Patent ID: 8412582

Claim:
A system for managing a plurality of sales partners, comprising: a company portal that receives at least a first portion of information relating to a sales deal between a potential customer and a company; a partner portal that receives, from a sales partner that represents the company for selling one or more products of the company, at least a second portion of information relating to the sales deal, wherein the sales partner has exclusivity with respect to the sales deal for at least a period of time such that another sales partner is excluded by the system from registering a duplicate sales opportunity corresponding to the sales deal; a database that stores the first and second portions of information relating to the sales deal; and wherein: the company portal is employed to create a sales opportunity record corresponding to the sales deal if the potential customer meets at least one qualification factor, wherein the sales opportunity record includes the first and second portions of information; and the partner portal is employed to, in response to the creation of the sales opportunity record, provide at least a portion of the sales opportunity record to the sales partner.