cyberneticlibrary

Optimize sales channel economics

channel-economicsskillsetup L117,464
alirezarezvani/claude-skills
What it does

Compute channel profitability and optimal mix

Best for

Quarterly channel reviews when pipeline is split 50/50 direct-vs-partner and nobody knows which channel actually clears the loaded-cost bar.

Inputs
  • · Per-channel: deal count, ARR, CAC, sales cycle, retention, partner discount, all attributable costs
Outputs
  • · Cost-to-serve per deal and per $ARR
  • · Channel ROI (Cash/LTV/Marginal)
  • · Optimal channel mix recommendation
  • · Diminishing-returns inflection point
Requires
  • · Python stdlib
Preconditions

Channel data template filled; hidden costs (enablement, partner MDF) captured; error budget known

Failure modes

Double-counting partner discount vs. discount line-item; forgetting channel-manager overhead; constraints (min direct floor) too loose to be binding

Trust signals
  • · Includes concrete scripts and examples
  • · Documented end-to-end workflow