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title: Expanding My API Partner Research Into Its Own Project
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author:
  name: kinlane
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- Project
- Research
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As I explore through API portals, looking for the successful approaches to APIs, I'm increasingly seeing formal partner programs, [resulting in me expanding the topic as its own research area](http://partners.apievangelist.com/index.html). My objective is to keep track of how the APIs I track on operate their partner programs, resulting in the list of organizations I reference in my research. I also want to try and identify what some of the common building blocks of API partner programs are, in addition to the news stories that I have curated about partnerships--which is the fuel of my research.

I have recorded 31 separate partner programs, which I found through the course of my API monitoring and research. 

*   [**Amazon Web Services**](https://aws.amazon.com/partners/)
*   [**AssureSign**](https://www.assuresign.com/partner-program/)
*   [**CallFire**](https://www.callfire.com/partners)
*   [**Cloudflare**](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/)
*   [**Constant Contact**](http://www.constantcontact.com/partners/technology)
*   [**Dandelion**](https://dandelion.eu/partner-program/)
*   [**Developer Media**](http://developermedia.com/)
*   [**Disqus**](https://disqus.com/partners/)
*   [**DocuSign**](https://www.docusign.com/partners)
*   [**Dyn**](http://dyn.com/about/partners/)
*   [**eBay**](https://www.ebaypartnernetwork.ebay.com/files/hub/en-US/api.html)
*   [**Eventbrite API**](http://developer.eventbrite.com/partner-program/)
*   [**Facebook**](https://facebookmarketingpartners.com/)
*   [**Gigya**](http://www.gigya.com/partners/)
*   [**Google**](https://www.google.com/partners/)
*   [**IBM Watson**](http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/ecosystem.html)

*   [**InfusionSoft**](http://partners.infusionsoft.com/developer-partners)
*   [**LinkedIn**](https://developer.linkedin.com/partner-programs)
*   [**Mailjet**](https://www.mailjet.com/partners)
*   [**Moz**](https://moz.com/partners)
*   [**MYOB API**](http://developer.myob.com/program/become-a-myob-developer-partner/)
*   [**Pinterest**](https://business.pinterest.com/en/marketing-developer-partners)
*   [**Salesforce**](https://partners.salesforce.com/)
*   [**SendGrid**](https://sendgrid.com/partners)
*   [**Shopify**](https://www.shopify.com/partners)
*   [**SurveyMonkey**](https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/aboutus/partners/)
*   [**The Guardian**](http://www.theguardian.com/open-platform/partner-programs)
*   [**Twilio**](https://www.twilio.com/partners)
*   [**Twitter**](https://dev.twitter.com/overview/general/official-partner-program)
*   [**VerticalResponse**](http://www.verticalresponse.com/partner)
*   [**Xero**](http://developer.xero.com/partner/)

These are all companies who have formal partner efforts that provide a higher level of access to their API. There are many companies who feel their developer programs is a partner program, but what I am looking for is a partner program that looks to certify developers, and give them more benefits through deeper participation with a platform.

After looking through these companies I've recorded a handful of what I'd consider to be some of the common building blocks of these API partner programs. 

Program Details