36 months is an eternity in the consumer web space. Enterprise or b2b moves a little slower but still - without knowing what you're doing my first instinct is that 24 months or less would better if you can swing it.
As for price - depends on a range of specific factors. Chris Saad JS-Kit <http://www.js-kit.com> . Media 2.0 Workgroup<http://media2.0workgroup.org>. APML <http://www.apml.org> . DataPortability<http://www.dataportability.org> Chat: Google Talk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: chris.saad Contact Me: [image: Linkedin] <http://www.chrissaad.com>[image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=687986699&ref=profile>[image: Flickr] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrissaad>[image: Twitter]<http://www.twitter.com/chrissaad>[image: Blogger] <http://chrissaad.wordpress.com> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Geoff McQueen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're in a similar position; I'd love to hear from others with experience > in this. > > The advice I've gotten so far is that exclusivity isn't to be feared as > long as you document your performance expectations from the partner. If they > achieve them, then you're in the money, if they don't, then you can end the > agreement and engage with someone else or go direct... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kain Tietzel > Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2008 11:34 PM > To: Silicon Beach Australia > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Exclusivity agreements > > > I'm working on an online business that's currently in stealth. We're > aiming to start our private beta in December and have a closed beta in > January, but that's not why I'm writing this post. > > We've garnered a lot of interest in our product and a large, > prestigious business in the States would like to partner with us and > has asked for a 36 month exclusive agreement. Whilst we're considering > the pro's and con's of working out what we'd want out of the > agreement, our biggest problem is knowing what sort of $$ we should be > asking for. > > Has anyone in the SBA had any experience with exclusivity agreements > (especially with OS/States based companies) and have any advice to > share with us? Whilst we're by no means wanting to be greedy, we want > to negotiate a fee which is fair and realistic. > > kain > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
