fees are not deducted when the customer confirms the product order.